United Agrivoltaics Heartland Alliance
It’s here! Join us in the 2025 “Name the Rainbow” Challenge as part of our “Solar Futures” campaign! We will introduce 7 lambs to be named, matched with or bred by 7 farmers who are early stage or aspiring solar graziers who need your help to thrive! They’ve been nominated by industry advocates and long-established solar grazing and agrivoltaics service professionals and companies to benefit from this fundraiser, which is designed to offer a path to provide direct support to farmers who need it, while also raising funds to allow us to launch our agrivoltaic incubator program!
Four Rounds in this Challenge:
Round 1 (February 24 to March 8) we'll take name nominations through both nonprofit contributions and rapid impact private gifts.
Round 2 (March 9 to 16) contribute to vote the top 7 names down into a Top 3!
Round 3 (March 17 to 23) final naming round and names announced!
Bonus round (March 24 to 31) all of the lambs go head to head with the farmer of the top points earning lamb earning a grand prize to help them scale their grazing business!
The top 7 names with the most points per lamb will move on to Round 2! Want your favorite name to win and see that lamb with its new name? Nominate that name by making contributions direct to the farmers using their individual QR codes, or earn double points by contributing on our organization’s fundraising page! Put the name of choice in the memo/notes or “In Honor of” spot and we’ll attribute your points to the name(s), with a tally for each lamb maintained here on our website!
Every $5 earns 1 point towards your name of choice
Every $25 earns 10 points towards your name of choice
Every $50 earns 50 points towards your name of choice!
Every $100 earns 100 points towards your name of choice!
Our mission
Our mission is to advance agrivoltaics and empower sustainable agricultural integration, production, and conservation through community engagement, education, research, and industry development.
Our vision
We envision a world where agrivoltaics harnesses the full social, economic and environmental benefits of solar development to increase food security, farm viability, and sustainability by empowering farmers and assisting developers in practically integrating conservation and regenerative agriculture into solar energy production.
Through collaboration, innovation, and community engagement, we strive to foster sustainable practices that enhance both agricultural productivity and renewable energy adoption, ensuring a prosperous and resilient future for our heartland communities and beyond.
Listen as Fundraising Chair Angela Burke introduces our organization! Please contact us to set up an appointment to learn more about partnering with and supporting our team!
Farmer Support
We are here to help you overcome obstacles and harness the benefits of agrivoltaics! Whether you want to be a certified solar grazer of sheep, need help with business development and capital access, want to utilize our equipment lending library, or just plain want to get started as a new farmer, get in touch if you want to learn more!
Solar Development
Find out how supporting us can impact your solar operation bottom line! We support integration of both conservation and agriculture priorities on solar sites. Our innovative tools, unique farmer programming, and strategic partnerships come together to help you determine your most viable pathways toward agrivoltaic integration.
Farm Viability
With innovative tools in the works to support connecting industries and businesses with market and product development, we address big picture supply chains and sales channels to support regional agrivoltaics.
Donate today to support our work
UA-Heartland is a nonprofit organization designed by industry leaders and practitioners with the experience, relationships and networks that ensure its key audiences: farmer/producers, solar developer/operators, and market/supply-chain practitioners, are provided the education and resources necessary to capitalize on the tremendous economic, social, and environmental benefits of Agrivoltaics. Recognizing the enormous growth projected in the Heartland region and potential impact on the regional foodshed, this organization was formed to provide support to advance agrivoltaics.
Our programs are curated for multiple audiences to offer practical help, solutions, and innovative tools for use in development of agrivoltaic enterprises and connected businesses. Our priorities include outcomes within agrivoltaic integration, food security, environment and conservation, and the future of farming. Our programs are built to help both solar developers and farmers access and maximize the many benefits of agrivoltaics, and develop markets for their agrivoltaic products, while recognizing and addressing the capacity building needs of historically underserved and under-resourced farmers.
We are able to accept tax-deductible donations through our fiscal sponsor, Fiscal Sponsorship Allies, a national 501(c)3 organization whose mission is to make the world a better place by removing barriers to doing good in the community. We are very grateful for their support to facilitate these donations to expedite the launch our programs, while we are in process of obtaining our own 501(c3) status!