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Welcome back to the fieldwork podcast. I'm Zach Johnson.

My name is Mitchell Hora.

The most official, non-official sustainable ag podcast ever.

In the world. In the whole world.

The podcast where we talk about the challenges facing farmers in sustainable

agriculture. We're not going to sugarcoat it. We're going to tell you what's up. Today we're

going to look specifically different ways that farmers can create income outside of row crops or

livestock, aka alternative sources of revenue. So how about wind turbines or solar panels?

Are those something that can actually provide consistent additional cash?

We'll first hear from Patrick Duncanson, who is a Minnesota corn and soybean farmer.

He installed some solar panels on his farm about five years ago.

We'll also talk to Fritz Ebbinger.

He works on energy efficiency and renewable energy initiatives at the

Clean Energy Resource Teams. That's part of the University of Minnesota's regional sustainable

development partnerships and extension. Part of his role is to assess which farms are able to put up

solar panels and what are some of the other challenges that folks interested in renewable energy might face as adopting these systems?

Yeah, a lot to talk about here, so let's get right to it and quit babbling.

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