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Redesigning Farmland Through Community Collaboration in California

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A community-led project in Fairmead, California transformed a water-intensive almond farm into a landscape featuring a stormwater basin to reduce flooding and replenish groundwater, native plants for habitat restoration, and a public walking path, achieved through workshops and collaborative input from residents, farmers, nonprofits, and scientists.

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