Items Tagged with 'drought impacts to disadvantaged communities'

Sweeping cutbacks in water allocations to farms are leading to widespread underemployment in some of California’s most vulnerable communities.

Fallowing acres due to the drought will lead to lost wages for farmworkers, many of whom will find steadier work elsewhere.

Rep. Jim Costa of the San Joaquin Valley heard from several farm groups on ideas for climate-smart policies to frame up potential legislation in Congress.