All told, alfalfa swallows triple the water used by everyone in the region to shower, water lawns, and do laundry.

Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/06/colorado-river-drying-up-basin-water-hay/674357/?utm_source=feed

In 1970, they were hay and alfalfa fields.

Source: https://www.canyoncountryzephyr.com/2023/01/08/jackson-holes-last-honest-cowboy-summer-1970-jim-stiles-zx44/

In addition to carrots, the soft-spoken 66-year-old grew alfalfa…

Source: https://biztoc.com/x/d9ced7993336c05e?ref=ff

Or I would suggest that the grower review fertilizer label ingredients and select a product with organic ingredients such as blood meal, bone meal, fish meal, kelp meal, cottonseed meal and alfalfa.

Source: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/lifestyle/home-and-garden/story/2023-03-04/in-the-rose-garden-personalize-before-you-fertilize

Participants ride in a wagon pulled by a tractor through a meadow, flinging flakes of alfalfa for herds of wild elk. The elk come close to eat the handout, offering a premiere wildlife viewing experience.

Source: https://centraloregondaily.com/jewell-meadows-wildlife-area/

The city created the Sioux Addition, "20 acres of alfalfa field about a mile north of the city limits along the west side of Haines Avenue," as described by a 1978 Journal article.

Source: https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/housing-and-history-go-hand-in-hand-for-rapid-city-woman/article_d4f9f1fc-fc01-11ed-b6f8-678babdc79b6.html

We got on this tour because it was the last one of the season, and the weather was brutal, but that made the elk all the more appreciative of the alfalfa we fed them.

Source: https://centraloregondaily.com/jewell-meadows-wildlife-area/