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Should We Be Farming in the Desert?

Civil Eats

Technology changes. 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.” He’s not sure it was worth it, especially because the government does not fund the upkeep of new systems. The jury’s still out,” he says.

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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

Without using technology or practices that improve water efficiency, farmers in the High Plains suffer because the water they rely on continues to diminish. One is to rethink the way water is used and land is managed. Nearly 40 million people rely on water from the Colorado River. But it can be reimagined.