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Continental Fresh to highlight social responsibility initiative at VIVA Fresh
MIAMI, FL (April 9, 2024) – Continental Fresh LLC BB #:205099, a grower, shipper and importer of fresh fruits and...
Groundwater regulation: The ins and outs
The New York Times article on water conservation in California’s Pajaro Valley, which I discussed in a previous column, is...
Groundwater issues highlight bigger problems
The New York Times is no doubt aiming for a Pulitzer with its multi-article series on groundwater use in America....
USDA encourages Central Valley growers to apply for water conservation assistance
FRESNO, Calif., Dec. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Farmers in California’s Central Valley that are interested in conservation practices to manage soil moisture, improve irrigation...
Groundwater lawsuit leads to carrot boycott
A struggle over water rights has led to a carrot boycott in California’s Cuyama Valley north of Santa Barbara. The...
California gets a new reservoir
California has just seen a first for nearly 50 years: plans to begin construction of a new reservoir that, when...
Tensions rise over Rio Grande water
A long article in Inside Climate News delves into the problems with the Rio Grande. The source of the Rio...
Groundwater grievances
The New York Times has run some features this week on groundwater depletion in the United States. Their central message...
EPA issues new, and final, WOTUS rules
Debates about exactly what constitute “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) for regulatory purposes will probably never end, and maybe...
Brighter water outlook in Salinas
The California water picture has gotten enormous amounts of attention from both the agricultural press and the general media, but...
Storing California’s water in the ground
Groundwater depletion has been an acknowledged fact in California for decades, but for a long time it was stuffed into...
Supreme Court curtails WOTUS regulation
The big news of the day—at least in agricultural circles—is the long-awaited May 25 Supreme Court ruling in the highly...
A call for the vision of a fly
One of the most confusing things about present-day dilemmas is that each solution to a problem leads to a different...
The Texas drought: a unique set of pressures
Of late much of the media conversation about water use has focused on California, but Texas, with its own multiyear...
CFFA’s LeMay optimistic about fresh fruit season
I contacted Ian LeMay, currently president of the California Fresh Fruit Association (CFFA), to congratulate him on his new appointment...
California wins the water brinksmanship game
California has won an intense game of brinksmanship with the weather. For the time being. After years of drought, the...
Biden vetoes Congressional water measure
President Joe Biden has vetoed a Congressional measure that would have overturned his administration’s directives for the Waters of the...
A dive into the deep waters of WOTUS
Monday, March 20, was a significant date in at least one respect: it was the day when the revised Waters...
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