Modern Farmer
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
The Big Muddy Creek flows through dams and diversions, pictured on the right, that are managed by the Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge to fill the lake as needed. Credit: Keely Larson, RTBC S heridan County is extremely rural, home to about 3,500 people across its 1,706 square miles. Agriculture is a big economic driver.
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
AUGUST 11, 2023
Caraveo responded to questions about some of the barriers producers face in accessing federal programs and what is being done to address water rights, particularly for young farmers and farmers of color. Caraveo has a strong interest in community health, child nutrition, addressing food instability, and looking at “food as medicine.”
Daily Yonder
FEBRUARY 13, 2024
Now, the disappearing water is threatening more than just agriculture. Rural communities are facing dire futures where water is no longer a certainty. Today, the aquifer supports 20% of the nation’s wheat, corn, cotton and cattle production and represents 30% of all water used for irrigation in the United States.
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