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Harvard buys up water rights in drought-hit Calif.

February 5, 2015 By Richard Valdmanis Reuters

Feb. 5, 2015, Boston – Harvard University has quietly become one of the biggest grape
growers in California’s drought-stricken Paso Robles wine region,
securing water well drilling permits to feed its vineyards days before
lawmakers banned new pumping, according to records reviewed by Reuters. | READ MORE