Nevada Irrigation District: Save SunSmile Farms

Nevada Irrigation District: Save SunSmile Farms

The Issue

SunSmile Farms is the biggest, most diverse certified organic farm in the Grass Valley area, sitting on 70 acres only 2 miles from downtown Grass Valley. The farm actively participates in the community, supporting the local food bank, providing flowers to Hospice, hosting the Twin Cities Run for the Community, inviting the public to their farm for U-pick opportunities, and more. And, most importantly, the owners have produced massive quantities of vegetables and fruit for our community for 100 years. But two years ago, they had a leak in their water line. After a costly delay of nearly one year - due to contention over whose responsibility it was to fix the line - NID acknowledged that the line was theirs and repaired the line. In the meantime, the farm lost all their mature cherry trees and blueberry and raspberry plants. Please ask NID to help save the farm - including compensating the farm for damage to their crops - by signing this online petition and passing it along to anyone else who might want to sign it, too. Without fair compensation, the farm is likely to go out of business. This farm, so integral to our community, to our independence, our health, and our sense of identity, is worth saving. 

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The Issue

SunSmile Farms is the biggest, most diverse certified organic farm in the Grass Valley area, sitting on 70 acres only 2 miles from downtown Grass Valley. The farm actively participates in the community, supporting the local food bank, providing flowers to Hospice, hosting the Twin Cities Run for the Community, inviting the public to their farm for U-pick opportunities, and more. And, most importantly, the owners have produced massive quantities of vegetables and fruit for our community for 100 years. But two years ago, they had a leak in their water line. After a costly delay of nearly one year - due to contention over whose responsibility it was to fix the line - NID acknowledged that the line was theirs and repaired the line. In the meantime, the farm lost all their mature cherry trees and blueberry and raspberry plants. Please ask NID to help save the farm - including compensating the farm for damage to their crops - by signing this online petition and passing it along to anyone else who might want to sign it, too. Without fair compensation, the farm is likely to go out of business. This farm, so integral to our community, to our independence, our health, and our sense of identity, is worth saving. 

The Decision Makers

Nancy Weber
Nancy Weber
Director, Division I
John H. Drew
John H. Drew
Director, Division II
W. Scott Miller, MD
W. Scott Miller, MD
Director, Division III
Jim Bachman
Jim Bachman
Director, Division IV
Nick Wilcox
Nick Wilcox
Director, Division V

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Petition created on June 22, 2013