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A fight over precious groundwater in a rural California town is rooted in carrots

The ongoing legal battle in Cuyama, California, between small farmers and two large carrot growers over groundwater rights has resulted in mounting legal bills and a call for a carrot boycott.
The lack of groundwater regulation in California allowed farmers and residents to freely access water, but disputes over water usage have led to multiple lawsuits.
Carrots are one of California's top agricultural commodities, and the declining groundwater levels and rising pumping costs have prompted the carrot growers to expand to other states while maintaining operations in Cuyama.

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A fight over precious groundwater in a rural California town is rooted in carrots

In a remote, dry patch of California farm country, a battle is raging over carrots. Or rather, over the groundwater where they’re growing northwest of Los Angeles. The Cuyama Basin

2 months ago·United States

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A fight over precious groundwater in a rural California town is rooted in carrots

In a remote, dry patch of California farm country, a battle is raging over carrots

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A fight over precious groundwater in a rural California town is rooted in carrots

By AMY TAXIN Associated Press NEW CUYAMA, Calif. (AP) — In a remote, dry patch of California farm country, a battle is raging over carrots. Or rather, over the groundwater where they’re growing northwest of Los Angeles. The Cuyama Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency has adopted plans to scale back groundwater pumping in adherence with a 2014 state law. But a lawsuit filed by two major carrot companies, Grimmway Farms and Bolthouse Farms, say…

2 months ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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A fight over precious groundwater in a rural California town is rooted in carrots

In a remote, dry patch of California farm country, a battle is raging over carrots.

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A fight over precious groundwater in a rural California town is rooted in carrots

By AMY TAXIN Associated Press NEW CUYAMA, Calif. (AP) — In the hills of a dry, remote patch of California farm country, Lee Harrington carefully monitors the drips moistening his pistachio trees to ensure they’re not wasting any of the groundwater at the heart of a vicious fight. He is one of scores of farmers, ranchers and others living near the tiny town of New Cuyama who have been hauled into court by a lawsuit filed by two of the nation’s bi…

2 months ago·Panama City, United States

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A fight over precious groundwater in a rural California town is rooted in carrots

NEW CUYAMA, Calif. (AP) -- In the hills of a dry, remote patch of California farm country, Lee Harrington carefully monitors the drips moistening his pistachio trees to ensure they're not wasting any of the groundwater at the heart of a vicious fight.

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A fight over precious groundwater in a rural California town is rooted in carrots

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A fight over precious groundwater in a rural California town is rooted in carrots

A fight over precious groundwater in a rural California town is rooted in carrots

A fight over precious groundwater in a rural California town is rooted in carrots

A fight over precious groundwater in a rural California town is rooted in carrots

A fight over precious groundwater in a rural California town is rooted in carrots

A fight over precious groundwater in a rural California town is rooted in carrots

A fight over precious groundwater in a rural California town is rooted in carrots

A fight over precious groundwater in a rural California town is rooted in carrots

A fight over precious groundwater in a rural California town is rooted in carrots

A fight over precious groundwater in a rural California town is rooted in carrots

A fight over precious groundwater in a rural California town is rooted in carrots

A fight over precious groundwater in a rural California town is rooted in carrots

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