Episode 32: Philip Bowles is the Chairman of Bowles Farming Company, Inc. of Los Banos, CA. Bowles produces cotton, alfalfa, wheat, processing tomatoes, melons, other row crops. Its foundations date from 1856. Philip earned his BA from Yale in Drama, now serves as president of the California Alfafa and Forage Association, and pursues a diverse range of hobbies (from hunting and fishing to collecting stamps, firearms, cane fly rods and antique silver).

This episode's motto: "Farming is hard work -- and not like you expect."

**Links**

Water Education Foundation https://www.watereducation.org

...on Westlands

https://www.aguanomics.com/2011/03/westlands-worse-than-i-thought.html

https://www.aguanomics.com/2009/12/tom-birmingham-of-westlands-water.html

...on the Resnicks

https://story.californiasunday.com/resnick-a-kingdom-from-dust

https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2016/08/lynda-stewart-resnick-california-water/

http://chanceofrain.com/2009/12/the-resnick-touch/