Farmers: Champions of the New Energy Economy
July 30, 2020
Farmers and rural communities have the potential for big gains in the accelerating energy transformation. The massive entry of renewable energy is pushing out fossil fuels, revamping our energy infrastructures from big and centralized to distributed and more resilient, transforming business models, and providing opportunities for entirely new groups of stakeholders. On July 13-14, 2020 about 60 legislators, state government officials, and ag experts from 10 U.S. states and 3 Canadian provinces discussed how successfully to expand the role of farmers and rural communities in the production of clean energy. The interactive virtual meeting was hosted by the Midwest Legislative
