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). Meanwhile, local communities are engaged in an ongoing battle for water rights as the residents of Hawaii look toward rebuilding.

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Plantation Agriculture Agriculture Ecology 98

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.​

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Water Rights Food Farming Farming 52

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. The only agriculture left in Arizona after about 20 years will be Indian agriculture,” he says, “because they do have the water rights, they do have the land.”

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Farming Farming Crop Acre 113