CERTs a Model for Award-Winning Maine Western Mountains Alliance

Tanya Swain of the Western Mountains Alliance wins Main Rural Partners 2008 Merit Award: The Harvesting Clean Energy program is built on the ability of partnering organizations to work together connecting farmers with energy resources. Tanya and the Western Mountains Alliance has been a model outreach partner, engaging farmers in audit workshops and building the long term relationships that grow capacity for the future.

Western Mountains Alliance & CERTs: Tanya and Western Mountains Alliance brought Joel Haskard of the Minnesota Clean Energy Resource Teams to Maine last fall for their 20th Anniversary Celebration, and generously shared Joel and his expertise across the network. The CERTs model is an inspiration of what a modest investment in technical assistance can deliver and we have sought to emulate their work as we implement our program. Tanya and WMA deliver cutting edge technical assistance to farmers in their 4 county region, such as the Internet marketing tool featured at Saturday’s conference in Fairfield.

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