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Farmers paid to fallow land to preserve water

Name: Farmers paid to fallow land to preserve water
Uploaded: 2022-12-21T17:58:00-0800
Duration: 2 min 19 s
Description: With climate change and drought, the state of California is incentivizing not using farmland or fallowing it. The move comes as irrigation in some areas is damaging residential wells.

With climate change and drought, the state of California is incentivizing not using farmland or fallowing it. The move comes as irrigation in some areas is damaging residential wells.