Unite for water rights

While many have heard about the wildflowers in the Carrizzo Plain National Monument, fewer people know just a few miles up toward the Los Padres Forest and Ojai, is an up and coming wine and olive growing region — and one that is already at risk from a water grab that is disrupting the hydrologic cycle in the area for farmers and residents. 

Home to Condor’s Hope, a largely dry farmed and agro-ecological project as well as Sagebrush Annie Winery and Quail Springs permaculture farm, the area is threatened by carrots grown at farms by Bolthouse, Grimmway, and a Harvard investment group’s venture into wine grapes which is sucking the area dry. Continue reading →