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Balancing Renewable Energy Projects with Rural Needs: The Role of Community Benefit Agreements

Wisconsin Farmers Union

For the last 11 years Erik has been working on the clean energy transition at rural electric cooperatives at an organization called CURE. During that time his work has led to historic investments in rural electrification through the New ERA and PACE programs passed in the Inflation Reduction Act. They can also think outside of the box.

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Farm Bill Coalition Letter

NASDA

We write to express our gratitude for your efforts to advance the 2024 farm bill within your jurisdictions and to seek your continued support for passing this critical legislation before the end of the year. If Congress does not come together this year to enact a bipartisan farm bill, the legislative process will begin anew in the 119th Congress.

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Large-Scale Ohio Research Project to Explore How Solar and Farming Can Co-Exist

Daily Yonder

The answers will help shape best practices for future projects, while addressing some concerns raised in ongoing debates over siting large solar projects in rural farm areas. A recent report from the American Farmland Trust says Ohio could lose more than 518,000 acres of farmland to urban sprawl by 2040.

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Farm Stops Create New Markets for Small Farms

Civil Eats

are buckling under the weight of financial, legal, and logistical challenges. For example, in 2016, after receiving a complaint, the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) cited Argus for selling eggs from small farms that hadn’t processed their eggs in a licensed facility. In 2023, the store made $6.5

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Solar Farms in Colorado: Fossil Fuel-Free Energy Comes With Controversies

Daily Yonder

For Topper, the issue is about the way the installation has disrupted the peace of her rural life. A Legal and Logistical Maze Empire Electric’s contract with Tri-State dictates that the co-op is only allowed to generate up to 5% of its own electricity and must buy the rest from Tri-State.

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Walmart’s ‘Regenerative Foodscape’

Civil Eats

Other recent grantees have included the Center for Rural Affairs, the National Young Farmers Coalition, the Soil Health Institute, and the Regenerative Agriculture Foundation. All retailers look to shift burdens to their suppliers for promotions, for stocking, for logistics. Those include $1.65

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Pile Burning for Biochar Production

Caff

Sonoma county encompasses many environments: wet and foggy coastal redwoods, agriculturally fertile valleys, interior coast range oak woodland, densely populated cities, rural communities, and thriving tribal groups. Catastrophic wildfires and smoky conditions have affected this county, particularly in 2015, 2017, and 2018.