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Top farm groups split over repurposing fallowed farmland

05/01/24 7:08 AM By Brad Hooker
KEYWORDS Almond Allliance California Farm Bureau curtailing groundwater overpumping in the Central Valley Joaquin Arambula SGMA repurposing streamlining CEQA reviews and permitting Western Growers Williamson Act
California farm organizations are divided over a new bill that is proposing to loosen the penalties for ending Williamson Act conservation easements to streamline the deployment of large-scale solar development on retired farmland.
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Brad Hooker
Associate Editor, Agri-Pulse West

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