A surprising group of investors is fueling a global scramble for water in the most unlikely of places – the Arizona desert. As wells run dry, there’s a race for profits.
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Posted inEnvironment, Food for 9 Billion, The Secrets of the Drought
What California can learn from Saudi Arabia’s water mystery
Saudi Arabia’s once massive underground aquifer system is drying up due to years of overpumping. And California, in the midst of a drought, is heading
Posted inImmigration, Rape in the Fields, Worked Over, Workers’ Rights
Female workers face rape, harassment in US agriculture industry
They harvest the produce and process the meat and eggs Americans eat every day. But many migrant women are paying a high price to put food on their families’ tables.