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 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.