The Green Desert
America's harshest climate is home to the nation's breadbasket. The desert valleys of Yuma, Imperial, and Coachella produce 90% of the winter vegetables consumed in the US. Agriculture in this region…
The Green Desert
America's harshest climate is home to the nation's breadbasket. The desert valleys of Yuma, Imperial, and Coachella produce 90% of the winter vegetables consumed in the US. Agriculture in this region depends on Colorado River water delivered from the All-American Canal. Yet it's a system on the brink of catastrophe. The effects of climate change and a twenty-year drought have brought its reservoirs nearly to dead-pool. States battle for their fair share of precious river water amidst constant cries for cutbacks. In the face of unprecedented scarcity, these desert valleys are in a race to conserve and innovate. Can this agricultural linchpin find a way to survive? The food security of an entire country hangs in the balance.
The Green Desert
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America's harshest climate is home to the nation's breadbasket. The desert valleys of Yuma, Imperial, and Coachella produce 90% of the winter vegetables consumed in the US. Agriculture in this region depends on Colorado River water delivered from the All-American Canal.
Yet it's a system on the brink of catastrophe. The effects of climate change and a twenty-year drought have brought its reservoirs nearly to dead-pool. States battle for their fair share of precious river water amidst constant cries for cutbacks.
In the face of unprecedented scarcity, these desert valleys are in a race to conserve and innovate. Can this agricultural linchpin find a way to survive? The food security of an entire country hangs in the balance..