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County updates land‑use agreements and unveils rainwater‑harvesting plan at Historic Poor Farm
Summary
County staff recommended renewing several land‑use agreements at the Historic Poor Farm and presented a rainwater‑harvesting design to reduce well demand and test demonstration systems, funded in part by a DNR Farmer‑to‑Farmer grant and local partners.
County staff presented both short‑term amendments to land‑use agreements at the Historic Poor Farm and a broader plan to install rainwater‑harvesting systems intended to reduce irrigation demand and serve as a demonstration site.
Jason Rimm of Iowa Valley RC&D summarized amendments to eight on‑site agreements, including a request to reduce acreage for one tenant and to expand acreage for another. Rimm said the changes mainly reallocate small quarter‑acre parcels among existing growers.
Rimm and Elsa DeWalt, local food and farm manager, then described a state‑funded initiative to design rainwater‑harvesting systems at the farm. "We wanna harvest rainwater for the…
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