When I saw an opportunity to get onto solar ground farm I knew right away that was how I was going to be able to create generational wealth with my family and farm together again.
My father's always had the desire that this farm stay from generation to generation...[Solar] would give an opportunity...for this next generation to stay on this farm.
One of the first things that we did as a county council was put in paramedics, and we couldn't afford them before.
We've watched our community better themselves and our farms are better because of renewable energy projects.
We've collected roughly $42 million since 2009 and over $25 million that's gone to the schools and if we didn't have this AV from the wind I don't know where we'd be.
This gives you sustainability because of the revenue stream that's guaranteed for the next 30 years.
The takeaway is that solar provided a change and we accepted and the doors that it's opened in different farming aspects...all kinds of opportunties are going to open because of solar.
Renewable energy... it's not about new technology. It's about making life better for people.
Farmers and ranchers have always been at the heart of our rural communities. Now they’re part of something even bigger – they're contributing to our nation's energy independence by generating clean power, right on their own land.