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.
Jeff Huckaby, president and CEO of Grimmway, walks on a carrot field owned by the company, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, in New Cuyama, Calif. In the Cuyama Valley northwest of Los Angeles, two of the country’s biggest carrot farmers filed a lawsuit in a bid to have their groundwater rights upheld by a judge. The move pushed hundreds of small farmers and cattle ranchers, local residents and even the tiny school district into court, and has prompted community outcry and a call for a carrot boycott.
20, 2023, in Ventucopa, Calif. Harrington is one of the small farmers, cattle ranchers and others living near the tiny town of New Cuyama whose water supplies and livelihoods are at the heart of a groundwater rights lawsuit brought by two of the nation’s biggest carrot farming companies. The slow-drip irrigation method is demonstrated on Jim Harrington’s farm, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, in Ventucopa, Calif.
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