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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, December 22, 2024
A coalition of farm and business groups are sounding the alarm for the current water crisis and sharing disappointment with the state's lack of urgency.
The San Joaquin Valley Water Collaborative Action Program is bringing farmers to the table alongside environmental groups, drinking water advocates and local municipalities.
The resiliency of farmers in the San Joaquin Valley is going to be severely tested as surface water allocations are limited and groundwater sustainability plans begin to be implemented.
More buyers and sellers of ag lands are now realizing the broad effects of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, as shown in the latest land values.
A study released this week presents disturbing findings about impacts from implementing SGMA. Yet the state has never performed an economic impact analysis.