Tag: farmers
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In dry West, farmers balk at idling land to save water
Photo: Tom Brundy points to a newly built irrigation canal on one of the fields at his farm Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, near Calexico, Calif. Brundy, an alfalfa grower in California’s Imperial Valley, thinks farmers reliant on the shrinking Colorado River can do more to save water and use it more efficiently. But one practice…
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Battle for safe drinking water heated amid drought in California’s Central Valley
For people in the nation’s breadbasket, a historic drought’s impacts are visible in every moment of daily life — but the fight for water rights is just beginning. In agriculture country like Tulare County, California, farmers often place signs blaming Governor Gavin Newsom for water shortages. (Natalie Hanson/Courthouse News) WEST GOSHEN, Calif. (CN) — Thousands…
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Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR): combat poverty and hunger through land and vegetation restoration
Introduction Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) is a low-cost land restoration technique used to combat poverty and hunger amongst poor subsistence farmers by increasing food and timber production and resilience to climate extremes. Started in 1983 in Niger, FMNR is a form of coppicing and pollarding, drawing on traditional practices and sensitive to local variations.…
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Farmers Hijack Community Water Access Despite Groundwater Act, Activists Say | KCET
When a fire started on the property next door to Ray Cano’s home, the neighbors used Cano’s hose and well to fight the flames. Running the pump at full throttle, they managed to control the blaze until the fire department arrived. Then, the well’s pump sputtered to a stop. Cano later called a well inspector,…
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Trump Eases Pollution Controls on Streams and Wetlands
Photo: Farmland abutting prairie potholes, a type of ephemeral wetland, in North Dakota.Jim Brandenburg/Minden Pictures WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday will finalize a rule to strip away environmental protections for streams, wetlands and other water bodies, handing a victory to farmers, fossil fuel producers and real estate developers who said Obama-era rules had…
