A 400-acre parcel that includes Winona County's closed landfill could one day be the site of community greenhouses, farming plots or aquaculture facilities.
A broad coalition of county leaders - including the county commissioners, Project FINE, the Land Stewardship Office and Winona State University - met Wednesday to discuss what to do with the land, a plot near Hwy. 43 with a lot of potential, said County Administrator Duane Hebert.
The county was recently awarded a $5,000 Clean Energy Resource Team planning grant, and ideas for how to spend the money are as wide-ranging as the coalition that met to discuss the parcel.
"I think the opportunities are endless," Hebert said. "The resources are around."
A system at the 50-acre landfill captures and burns methane, and Hebert wants to consider using the gas as an energy source, to heat greenhouses or support an aquaculture and hydroponics system....Read entire story in Winona Daily News
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