Once described as factories in the fields much of the agriculture in Californias intensively farmed Central Valley is grown by large corporations rather than family-owned farms. Using fewer than 1% of the nations farmland, the Valley produces 25% of the nations food. To sustain such agricultural bounty industrial scale farms often use unsustainable agricultural practices such as applying massive doses of chemical pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers. Industrial farming often depletes the soil, lessens genetic diversity, and leads to less water absorption and less ability to withstand changing climate patterns. Making this image of a lone tree in a laser-leveled field helped me better understand the consequences of the corporatization of Californias farmlands.