11/17/2025 - Jeffersonville, Vt. – After years of considering solar, Beaudoin's Farm is finally able to use green energy to power their operation.

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Jeffersonville, Vt. – Greg Beaudoin is a dairy farmer who cares about the environment and has worked hard to adapt his business to keep up with a changing world. Twenty years ago, he transitioned his Jeffersonville dairy operation along Route 108 from conventional to organic.

For years, Beaudoin considered going solar. Finally, last summer, the time was right.

"At the end of their life, they'll be recyclable, not full of hazardous waste," Beaudoin said of the panels. "That was something that mattered to me, because there were a number of them on the market years ago that had a lot of non-recyclable materials."

So, Beaudoin decided to install a 135+ panel solar array on his farm that would power his dairy and send unused power back to the grid.

"It should come close to matching my power consumption," he said.

Another reason Beaudoin was ready to go solar was the financing he received from VEDA. When solar energy first became popular it was so expensive, many people were priced out, including Beaudoin.

But things are much different now. VEDA's low-interest rate loans supporting green energy made the conversion possible for Beaudoin’s Farm. Without VEDA's help, Beaudoin says he could have financed the panels elsewhere, but it would have been much more expensive.

Meanwhile, Beaudoin says he loves his new panels. He is proud his dairy is energy independent and helping reduce the use of carbon.

"Across the board, if you look at everything on the farm, we've made a lot of improvements to be super environmentally friendly," he said.

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