groundwater agencies
Why is there a Carrot Boycott in Cuyama Valley?
Small farmers and rural residents are calling for a boycott against Bolthouse and Grimmway Farms. Hereās what it says about California’s effort to manage groundwater.
When California lawmakers enacted the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act in 2014, it was an effort to tame the wild, wild west of water. Nearly a decade later, thereās been some progress creating local sustainability plans, but Big Ag corporations are still hogging water and bullying smaller groundwater users. Look no further than the fight heating …
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New report from Berkeley Lawās CLEE outlines critical considerations for local groundwater markets under SGMA
Locals implementing California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) are rapidly turning from questions about whoĀ will manage groundwater and how they should approachĀ institutional designĀ to next-level questions: What does sustainability mean for a particular basin, and how will local managers achieve it? One of many potential management tools is a local groundwater market. SGMA opens the door …
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