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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. Caraveo has a strong interest in community health, child nutrition, addressing food instability, and looking at “food as medicine.”

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Keep It Rural: Drought in the High Plains

Daily Yonder

As has been documented in several previous editions of Keep it Rural, this winter, the West was doused with enough rain and snow to finally get California out of the drought that has haunted it for years. If it were completely drained, it would take approximately 6,000 years for the aquifer to recharge with water.