Farming Farmland Water Rights 
Civil Eats
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
Some of the most pristine farmland in California can be yours, at least by proxy, in just a matter of minutes. farmland, makes to prospective financiers. AcreTrader is just one of many companies launched in the past decade that facilitate the sale of farmland, which has increasingly become a staple in investor portfolios.
Civil Eats
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
Instead, the Parker district has forged an estimated $880 million deal with ranchers in Colorado’s most agriculturally productive region to capture and store water from the South Platte River during rare periods when supply exceeds demand. But that system is imperiled if ranchers and cities continue to forge buy-and-dry deals, Frank said.
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Civil Eats
AUGUST 23, 2023
Map credit: Hawaii Statewide GIS Program) The sugarcane and pineapple industries reigned for nearly two centuries , with monocropping farming methods made exceptionally profitable with indentured servitude. Meanwhile, local communities are engaged in an ongoing battle for water rights as the residents of Hawaii look toward rebuilding.
Daily Yonder
APRIL 18, 2023
If the water keeps running out,” wrote High Plains Public Radio reporter David Condos in an article , “some of the region’s farms and towns could vanish within a generation or two.” Farming in this region can’t just stop. One is to rethink the way water is used and land is managed. But it can be reimagined.
Food Environment and Reporting Network
MAY 16, 2024
In the early 1900s, Los Angeles was a small city that was running out of water, and Payahuunadü , which means “the land of flowing water,” had lots of it. Renamed the Owens Valley by white settlers, the valley was a snow-capped patchwork of pear farms and cattle ranches. But by then, a new power player had entered the valley.
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