Rainwater Harvesting for Irrigation of Organic Vegetables

View the project final report

• 2012 annual report

Commodities

Practices

• Education and Training: farmer to farmer
• Production Systems: integrated crop and livestock systems

A rainwater harvest system will be used to irrigate organic vegetables.

• 3,300 square foot barn roof and adjacent pad where water tanks will sit.
• 1,500 square foot shop roof for rain collection
• 30 foot to be bridged between two water harvesting areas. Collected water will gravity drain from the shop eave to the tank resting beneath the barn eave.

Goal 1: Rainwater Harvester project will pay for itself in savings accumulated during ten years.
Goal 2: Rainwater Harvester project will improve the public’s identification with the farm as using sustainable practices which will result in increased sales of organic vegetables.
Goal 3: Rainwater Harvester will lead to the public feeling increasingly interconnected with nature’s systems and the development of holistic thinking about the positive impact of humans farming sustainably.
Goal 4: Rainwater Harvester systems will become better understood by the public.