founded in 1983, cadiz inc. is a renewable resource company that owns over 70 square miles of land with significant water resources in southern california. the company's properties, which are located at three sites in california's eastern mojave desert, offer abundant and renewable sources of clean water, an ideal environment for organic farming, and excellent land conservation opportunities. the company maintains an organic agricultural operation at its primary property in the cadiz valley and manages the largest desert tortoise land conservation bank in california. the company is also pursuing the cadiz valley water conservation, recovery and storage project, known as the cadiz water project, which will capture and conserve billions of gallons of renewable groundwater that is presently lost to evaporation and provide a new, sustainable water supply. through the active and safe management of the groundwater aquifer system at the site, the cadiz water project will reduce an ongoing los