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'Full-on crisis': Groundwater in California's Central Valley disappearing at alarming rate
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWater flows from an underground well to irrigate an orchard in Visalia, Calif. (Irfan Khan / Los...
Space photos show over 1 trillion gallons of water flooding crop fields in California, and it could...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 10 months agoFlooded farm crops in Tulare Lake on June 6, 2023.Citizens of the Planet / Contributor Tulare Lake...
After years of rapid growth, California's almond industry struggles amid low prices
LA Times via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA blooming almond orchard near Sanger in unincorporated Fresno County. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles...
Dry Cuyama Valley was once dominated by ‘thirstiest of crops.’ Then water worries began
San Luis Obispo Tribune via Yahoo News· 10 months agoCuyama Valley residents just called for a boycott of Big Carrot after two giant growers sued local...
A farmworker's son and a dairy farmer battle to represent the Central Valley in Congress
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCalifornia Rep. David Valadao is being challenged by Assemblymember Rudy Salas, who would be the...
California almond crop forecasts up 21 percent after wet and mild winter
The Hill via Yahoo Finance· 1 week agoThanks to favorable weather conditions, California’s almond crop for 2024 is expected to be 21...
California Republicans fighting again to raise the Shasta Dam. Will state law prevent it?
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe Shasta Dam started to leak at the end of May after the snowpack from the wet winter started...
California's drought withers tomatoes, pushing grocery prices higher
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoA lack of rain and snow in central California and restricted water supplies from the Colorado River...
Coachella Valley date farmers try to chart a future amid inflation and historic drought
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 2 years agoGeorge Tudor's farm, which grows grapes and dates in the Coachella Valley, managed to avoid major...
Black farmers rethink Mississippi Delta's potential as climate change ravages California
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 10 months agoMatthew Robinson’s family has owned and farmed 100 acres near Memphis for four generations. The...