Rice fields

California rice statistics: 

Second in the U.S.A in rice production
550,000 Acres grown producing 5 billion pounds of rice
25,000 jobs
5 billion dollars to the state economy 

More important to me is the fields provide food and a resting place for 230 wildlife species and nearly 60% of the food for the 7 million ducks and geese that migrate through here each year.