Eva Kotobuki Sideris

Feb 9, 2023 | planetforward.org | Gina Jimenez |Adam Goldstein |Eva Kotobuki Sideris |Eric Forbes

Dr. Rocío Juárez is used to treating patients suffering from vomiting and diarrhea, but she had never seen an outbreak of intestinal disease as bad as the one last February in her hometown of Monterrey, in Northern Mexico. “There were at least a couple of weeks in which nearly every patient I saw had diarrhea,” Juárez said of the outbreak, in which a dire water shortage coincided with a dangerous spike in intestinal disease. But was it really just a coincidence?

Feb 7, 2023 | planetforward.org | Eva Kotobuki Sideris |Jenna Magioncalda |Hannah Krantz |Katie Perkins

Located near the base of an extinct volcano in Northern New Mexico, Daniel Carmona's Cerro Vista Farms defies the area's natural dryness and manages to grow bok choy, radishes, basil, collard greens, and more. The property neighbors Top of the World Farm, which has been at the center of controversy surrounding water rights in the area for years.