Mendota
Jan 25 2009, AP

Consumers may pay more for spring lettuce and summer melons in grocery stores across the country now that California farmers have started abandoning their fields in response to a crippling drought.

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Almond farmer Dusty Gicone points to a water well and pump that he installed last summer to aid in delivering water to his trees Friday, Jan. 23, 2009 in Mendota, Calif. Some of the nation’s largest farms plan to cut back on planting crops this spring...