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  • December 2010 Issue
  • Story by Richard Lehnert

    • KC Bailey Farms taps wind and sun for power

    IFTA tours the New York-based operation.

    This shiny new roof is covered with 110 photovoltiac solar panels that will provide 25-kilowatt power capacity for the cold storage behind it. Chip and Karla Bailey saw the potential for generating renewable energy on their farm already in 2001, but it took a while to get there. After years of research, planning, and persistence, their renewable energy projects were completed last summer when they installed a 15-kilowatt windmill that provides power for the migrant housing complex on the farm where 25 seasonal workers live and for one cold storage there. They also installed a 25-kilowatt grid-tied solar system consisting […]

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    Richard Lehnert
    After growing up on a Michigan dairy farm, Richard Lehnert began writing about farming in 1962, while still a junior studying journalism at Michigan State University. He worked at newspapers for a year before joining the staff of Michigan Farmer, where he spent 26 years, the last 15 as chief editor. He was a member of the staff of Good Fruit Grower from 2010 until 2015. Read his stories: Story Index
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