Dr. Thomas Harter on the importance groundwater – a critical source of drinking water and drought insurance for 40% of...
From the Pacific Institute: “California’s agriculture sector has exceeded expectations during the most severe drought in recorded history at the...
From the UC Davis Newsroom: The drought is tightening its grip on California agriculture, squeezing about 30 percent more workers and cropland out of production than in 2014, according to the latest drought impact report by the UC Davis Center...
Mike Wade with the California Farm Water Coalition refutes the recent report on retiring San Joaquin Valley farmland Guest commentary...
From C-WIN, Restore the Delta, and Food & Water Watch: A new report by EcoNorthwest, an independent economic analysis firm,...
Dr. Jay Lund reviews water storage in California: Changing patterns and reasons for hope Earlier this year, the U.C. Davis Viticulture & Enology Department held a one-day seminar on Changing Water Regulations and the Impact on Vineyard Management in California...
Four former Delta lead scientists take on a challenge: Describe the Delta’s challenges, complexities, and controversies in just 20 pages...
A panel discussion on agricultural water use and efficiency improvements made since the passage of the Water Conservation Act of...
Mike Wade at the California Farm Water Coalition offers this rebuttal to last Friday’s flashback post, Dr. Peter Gleick on The Untapped Potential of California’s Water Supply: He writes: California’s leading irrigation experts have repeatedly shown that the state’s potential...
At the November meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, council members heard from numerous agency and water officials on how...
A. G. Kawamura is owner and partner of Orange County Produce, LLC, and a board member of Western Growers Association....
At the San Gabriel Valley Water Forum held at the beginning of October in Pomona, Dr. David Sunding gave a presentation on the costs of shortage in urban water systems. Afterwards, Josue Medellin-Azuara discussed the impact of drought on agriculture...
On September 24th, the Board of Directors of the Delta Conservancy held their quarterly meeting. On the agenda, a presentation...
A group of thirty growers and agricultural interest groups have written a letter to Governor Brown, warning him that it...
Karen Ross, Secretary of the Department of Food and Agriculture, gave an update on the drought during her testimony at an Assembly budget subcommittee last week where she detailed the impacts the drought is having on agriculture. Ms. Ross began...