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Should We Be Farming in the Desert?

Civil Eats

When you look at the environmental degradation, like the seepage of nitrogen fertilizer into water systems, simply having the ability to know exactly how much fertilizer and water should go on the plants is the best way to avoid that.”

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The Fifth National Climate Assessment: Implications for Agriculture

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

The Northern Great Plains chapter notes that current water rights laws in much of the region make adaptation especially difficult. The Chickasaw Nation is teaming up with area land managers to remove invasive species, reduce fertilizer use, and restore habitat. Restoration and adaptation actions include the work of Tribes.

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Colorado’s Groundwater Experiment

Civil Eats

But the valley’s irrigation outlook is dire: Water withdrawn by wells exceeds the amount of snowmelt refilling aquifers, and there are more claims to water rights than there is water in streams. But applying the same approach to water is tricky. The expanse is among the most densely irrigated regions on Earth.

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JD Vance Funded AcreTrader. Here’s Why That Matters.

Civil Eats

Its current offerings include 83 acres of almond trees in the San Joaquin Valley, advertised as “an opportunity to invest in a water-secure almond orchard in the world’s most productive almond-producing region.” food system. The post JD Vance Funded AcreTrader. Here’s Why That Matters. appeared first on Civil Eats.

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