Pecan orchards in the desert? More on the sustainability of water and farming in El Paso

The El Paso Matters Podcast by Diego Mendoza-Moyers

Episode notes

As climate change and drought pressure El Paso's water supplies, pecan farmers in one of the nation's biggest pecan-growing hubs are testing out new techniques to sustain agriculture in the face of heat and increasingly salty groundwater. El Paso Matters reporter Diego Mendoza-Moyers speaks with Orlando Flores, the county extensions agent with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, about agriculture in the El Paso area and how farmers manage water shortages. You can read Diego's recent reporting on the regional pecan industry at elpasomatters.org.

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