It's not too late to join us at Jack's Solar Garden this evening! Ticket sales have been closed, but a donation at the door as your ticket is welcome!

Join the Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center and The Alliance for Collective Action on September 14th from 5pm-8pm at Jack’s Solar Garden to celebrate innovation, land stewardship and regenerative agriculture through education and fundraising!

Enjoy appetizers, drinks and live music at the stunning Jack’s Solar Garden in Longmont, Colorado. In collaboration with The Alliance for Collective Action, learn more about combining solar energy production with agriculture from academic researchers at Jack’s while celebrating the summer harvest and building collective capacity through fundraising.

About the Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center:

The Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center was created as a platform to share the innovative activities being carried out at Jack’s Solar Garden in Boulder County, Colorado. Jack’s Solar Garden, founded in 2020, is a 1.2 MW community solar garden with solar panels covering just over 4 acres of land.

This site is the premier site for agrivoltaics in the USA.

Solar panels are elevated on taller steel I-beams and wire management has been improved for safety of people, machinery and livestock. During construction, great care was taken to reduce land degradation to maintain soil health and viability.

The Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center hosts community members, farmers, ranchers, students, solar developers, policymakers, and enthusiasts for on-site tours in the most publicly accessible community solar garden in the country. We believe that solar arrays can be built with agricultural activities in mind, to keep land functional and improve livelihoods in agricultural communities, while safely integrating the community into them.

A timeless theory of change mantra states that seeing is believing. Our hope is that by engaging our community at Jack’s Solar Garden and beyond, we can inspire our broader community to build and operate more agrivoltaic installations around the nation.

About The Alliance for Collective Action:

The Alliance for Collective Action convenes leaders of environmental and social movements to advance solutions for a thriving planet. We believe we can build a regenerative future—a future with a robust local economy that meets human needs abundantly and equitably provides clean air, water, food and energy to all. No single organization can do this alone, so we formed The Coalition for a Regenerative Future. The Coalition is a collaboration of nonprofits, businesses, academic institutions, government agencies and individuals boldly working together to advance solutions for a thriving planet.

Regenerative agriculture is an important solution to the climate crisis, because it draws carbon out of the atmosphere and helps restore the carbon cycle. In addition, it improves water conservation, climate resilience and the nutrient density of our food system. However, implementing regenerative agriculture practices can often be out of reach for many farmers and ranchers.

We aim to change that. From farm tours to policy work, the Coalition has several initiatives dedicated to uplifting the regenerative agriculture movement in Colorado. We believe in creating long lasting symbiotic partnerships where every party benefits, while achieving a common goal of creating a better future for the planet and people.

Harvest the Sun

A Celebration of Agrivoltaics through Education and Fundraising