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California groundwater recharge just temporary solution
The astonishing amounts of water dumped on California by a series of atmospheric rivers have been national news for weeks...
CA Gov. Newsom issued executive order: floodwater to be used to recharge and store groundwater
As storms continue to hit the state, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order on March 10, 2023 to temporarily...
Yuma ag group highlights drought risk to area
YUMA, Ariz. and BARD, Calif., March 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — A prolonged drought in the West is making the fate...
Newsom signs order freeing up water storage
Responding to criticisms that he allowed too much of January’s torrential rainfall to flow into the ocean, California governor Gavin...
California’s Delta water dilemma
If you don’t understand the California water scene, you’re in a large company. Most of the state’s residents don’t either....
Westfalia rolls out global water plan in pioneering approach
Westfalia Fruit Group, BB #:300553 a leading multinational supplier of avocados and a range of fresh vegetables and fruit, is...
Full-scale cutoff of water to farms in central Arizona
Permit me to share my first reaction to a news item that I have read: Yow. “There will be no...
Arizona ag hit hard by water cuts
The savage drought experienced in the western U.S. has long been foreseen, although until extremely recently it has been managed...
Lawns versus lettuce and tomatoes
Remember President Kennedy? Remember “Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country”?...
Western states fail to reach a water deal
August 16 marked the deadline for a deal among the seven states in the Colorado River Basin for water use...
California gets serious about water
Maybe Californians will have to give up their lawns. That’s one tiny part of the new water policy recommendations issued...
Western Growers applauds $4 billion in drought-relief funding
IRVINE, CALIF. – In response to the inclusion of $4 billion in drought-relief funding for the Colorado River Basin in...
A water tale of two states
They’re right next to each other, and despite wild differences, they have one thing in common: water worries. They’re known...
A plea to Gov. Newsom for a water policy
Leading California business associations, including the Western Growers Association BB #:144734, the California Farm Bureau Federation, the California Fresh Fruit...
Scientists grow spinach out of desert air
Once I visited the Hoh Rainforest in Washington state. It is one of the few temperate rainforests in the world....
It’s like Blade Runner—only dry
Thirty-five years ago, this scenario would have struck observers of California agriculture as dystopian and nightmarish, much like the 2019...
Arizona and California LGMA programs meet and exceed FDA’s proposed water rule
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 6, 2021 — On December 2, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the...
FDA proposes changes to FSMA’s ag water rule
SILVER SPRING, Md., Dec. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a proposed rule that...
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