content: Securities and Exchange Commission
                      Washington, D.C. 20549
  
                              FORM 8-K
  
                           CURRENT REPORT
  
               Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                  Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
          Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
  
                          August 29, 2002
  
                             CADIZ INC.
       (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
  
                              Delaware
           (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  
                                  ---------------
  
                  0-12114                        77-0313235
          (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
  
  
  100 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1600, Santa Monica, CA   90401
  (Address of principal executive offices)       (Zip Code)
  
  
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (310)899-4700
  
  Item 5.  Other Events
           ------------
           Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of a press
  release dated August 29, 2002 as issued by the Registrant.
  
  
  Item 7. Exhibits
          --------
          99.1  Press Release dated August 29, 2002
  
                             SIGNATURES
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
  of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
  on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
                                CADIZ INC.
  
  
                                By:   /s/ Jennifer Hankes Painter
                                    -------------------------------
                                          Jennifer Hankes Painter
                                          General Counsel and
                                          Corporate Secretary
  
  Dated:  September 4, 2002
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text: Securities and Exchange Commission
                      Washington, D.C. 20549
  
                              FORM 8-K
  
                           CURRENT REPORT
  
               Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                  Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
          Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
  
                          August 29, 2002
  
                             CADIZ INC.
       (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
  
                              Delaware
           (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  
                                  ---------------
  
                  0-12114                        77-0313235
          (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
  
  100 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1600, Santa Monica, CA   90401
  (Address of principal executive offices)       (Zip Code)
  
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (310)899-4700
  
  Item 5.  Other Events
           ------------
           Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of a press
  release dated August 29, 2002 as issued by the Registrant.
  
  Item 7. Exhibits
          --------
          99.1  Press Release dated August 29, 2002
  
                             SIGNATURES
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
  of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
  on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
                                CADIZ INC.
  
                                By:   /s/ Jennifer Hankes Painter
                                    -------------------------------
                                          Jennifer Hankes Painter
                                          General Counsel and
                                          Corporate Secretary
  
  Dated:  September 4, 2002