Native Americans and Farmworkers Partner for New Farming.

Wednesday_673x324WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1
PROGRAM # 9903 12:00 PM PT

Native Americans and Farmworkers Partner for New Farming.

Organized farm workers and Native American leaders are coming together in a cooperative partnership with a private water-management company to make water available for agriculture, housing, economic development and other uses for disadvantaged communities in an arid area where water is scarce. The historic project, geared to create the tools to adapt to the imminent threat of climate change, is set to benefit tribal and farmworker communities in California’s Coachella and Imperial Valleys and the Mojave desert. This is the first in a new radio series titled “Cuando se Seca el Arroyo…”

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