Drought creeps into the San Luis Valley, ruining best-laid farm practices. No clover grows in the meadow cultivated for cattle. In early summer, there wasn’t enough rain to grow forage.
Stemming the water crisis in the western US will require cities and rural areas to work together to make water use on farms – the largest source of demand – more efficient. Let's have cities pay farmers to install more efficient irrigation systems.
Marie Mutsuki Mockett traveled with a team of wheat harvesters from Texas to the Dakotas, catching a rare glimpse of modern farm life and gaining valuable insight into the urban-rural divide.
' grew up on the urban-rural divide. I live it every day. And I've come to see how we collectively suffer when we see it as a debate, rather than an opportunity for growth and understanding.
Ash Bruxvoort: I am the daughter of a conventional farmer —and a sustainable ag advocate
' grew up on the urban-rural divide. I live it every day. And I've come to see how we collectively suffer when we see it as a debate, rather than an opportunity for growth and understanding.