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The city of Fairfield has been selected by the Sustainable Iowa Land Trust (SILT), as the “pilot town” for a project to preserve local food farms.
This is the first step in SILT’s “Circle Our Cities” campaign. Their plan is to bring this program to 10 different cities and surround them with 10 farms whose sole purpose is local food production. Work is starting in Fairfield with a goal of preserving three local food farms close to town within a year. Fairfield was chosen because of its local heathy food system, management test-plot size properties and local SILT leadership. SILT Board President Stuart Valentine and advisors Francis Thicke and John Ikerd are all Fairfield residents.
Separating the boons from the boondoggles
By Pam Taylor
Environmental disasters can happen in an instant (floods, spills) or slowly over time (climate change, accumulated toxins in soil, water, and air). While we want to prevent or repair damage in the best possible way, this often means choosing between boons and boondoggles. Who benefits? Who pays?
My first foray into grassroots environmentalism happened in the late 1980s, when Riga Township was picked to be the dump for low-level radioactive waste from multiple states. Many local people lived this story, so I ll boil it down - not only was the planned facility based on a prototype, the chosen site was dangerously unsuitable. This proposal was plunked onto Riga residents, accompanied by many sales presentations. The pitch included promises and drawings with spiffy landscaping to appease the locals.