By Alan PryorFebruary 18, 20260 comments
Opponents of Village Farms Davis have made numerous misleading and/or outright false claims about the Project and its supposed adverse environmental impacts on Davis and its residents. Their allegations are made without almost no quantitative supporting data from independent, verifiable 3rd-party sources to support their claims. Unfortunately, these naysayers instead rely on speculation and innuendo to attempt to disparage and denigrate the proposed Project.
This article is the first in a series that will present detailed information that factually refutes each of these untrue “myths” and false allegations made by project opponents . This first article summarizes the false claims and provides a brief summary response followed by a more in-depth discussion refuting some of the allegations that require additional information to refute them. Subsequent articles in the coming weeks will further address some of these false claims in much greater detail.
II. SUMMARY OF MYTHS AND FACTS
A. Alleged Risks of Flooding
Myth No. 1 – “The Project is partly in a FEMA 100-year floodplain that results in huge onsite flood risks for future residents!”
Fact No. 1 – This is a red herring argument. In fact, the Project is engineered to meet FEMA 200-year floodplain protection standards making it one of the most flood-resilient neighborhoods in Davis. FEMA must certify the lots before construction so that flood insurance will not be required by future...
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