1- Draining Arizona: Mining for Water In the Desert Leaves Residents’ Wells Dry (2019 NBC video) 2- A Mega-Feedlot is Draining Arizona’s Aquifer and Farming Lifestyles (01 August 2021) Sub-title: Minnesota’s Riverview Dairy has deep pockets and long straws. —Debbie Weingarten and Tony Davis https://www.hcn.org/author_search?getAuthor=Debbie%20Weingarten%20and%20Tony%20Davis&sort_on=PublicationDate&sort_order=descending
One day, historians will write the history of the Cochise County groundwater wars. They’re sure to say something like this: “A groundswell of everyday people rose up, starting in the parched summer of 2023. ”A super-majority of Cochise County residents got behind participatory democracy. They left behind the lie of representative democracy. The people saw–and knew–that their elected representatives …
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Being asked to die for Corporate Ag is like receiving a patriotic request to die for the phone company. Don’t do it. Instead, rise up and shake off the tyranny of investor-owned agricultural corporations. A friend of our campaign recently wrote: “My first impression of the Riverview situation is to consider an antitrust action. It’s …
The AgriVampires and their enablers want you to believe something that’s not true. In Cochise County, at least on paper, they’ll tell you there’s no shortage of groundwater. Yet groundwater is in crisis everywhere we look–and especially in Sulphur Springs Valley. Ask your neighbors who are hauling water because their well went dry just how …
The groundwater crisis in Cochise County is the result of rampant, entrenched lawlessness. We live in a society in which—at least currently—terrible things happen with impunity. Why is Cochise County a lawless fiefdom? Two words: Corporate Ag. In this campaign, we are vagabonds of the obvious. We do our best to keep reminding people WHO …
Today’s reflections we entitle: Your State Is Handing Your Resources to Corporate Ag. Let’s be honest: In a state like Arizona, a majority of residents report they are “against government.” Many say they want more “limited government.” But what we have is the exact opposite. In Cochise County in particular, a powerful and intrusive state …
The people you call your neighbors are no longer sitting and waiting for something to happen. There’s no illusion about a messiah politician or bureaucrat coming along. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for to do something to preserve the groundwater.
How are YOU doing in this push for so-called “economic development” in our county? Are you turning the gears of production, or are someone else’s cogs chewing you up? Economic development shouldn’t ruin us. When will we achieve economic development in Cochise County? When our small ranchers, farmers, and producers thrive. At present, Corporate Ag …
We sent the following letter several days ago to an Elfrida resident. The recipient is a friend of all Cochise County residents. It received a positive response among his circle of friends. He suggested we share it with a wider audience. ===== Dear friend, Ben Franklin is famous for thinking through the relationship between words …
Today’s meditation we call: The Way of the AgriVampire You can’t practice agribusiness the way Corporate Ag does without destroying a lot of people. You can’t be a Cochise County groundwater baron without destroying most non-human creatures. The way of the AgriVampire, in time, destroys even the AgriVampire. But AgriVampires say there’s money to make …
