摘要
加州是世界番茄生产与加工的重要地区,其生产的番茄被专门制作成罐头,供商业厨房烹调成各种热门餐点。但现在出现了一个问题,一场1200年以来最严重的干旱,迫使农民必须应对这场影响收成的水危机,且极可能导致从辣番茄酱到意大利面酱等产品的全面涨价。“我们呕需雨水。”加州番茄种植者协会会长迈克·蒙纳接受访问说,“我们现在已经快到没有足够库存满足市场需求的地步了。”
California leads the world in production of processing tomatoes-the variety that gets canned and used in commercial kitchens to make some of the most popular foods.The problem is the worst drought in 1,2oo years is forcing farmers to grapple with a water crisis that's undermining the crop,threatening to further push up prices[of items]from salsa to spaghetti sauce.
