Appendix

Sources & credits

This site is a planning proposal. Figures come from the sources below as of September 2026 and will change — especially fuel prices, land listings and water policy. Please check the originals before making decisions.

Facts & figures

• Bureau of Land Management — Imperial Dam LTVA; Recreation and Public Purposes Act

  LTVA permits and season; R&PP sales and leases to nonprofits

• Bureau of Reclamation — Post-2026 Colorado River operations decision (Aug 21, 2026)

  Arizona’s 760,000 acre-foot annual reduction

• KAWC, AZFamily, Arizona Farm Bureau

  Reporting on Yuma-area water impacts and 2029 projections

• USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service — EQIP

  Cost-share for drip irrigation

• USDA Rural Development — REAP, VAPG, Rural Business Development Grants

  Solar, value-added processing and rural business funding

• USDA Farm Service Agency — beginning farmer loans

  Direct and guaranteed farm ownership loans

• Local Line; National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

  2026 funding status of USDA programs

• Arizona Department of Water Resources

  Well permitting and groundwater rules

• Arizona Department of Health Services — cottage food program

  Rules on selling home-made foods

• University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, Yuma County

  Soil testing and local growing advice

• Homes.com, LandWatch, Redfin, LandSearch

  Example listings and per-acre averages around Bard, Winterhaven and Yuma (September 2026)

• NPR; USDA weekly fuel data via IndexBox; Chase

  Diesel prices and context (September 2026)

• U.S. Energy Information Administration — Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update

  Weekly retail diesel prices, for keeping this site current

• ASTM D6751

  Standard specification for biodiesel blend stock

• IRS Forms 720 and 637

  Federal excise tax and registration for fuel producers

Photographs & plates

All images are from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licenses shown. Follow each link for the original file and full license terms.

• Senator Wash South Shore (55170338516)
  BLMArizona · Public domain
• Senator Wash North Shore (55170507223)
  BLMArizona · Public domain
• Senator Wash South Shore (55170731030)
  BLMArizona · Public domain
• Construction of the Imperial Canal head gate apron on the Colorado River, Sharps, ca.1903 (CHS-4280)
  C. C. Pierce · Public domain
• Drumstick tree (Moringa oleifera)
  Crops for the Future · CC BY-SA 3.0
• Jardin de Moringa à Jaja 04
  Ibrahimassoumane · CC0
• Jardin de Moringa à Jaja 07
  Ibrahimassoumane · CC0
• Jardin de Moringa à Jaja 24
  Ibrahimassoumane · CC0
• Moringa Oleifera Xedoo
  Xedoo · CC BY-SA 4.0
• Tom Mboya proudly displays seedlings of Moringa oleifera at a nursery near Shirati Tanzania
  Oertherdb · CC BY-SA 4.0
• Champ de Moringa a Gaya
  Fhadel ALOU · CC BY-SA 4.0
• Malunggay leaves
  Brazal.dang · CC BY-SA 4.0
• Carefully picked Malunggay leaves in a bowl
  Pandakekok9 · CC0
• Moringa Leaves Farm Philippines 2018
  JMSA2018 · CC BY 4.0
• Moringa leaves powder
  Satyalatha · CC BY-SA 4.0
• Moringa oleifera powder
  CNEcija12345 · CC BY-SA 4.0
• Moringa oleifera flowers 20231217 095210 02
  Ramesh Kunnappully · CC BY-SA 4.0
• Moringa oleifera m
  Mateusbotanica2020 · CC BY-SA 4.0
• Moringa oleifera in Bosque Alemao
  Wilfredor · CC0
• Moringa oleifera copa
  Mateusbotanica2020 · CC BY-SA 4.0
• 2301Moringa oleifera pod (seedpod) textures 27
  Judgefloro · CC0
• Starr 070207-4290 Moringa oleifera
  Forest & Kim Starr · CC BY 3.0
• Dried moringa seeds
  Fumikas Sagisavas · CC0
• Moringa for sale
  Ewien van Bergeijk - Kwant · CC BY-SA 4.0
• Moringa leaves with dew drops in morning light
  Navaneethpp · CC BY-SA 4.0
• Starr 060921-9047 Moringa oleifera
  Forest & Kim Starr · CC BY 3.0
• Moringa oleifera Blanco1.125
  Francisco Manuel Blanco (O.S.A.) · Public domain
• Flore pittoresque et médicale des Antilles (Pl. 27) BHL3481276
  Descourtilz, M. E.; Descourtilz, M. E. · Public domain
• Mouringou 6-11 Rheede 1686
  Rheede tot Drakenstein · Public domain
• Illustrations of Indian Botany, Vol. 1 (page 378 crop)
  Robert Wight · Public domain