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. What kind of crops are we going to grow?” What kind of crops are we going to grow?

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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).

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Its current offerings include 83 acres of almond trees in the San Joaquin Valley, advertised as “an opportunity to invest in a water-secure almond orchard in the world’s most productive almond-producing region.” Take California’s almond industry, a water-intensive crop.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The investors are behind Renewable Water Resources (RWR), a company that failed a year ago to obtain $10 million in pandemic-relief funds from Douglas County, located south of Denver and one of the nation’s wealthiest counties. That wouldn’t be the norm for most years,” he added.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The district does this by working with farmers, tribes and the US Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) to ensure water can be used by those who need it — those who would be most affected by any degradation to the water — without negatively impacting the environment. Couldn’t raise the crop on it before,” Onstead says.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JANUARY 17, 2024

For example, increasing aridity in the Southwest and increasingly wet conditions throughout the northeast regions of the country–from the Midwest through New England–are likely to challenge crop and livestock production. from NCA5 Higher temperatures can stress both crops and livestock. will leave the area increasingly vulnerable.

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Daily Yonder

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The Ogallala Aquifer, the underground rock and sediment formation that spans eight states from South Dakota to the Texas Panhandle, is the only reliable water source for some parts of the region. Now, the disappearing water is threatening more than just agriculture. Another plant sends about 1.8

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