Rural America’s population is growing

For two years now, the number of people living in rural areas of the country has increased, adding on average 35,000 residents per year.

California’s groundwater depletion causes ground to sink in Central Valley

California’s Central Valley, according to researchers, is in a “perfect storm,” whereby drought years, rising temperatures and subsiding clay are causing the ground to collapse. The region’s groundwater has been largely depleted after the state’s $50 billion agricultural industry resorted to pumping during the drought.

Rural residents struggle to pay rent

While much has been reported on the ever-increasing rents in urban areas around the United States, rural residents face the same pressures to pay for housing yet have fewer resources to draw on to overcome these challenges.

U.S. Congress approves Colorado River drought plan after years of negotiations

A seven-state agreement aimed at reducing water use from the nearly dry Colorado River won approval from the U.S. Congress last week following years of stalemate among competing interests.

California bill to increase farm worker housing advances

California Assembly committee members, this month, debated the Farm Worker Housing Act of 2019, allowing the legislation to advance to more legislative review.