The agricultural industry in Arizona is reliant on water flowing from the Colorado River. And as the Biden administration and federal agencies rush to remedy a looming water crisis in the Southwest, farmers in the state are concerned that directives from authorities could have an outsized effect on an integral part of the economy.
John Boelts, a produce farmer in Yuma, Arizona, kneels in a field of melon plants. | Benji Jones/Vox A huge amount of US food is grown in the desert using…