Oct. 9, 2014: Renewable Energy, Climate Change and WI Agriculture

This Thursday, October 9th at 10 am, Wisconsin Public Radio’s Route 51 looks at efforts to get farms and small businesses in rural Wisconsin converted to renewable energy resources, as farmers struggle with the effects of climate change on Wisconsin agriculture. Host Glen Moberg will moderate a discussion with Stan Gruszynski, U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development State Director; fifth generation potato farmer and author Justin Isherwood of Plover; and Tony Schultz, owner of Stoney Acres Farm of Athens. USDA Rural Development is providing hundreds of thousands of dollars of assistance for renewable energy systems in Wisconsin through the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). Gruszynski and Isherwood are panelists in a forum on Global Warming and Wisconsin Agriculture that takes place this Saturday morning at the Portage County Public Library, along with Brad Pfaff, State Executive Director of the USDA Farm Service Agency, and Tony Schumacher, WAOW TV-9 Meteorologist.