Cuyama Valley farmers and ranchers have launched a boycott of supermarket carrots to protest a water rights lawsuit that was filed against them by Bolthouse and Grimmway farms. Courtesy photo. Photo ...
About 30 ranchers and residents sat quietly in the Cuyama Valley Family Resource Center recently, hanging on every word from Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge William Highberger as he succinctly ...
A large pump feeds water from a well to sprinklers along Highway 166 in the Cuyama Valley, creating a scene of lush, green farms butting up against brown hills. (David Middlecamp / San Luis Obispo ...
In the early afternoon in the Cuyama Valley, a hot June sun bears down as a dry wind gusts through the remote area that runs along San Luis Obispo County’s southeastern border. Dust devils whip up the ...
Carrots are grown in the Cuyama Valley, where residents have banded together in a boycott targeting large growers over water concerns. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times) In the Cuyama Valley north of ...
The Cuyama Valley, the driest region in Santa Barbara County, is awash in discontent. The world’s largest carrot producers, newly subject to restrictions on over-pumping, are suing all other ...
CUYAMA VALLEY, Calif. – It’s been nearly 10 years since the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act was signed into law in California, launching a historic effort to halt the headlong decline of the ...
The embattled Cuyama Valley groundwater basin now has a state-approved plan that aims to create a sustainable source of water mainly through groundwater pumping reductions. On Thursday, the California ...
In the early afternoon in the Cuyama Valley, a hot June sun bears down as a dry wind gusts through the remote area that runs along San Luis Obispo County’s southeastern border. Dust devils whip up the ...