Contrast between irrigated orange trees, and the surrounding desiccated land following a 4 year long drought, near Bakersfield in the Central Valley, California, USA. The whole of California is in a catastrophic drought with 2.2 Billion US Dollars annually lost from the agricultural sector, with many workers laid off. One third of children in California currently go to bed hungry. 428,000 acres of farmland have been taken out of production in the Central Valley due to the drought.