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The ultra-efficient farm of the future is in the sky

Take a tour of a rooftop laboratory where scientists show how growing crops under solar panels can produce both food and clean energy.
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The water wars deciding the future of the West

From conservation to importing water from the Pacific, Democrats say they have all the answers to historic drought. The one thing no one wants to talk about: stopping the sprawl.
Robert Glennon: A water strategy for the parched West

Robert Glennon: A water strategy for the parched West

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.

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An illogical oasis

Golf courses guzzle water. Should that change in a time of extreme drought?
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Regenerative agriculture is helping one Colorado farmer use less water

Regenerative agriculture could help Colorado save water as its supplies dwindle amid a megadrought. But will the industry embrace it?
Ron Burke and Mary Ann Dickinson: Lack of water efficiency funding undercuts fight against drought
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Ron Burke and Mary Ann Dickinson: Lack of water efficiency funding undercuts fight against drought

With the current drought already impacting over 90 million people in the U.S. and with water scarcity likely to get worse because of population growth and climate change, there is an urgent need to invest in water efficiency.

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