Steve Beus and his brother, Shane, have been dairy farmers in Ada and Canyon counties for decades, watching the Treasure Valley grow and develop around them. Now Steve, 81, says it’s time to retire.

Alternative energy sources such as wind, geothermal, hydro and solar have grown increasingly popular as ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and strengthen the grid by decentralizing power ...

Like many homesteaders on the island of Molokaʻi, Kailana Place grew up off-grid, on 40 acres of family land designated for Native Hawaiians. Living in repurposed school buses surrounded by fields of ...

Some of the thickest hay in the meadow at Jack’s Solar Garden, in Longmont, Colorado, is on the west side under an elm tree. The tree offers shade, absorbs the brunt of afternoon sun, and keeps more ...

EnerWealth works with rural farmers in NC to ensure they get a piece of the solar pie. Can farming and solar-energy production coexist in the South? Learn how EnerWealth Solutions and Roanoke ...

It was only after he left Path Valley to join the U.S. Navy in 1976 that Stephen Goshorn grew to appreciate what he left behind. He spent his childhood plucking weeds while strolling the alfalfa ...

WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI - Solar farms covering hundreds or even thousands of acres are in the pipeline across Michigan, and rural Washtenaw County is no exception. But those renewable energy projects ...

If the US is going to meet its climate goals and electrify, well, pretty much everything, homeowners will need to get on board with solar panels, heat pumps, electric vehicles and more. In place of ...

Historic funding to the Rural Energy for America program has helped fund more than three dozen rural solar projects in Oregon this year The solar component of the Wheatridge Renewable Energy Facility ...

Middle America is blanketed with flat, open land that has, for generations, been used to turn the soil, rain and sun's rays into corn, soybeans, wheat and more. But if the US is going to transition ...

A solar panel at Fozzie’s Farm outside of Cortez, Colorado. (Photo by Ilana Newman) A federal grant of $62 million to the nonprofit Center for Rural Affairs in Lyons, Nebraska, will help build ...

Alternative energy sources such as wind, geothermal, hydro and solar have grown increasingly popular as ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and strengthen the grid by decentralizing power ...