Civil Eats
AUGUST 23, 2023
Meanwhile, local communities are engaged in an ongoing battle for water rights as the residents of Hawaii look toward rebuilding. Civil Eats spoke with Noa Lincoln , an assistant professor of Indigenous crops and cropping systems at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, about water diversion, deforestation, and Big Ag’s impact on Maui.
Food Environment and Reporting Network
MAY 16, 2024
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.
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Daily Yonder
APRIL 18, 2023
One is to rethink the way water is used and land is managed. Improving the ecology on farmland to promote recharging the aquifer is already being practiced by some farmers. Nearly 40 million people rely on water from the Colorado River. Farming in this region can’t just stop. But it can be reimagined.
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.
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.
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