A Fondomonte alfalfa farm in Vicksburg, Arizona
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A Fondomonte alfalfa farm in Vicksburg, Arizona
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There’s a rural area in Arizona with massive groundwater basins underneath the earth. Water should be plentiful there, but wells are running dry. Today on the show, what’s behind the water issues in rural Arizona?
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