Organic Valley launches community solar partnership
The farmer-owned cooperative will become the largest food company in the world to source all its electricity from renewable resources within the decade.
Organic Valley, a La Farge, Wis.-based cooperative of organic dairy and other organic farmers, announced a first-of-its-kind community partnership that will enable it to become the largest food company in the world to source 100 percent of its electricity from renewable sources. In doing so, Organic Valley said it is embarking on an aggressive path to become carbon-neutral.
"Our future demands bold new thinking about our sources of energy, and there is nothing more natural to a farmer than harnessing the power of the sun and the wind," said George Siemon, CEO and a founding farmer of Organic Valley. "So our cooperative is committed to achieving 100 percent renewable power, and doing it in partnership with the rural communities where we live and work."