Though often seen as being at odds with one another, Utah’s farms and the Great Salt Lake have a lot in common.
Both have suffered as a result of the water crises of recent years, and neither is exempt from the tension building with the state’s ongoing development and growth.
Stark economic conditions for local farmers and for the lake have led some to suggest it’s time for Utah to give up the pursuit of agriculture entirely and leave all that water for the lake.
But local food and agriculture play a deep role in Utah’s sense of place and purpose. In a series of 2015 surveys, the nonprofit Envision Utah determined that 97% of the state’s residents believe we should grow more food locally.
Read more about what the Great Salt Lake and Utah farms have in common.