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Virginia Ferrell Alfonte Andersen passed peacefully on April 6, 2024, at the age of 95.

"Supplemental income from 50 wind turbines helps a fourth-generation family ranch stay viable."

The Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board has approved seven grants that will permanently protect some of Oregon's most important farm and ranch lands. The awards

Because greensburg has been a model of what can happen when you embrace these new technologies. >> but it's not just tiny cities like greensburg that are embracing renewable energy. it's happening on ranches across the state. >> we're standing on the highest point, a great place for a wind farm. wind blows here all the time. if you'll notice over there, those trees are actually leaning. they have never had a windless day in their lives. >> pete's family has been on this land raising cattle since 1888. but over the past couple years, kansas has seen a severe drought. fortunately, pete is raisin...

Time. >> like many ranches in kansas, ferrell ranch has some oil production which provides the family with secondary revenue, but it takes a toll. >> this is just one of 100 leaks that has happened on this oil field since it was put in years ago. once you bring that oil to the ground, out of the ground, it's going to spill somewhere. and this grass will never be the same. the tragedy is that this just keeps occurring over and over and over. and every oil field in america has this going on right now. >> which is part of the reason ferrell ranch has embraced the kansas wind. >> the grass in the ...