made a company out of this and then

且成立了一个公司
of course we all know the John Deere Company of today.

就有了我们今天都知道约翰·迪尔公司
So these people were important players.

这些人都曾是很重要的绿色革命参与者
Particularly interesting, a bit of technology has to do with irrigation.

特别有趣的是灌溉与科技的发展有些关系
If you think about the fact that

如果你考虑一个事实
we're growing vast amounts of crops in pretty arid land in California,

我们在十分干旱的加州种植了大量的作物
for example

比如说
-lots of the vegetable and things that are grown in California

很多的植物和作物在加州长大
are grown in pretty arid land,

长在很干旱的土地上
and irrigation is necessary to make them grow

而灌溉是它们生长的关键
--you get a picture of what might be involved

你可以想象到什么会
in the water resources necessar to grow our food.

在种植食物的时候涉及到水资源的重要性