In a remote, dry patch of California farm country, a battle is raging over carrots. Or rather, over the groundwater where they’re growing northwest of Los Angeles. The Cuyama Basin
NEW CUYAMA, Calif. (AP) In the hills of a dry, remote patch of California farm country, Lee Harrington carefully monitors the drips moistening his pistach
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The residents in the rural town of New Cuyama, California, are boycotting carrots as two major carrot companies file a lawsuit over groundwater pumping rights. Groundwater wasn’t regulated in the state until a law in 2014 was passed amid a historic drought.