Candidate for Iowa Secretary of Agriculture in 2022 Iowa General Election.
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Get StartedAccelerate the emphasis on building health soils which store more water by engaging agricultural landowners and farm operators in targeted, team-based approaches to deliver regenerative agricultural results at scale across Iowa. Learn more
Engage Stakeholders in Transforming Iowa’s Agriculture Plumbing systems from a near singular focus on drainage to a multi-focus on managing water resources for private and public benefit, including water filtration, irrigation, and flood storage. Learn more
Norwood will work closely with local, state and federal stakeholders to align water quality goals with local, state and federal funds, including crop federal crop insurance support. Learn more
Assess what other improvements or investments Iowa can and should make to maintain its water sovereignty in the face of changing climate and more severe weather. Learn more
Help rural counties transform their drainage districts — a primary source of nitrates in our rivers — to become water management districts, managing water for quality, recharge and flood control as well as drainage. Learn more
Will bring focus to our strategies for flood control that build off of carbon and ecosystem service markets being funded by Fortune 500 companies. Learn more
Bring more focus to Urban planning efforts that seek to avoid flooding impacts by NOT building in flood plains or expanding development without integrating forward-thinking flood management needs. Learn more
Be a proponent for expanding flood management lands and assets, and then aligning those assets to support working landscapes including grazing and flood zone suitable working landscapes. Learn more
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