RENEWABLE ENERGY WORKSHOP FOR FARMERS SET FOR JUNE 27 AT CENTER FOR ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN CEDAR FALLS
By the IFU
Farmers and rural residents are invited to learn about investing in
renewable energy at a workshop Friday, June 27 at the Center for Energy
and Environmental Education on the University of Northern Iowa campus
in Cedar Falls.
The three workshop topics are: owning your own commercial-scale wind
turbine; on-farm energy efficiency; and earning money through trading
carbon credits for conservation techniques you may already practice on
your farm.
Presenters will be Gregg Heide, a Pomeroy farmer who is putting up his
own wind turbine; Ed Woolsey, turbine project co-owner and energy
lobbyist for the Union of Concerned Scientists; Dale Harvey, senior ag
account representative for Alliant Energy; and Guy Rusche, project
development specialist with the National Farmers Union carbon credit
program.
The workshop will begin with registration at 8:30 a.m., and end around
2 p.m. Lunch will be provided at noon, along with an optional tour of
the “green” CEEE building. Registration fee is $20 in advance, $25 at
the door. You can register by calling 800-775-5227 or visit
http://www.iowafarmersunion.org. The event is sponsored by the Iowa Farmers
Union Education Foundation and Iowa Renewable Energy Association, with
funding from the Leighty Foundation.
Iowa Farmers Union is a non-profit, grassroots advocacy group
representing family farmers across the state. IFU also collaborates on
legislative work and educational programming with Women, Food and
Agriculture Network, NFO-Iowa, and the Iowa Renewable Energy
Association. IFU is a chapter of National Farmers Union, a general farm
organization representing a quarter of a million family farmers and
ranchers nationwide. NFU serves its membership by providing educational
opportunities, supporting farmer-owned cooperative development, and
presenting the organization's policies to lawmakers at the local, state
and national levels.
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