Helping Farmers Save Water

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24                                                                                                                                    PROGRAM #10563  12:00 PM PT 

Helping Farmers Save Water. 

The federal government designated Central Arizona among selected irrigation districts across the west to receive millions in grants to save water while keeping farmland working. The program will help improve irrigation and change farming practices and crop systems and other ways to save water. How serious is the impact of the severe drought on Arizona’s agriculture? What is Arizona doing to move into sustainable farming? What’s the future of farming in the desert under a climate crisis? How are the federal programs helping mitigate the water crisis?

Guests: Gloria Montaño Greene, Deputy Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation, US Department of Agriculture-USDA, and Former Director, Arizona’s Farm Service Agency-FSA, Phoenix, AZ; Pita Juárez, Communication Organizer, Climate Power En Acción, Phoenix, AZ; Samuel Orozco, News Director, Radio Bilingüe, Fresno, CA.

Photo: U.S. Department of AgricultureFacebook

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