I want to use a small portion of my family’s farmland here in Berne to host a solar project [“Farmer concerned over delay in proposed Berne solar project,” The Altamont Enterprise, Oct. 29, 2025].
I respect that the town has taken time to think this solar law through but, at a certain point, it stops feeling like due diligence and starts feeling unclear and drawn out. Like many in our town, I believe strongly in property rights, personal responsibility, and keeping control of our future at the local level.
I will still own the land. I’m choosing to lease a portion of it so the rest can remain exactly what it is: open, working farmland for cattle and hay…