The residents of Cuyama Valley have been fighting a water use battle for three years, after agricultural giants Grimmway Farms and Bolthouse Farms filed an adjudication lawsuit in 2021. KCSB's Rosie Bultman and Joyce Chi traveled to Cuyama Valley to get the latest on the situation.

In Part 1, we learn more about the land and community of the Valley, and explore how its groundwater crisis led to an ongoing legal battle.

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Photo credit: Joyce Chi

Music used: Pacing by Chad Crouch; Delmendra, Delle’s Fog, Filing Away, and Astrisx by Blue Dot Sessions