Civil Eats

AUGUST 23, 2023

The catastrophic fire that just ravaged more than 2,000 acres and at least 2,000 homes on Maui, and claimed 114 lives and counting is inextricably linked to the island’s agricultural history. Meanwhile, local communities are engaged in an ongoing battle for water rights as the residents of Hawaii look toward rebuilding.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Mexico border, California’s Imperial Valley is both a desert and an agricultural wonder. The ‘Soft Path’ of Water for Farmers in the Western US Colorado’s Groundwater Experiment Utah Tries a New Water Strategy Should We Be Farming in the Desert? agriculture since the 1990s , are known as “precision agriculture.” “One

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 11, 2023

NSAC members had the opportunity to participate in plenary, breakout, and panel sessions around key campaign priorities including Climate and Agriculture, the Farm Safety Net, and Resilient Local and Regional Food Systems, engage in racial equity caucusing, and solidify commitments for grassroots action. In the Q&A portion, Rep.

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Caff

JUNE 29, 2021

On June 15, the State Water Resources Control Board told 4,300 users to stop diverting water from the San Joaquin-Sacramento Delta Watershed (3). acres on two pieces of leased land using no-till agro-ecological practices including drip irrigation, cover crops and lots of mulch to conserve water and build healthy soil.

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 28, 2024

But there’s much more to be done, and quickly, especially in the arid western United States, where water use is extremely high—and climate change and drought are increasing pressure on a region that already uses a tremendous amount of water. “We have to fundamentally rethink agriculture. How much agriculture do we want?

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

MAY 16, 2024

His strategy, he believed, would help the Nüümü win back their water in one clever move—and upend California’s arcane and inequitable water rights system along the way. For the Nüümü, the water war started in the 1800s, with the arrival of white people in their homeland.

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Daily Yonder

APRIL 18, 2023

All three of these states, plus Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, and South Dakota, overlap the Ogallala Aquifer, an underground layer of water that irrigates about 30% of the total crop and animal production in the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agriculture is the lifeblood of the High Plains.

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