During the Shelby County Farm Committee meeting last night (complete video here), one of the former farmers of the county farm informed the public (video attached) that even back when he farmed the property the county board knew it was illegal to cash rent the county farm, so they stopped cash renting it.
It would be interesting to figure out when cash rent was started again, and which board members approved of it.
Other public comments included calling farm committee members “you f*ckers” and “damn dumbasses” and even references to “extreme far right MAGA extremist anarchists.”
Most public commenters expressed their opinions that the county should not sell the farm. One commenter brought up the idea of forming a county park district to manage the county farm and other properties and use it to teach young people how to grow and farm food for local consumption.
A motion to table the resolution to sell the county farm was made and received a unanimous vote of the farm committee.
This story was originally published by Edgar County Watchdogs. Read the original HERE.
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