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People The IVRCD Board of Directors met with Farm Aid representatives last week Flood Damage The Board traveled with the Farm Aid reps to survey flood damage along the Iowa River Willie Nelson The Board, area farmers, and Farm Aid reps met with Willie Nelson

IVRCD makes the news... MARENGO - Representatives from Farm Aid, an organization dedicated to helping family farmers, toured flooded farm fields in Iowa and Benton counties on Friday. On Saturday, singer Willie Nelson, the public face of Farm Aid, provided an initial donation of $10,000 during an event in Tama. Iowa County Supervisor Linda Yoder lead a group consisting of two representatives from Farm Aid, Joel Morton and Glenda Yoder, along with Christine Taliga and Ivy Sievers from Iowa Valley Resource Conservation and Development on a tour of flood damaged areas in the county....Read More.... IVRCD awarded $95,000 grant... USDA ANNOUNCES MORE THAN $2.7 MILLION IN RURAL BUSINESS GRANTS WASHINGTON, June 30, 2008 - Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer today announced that 15 organizations in seven states have been selected to receive more than $2.7 million in job creation and economic development grants. "These funds underscore USDA’s commitment to foster a healthy business climate in rural areas," Schafer said. "Helping small and emerging rural enterprises thrive is critical to our mission to deliver economic opportunity to rural communities."....See the full press release

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