Taking inspiration from Ryoji Ikeda, whose installation Datamatics (2006) combines lots of visual and sonic information in a coherent, striking way that reads as also simple and straightforward.
http://www.ryojiikeda.com/project/datamatics/#datamatics
California has roughly 7.5 million acres of farmland, and roughly 620,000 acres of land are expected to be fallowed in California this year. Read the full article: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/13/us/california-announces-restrictions-on-water-use-by-farmers.html?_r=0