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NSAC Heads to the Rockies – A Summer Meeting Recap

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

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. A disused orchard that had been stewarded by the Sisters of St. In the Q&A portion, Rep.

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The Fifth National Climate Assessment: Implications for Agriculture

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

the Osage Nation’s community orchard. The Northern Great Plains chapter notes that current water rights laws in much of the region make adaptation especially difficult. Colorado is experimenting with water transfers that would have minimal impact on rural areas, but implementation has been hampered by distrust.

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In California, a native people fight to recover their stolen waters

Food Environment and Reporting Network

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.