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California's water laws could support small farmers during drought

By Hicbd
Sun Apr 18 2021 9:10 am

'"The really big growers were drilling these really big wells like crazy, and often neighboring farms were drying up,' said Dave Runsten, policy director at the California Alliance for Family Farmers. 'In a situation like this, the people with the shortest straws lose.'"

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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/27/california-groundwater-sgma-law-farmers
https://www.ppic.org/publication/water-use-in-california/

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Agriculture / Farming Water Sources / Conservation Droughts California

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