Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Yet carrots, cauliflower, sweet onions, honeydew, broccoli, and alfalfa all grow here, incongruous crops that spread across half a million acres of cultivated land. Water Adaptation In the desert, getting water to crops often requires irrigation. billion in payments from the agency’s crop insurance program).

Farming 142

Farming Farming Crop Acre 142

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. Francis since 1938, Sister Gardens has become a bustling site of food production and also of reawakened community cultivation.​

Water Rights 52

Water Rights Food Farming Farming 52

Civil Eats

AUGUST 23, 2023

Lahaina, the former capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom , was once a thriving, ecologically diverse landscape full of fish ponds and diverse crops that included sweet potatoes, kalo (taro), and ‘ulu (breadfruit). As these maps of historic sugarcane lands and pineapple lands illustrate, the two crops covered vast portions of West Maui.

Plantation 98

Plantation Agriculture Agriculture Ecology 98

Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

One of these plans focused on “Communications and Political Will” and aimed to “identify near-term opportunities, such as expanded water journalism, to improve the field’s communications capacity, build political will, and cultivate diverse constituencies needed to support water reforms.”

Water Rights 145

Water Rights Aquaculture Food Marketing 145