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?
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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Western FarmPress
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
From water rights, to access to crop protection products and new markets, Kansas farmers share their thoughts.
Modern Farmer
MARCH 14, 2025
There was controversy raised as officials primarily blamed farmers, claiming over-pumping of aquifer water to crops. She talked about the Dakota Access Oil Pipeline Protest slogan Water is Life, and how that moment of championing clean water rights lifted many tribal voices protecting our waters throughout Turtle Island (The Americas).
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.
Food Tank
OCTOBER 13, 2023
And in fact, because water touches so many parts of our lives, solutions to this crisis are wide-reaching and incredibly creative. In India, farmers are rethinking small ditches called dobas to help use water more efficiently, and in California, some farmers are able to irrigate crops with treated wastewater.
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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