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Should We Be Farming in the Desert?

Civil Eats

“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.” Indigenous agriculture relies on an approach to land that is grounded in time-tested, abiding ecological principles rather than technical innovation. “We

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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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The ‘Soft Path’ of Water for Farmers in the Western US

Civil Eats

” In his latest book, The Three Ages of Water , Gleick describes what he calls a “soft path” for water conservation, moving beyond the hard infrastructure and rigid policies we’ve relied on in the past. Civil Eats caught up with Gleick to understand what that means and how we should think about water in the near future.

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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.