Fact Sheet Describes Rainwater Catchment from High Tunnels

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Cities Developing Urban Agriculture Codes

Urban agriculture has become increasingly popular in recent years as a way to deal with vacant properties, revitalize neighborhoods, and provide job skills and nutrition to local residents struggling with poverty and a lack of access to fresh produce.

In Austin, Texas, a working group of the Sustainable Food Policy Board is meeting to clarify and update city code related to urban farms, livestock, size of farm, employees and dwellings, according to the Austin Chronicle.

The working group has been holding public sessions to gather input from urban farmers and community members about pending updates to the urban farm ordinance.

In April 2013, the Flint Farmers' Market reported that the Detroit City Council adopted the city's first urban agriculture zoning ordinance recognizing agriculture as a legitimate land use and setting standards for it.

Other cities working to update or create urban agriculture codes include Boston, Massachusetts;
Fort Collins, Colorado; and Portland, Oregon.

For more information, see USDA's National Ag Library webpage on Urban Agriculture.

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Posted by Christa Hartsook | April 16, 2012 | 1 Comment

Iowa State University Extension is making available Rainwater Catchment from a High Tunnel for Irrigation Use, a seven-page fact sheet that describes a system to catch, store, and reuse rainwater for irrigation in high tunnels. Approximately 900 gallons of water will flow from the roof of a 30' by 96' high tunnel during a half-inch rain event.

The fact sheet describes how to build a system to catch, store and reuse therainwater for irrigation in a high tunnel. The cost of installing rain gutters,rainwater storage tanks, and an electric pump is estimated at $1,200. Asolar-powered pumping system will add approximately $700 to that cost.

https://store.extension.iastate.edu/ItemDetail.aspx?ProductID=13734

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This fact sheet will surely be useful to all farmers out there. Whats best is that it is free to download. In my eyes, this is the future-making use (and re-use) of everything Mother Nature grants us, be it water, sun, or wind.

Posted by Londoner | April 17, 2012

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