We've heard a lot about the unequitable application of groundwater laws at the Sonoma County Food System Alliance. A recent article in Civil Eats has a lot to say about it.
From the article:
"[Annie]Main [of Good Humus Farm in Yolo County] also learned that one reason small farmers may have fallen through the cracks since the SGMA passed in 2014 was that while the law requires all who depend on groundwater, including domestic well users and cities, to be considered when making plans, all agricultural interests were lumped into a single group as one large, uniform beneficiary. This is the case despite the vast difference between a small, diversified farm and a massive monocrop operation."
Find the introduction and link to the full report which inspired the article here.
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