Tulare Lake – California Globe

The Value of a Safe, Affordable and Consistent Food Supply

June 28, 2024 2:31 pmJune 28, 2024 2:31 pm

For the past few years I’ve been rolling up and down Highway 99 attending ag irrigation related meetings. I’ve heard several opinions about the value of agriculture and I tend to enjoy a good meal now and then, ipso facto,...

Governor Newsom Proposes Additional $290 Million For State Flood Control Projects

May 12, 2023 5:43 pmMay 12, 2023 5:44 pm

As part of his revised state budget proposal announced on Friday, Governor Gavin Newsom stated than an additional $290 million would go to flood control projects in the state, for a total of $492 million added since January. According to...

Kern County Water Districts and White Lands – Kern County Water Agency

February 27, 2020 11:22 amFebruary 28, 2020 7:43 am

A controversial aspect of new California groundwater regulation is the unofficial collaboration of the Environmental Defense Fund to structure water markets that previously failed; and circular buy-outs of farmlands funded with high water rates paid by the same farmers whose...