Arizona farms stunted by megadrought, Colorado producers say the choice lies ahead between lawns and food is ahead

PINAL COUNTY, ARIZ. — Colorado River basin water has transformed Nancy Caywood’s fields in the desert southwest of Phoenix into carpets of green cotton and alfalfa for generations. But in

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