The May Farm: Harvesting Sunlight

It seems fitting to write a blog post about a solar grant project against the backdrop of spring’s
lengthening days. The plants, animals and humans on the farm are harvesting every extra minute of daylight, faces tilted toward the sun.

Our interest in solar energy was ignited by the 70’s “back to the land" movement and reading
Foxfire books. Decades later it was re-ignited by the 90’s “regenerative farming” movement and
reading books by Michael Pollan, Joel Salatin and Wendell Berry. Thus, the mission for