Iheartily agree with Tony Zartman that farmers should have the right to site clean energy, solar, and wind on their own land.

Farmers are in crisis because of tariffs and the resulting trade war, but farming has always been a risky business. Allowing farmers to diversify their incomes and bring on clean energy projects that will provide drought-proof, flood-proof, and trade war-proof revenue for 30 years in the future would be a God-send for hard pressed farmers.

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Communities benefit as well. The Blade has reported on how Paulding County wind turbines have provided much needed revenue to local schools, improving student outcomes.

The same barriers exist in southeast Michigan, where two large solar projects, utilizing panels produced locally at First Solar i

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