There are many well-known pairings – peanut butter and jelly, thunder and lightning, campfires and s’mores. Researchers at Ohio State hope that agriculture and clean energy will eventually be added to the list.
In the second of our “Front Porch Chats,” the Sustainability Institute has invited two leaders who are thinking about how clean energy projects can strengthen farming operations while reducing carbon footprints. This virtual event will be a casual conversation between Scott Shearer, Professor and Chair of the Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Ohio State and Sarah Moser, Savion Senior Director, Head of Farm Operations and Agrivoltaics.
Please join us online for a chat on how the next “crop” for farmers could be clean energy.
Date: April 1
Time: Noon - 1 pm
Location: Online (Registration is required)
The Sustainability Institute's Front Porch Chat series features conversations between university and external sustainability leaders on key topics.
ABOUT SARAH MOSER
Savion’s Senior Director, Head of Farm Operations and Agrivoltaics is both a farmer and a developer. After serving 6 years in the U.S. Air Force Sarah returned home to farm and champion economic development for her rural county in Ohio. She now leads Savion’s efforts in farming which aligns with her passion to facilitate agriculture’s leadership role in the transition to clean energy. Sarah’s collaboration with The Ohio State University led to a DOE FARMS grant that she oversees on Savion’s site in Ohio. Savion has committed to implementing agrivoltaics across another 5,700-acre site that Sarah led through permitting.
ABOUT SCOTT SHEARER
Scott Shearer received his PhD in agricultural engineering from The Ohio State University in 1986. Currently, he serves as Professor and Chair of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Ohio State. Highlights of his research career include spatial application of crop production inputs; autonomous, multi-vehicle field production systems; deployment of sUAS in agriculture; and rural broadband connectivity. He has led research supported by over $20+M in grants, authored more than 200 technical publications, and routinely makes presentations at international conferences, professional meetings, and farmer forums. Scott is a Fellow of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.