Blog | Rural Climate Partnership

A Fly-in to Create Buy-In

by Morrena Villanueva | Avo 13, 2026 | Blog

CEDI Fly-In participants in front of Senator Chuck Grassley’s office. Photo credit: Aidan Reed, RCP Every piece of legislation begins with a choice: whose voices will shape it? When rural Americans share their experiences directly with policymakers, they help ensure...

The Case for Solar, Straight From the Farm

by Morrena Villanueva | Mai 13, 2026 | Blog

Photo credit: American Solar Grazing Association In 2025, the USDA released its Farmers First Agenda, issuing a call to action to federal, state, regional, and local partners to join USDA’s new Make Agriculture Great Again Agenda. The agenda overviews concerns about...

Shining a Light on the Importance of Agrivoltaics for Saving Solar on Farmland

by Bret Serbin | Set 5, 2025 | Blog

The American Farmland Trust estimates about 83% of new solar projects will be built on agricultural land, and emerging legal threats to renewable energy siting make the imperative to effectively scale solar developments all the more urgent. “Any impediments to...

Conference Spotlight: Building Better Partnerships to Advance the Clean Energy Transition

by Bret Serbin | Avr 29, 2025 | Blog

The urgency and energy were palpable at the American Clean Power Association’s Siting and Permitting conference in Seattle earlier this month, as developers, consultants, non-profits and philanthropic partners gathered to meaningfully engage on siting clean energy...

Reflection: Reaching across gravel roads & political divides with rural climate solutions

by Rural Climate Partnership | Nov 2, 2024 | Blog

Rural places and people are at the forefront of the national dialogue this election season. From Tim Walz’s stories of growing up in rural Nebraska and living in southern Minnesota to JD Vance’s emphasis on his Appalachian roots in Hillbilly Elegy, both parties...

RCP cohosts a Learning Journey in rural Wisconsin for partners

by Bret Serbin | Set 30, 2024 | Blog

Distinguished by its hilly landscapes, the Driftless Region in southwest Wisconsin is a hotbed of exciting regenerative agricultural innovations and rural thought leadership. The Rural Climate Partnership, in collaboration with Funders for Regenerative Agriculture...