Save the Farm, Save the Future: Film Screening and Panel in Albuquerque

Join us for a movie screening and panel discussion exploring agrivoltaics on Saturday, March 14, 2026 at the Guild Cinema in Albuquerque. Reserve your free ticket courtesy of NM Healthy Soil Working Group!

Farms are disappearing. Solar energy is rising.
Could combining the two help save farmers and the planet?
Introducing: “Agrivoltaics”.

Farming in America is harder than ever. Drought, extreme weather, rising costs, development pressures, and labor challenges are pushing farmers to their limits. Meanwhile, climate change—the very force behind many of these struggles—is driving a surge in demand for clean energy, transforming farmland into solar fields. Save the Farm, Save the Future follows Colorado farmers and ranchers—from sheep and cattle ranchers to peach growers and small organic farmers—as they explore agrivoltaics, a promising new approach that combines solar power and agriculture on the same land. Can this innovation help save farms while meeting society’s need for renewable energy?

Set in Colorado, this compelling movie is uniquely applicable to New Mexico, where farmland is equally threatened by solar development while farms and ranches are struggling to stay in business.

Speaking from first-hand experience, our engaging panel will share a different way forward and showcase agrisolar solutions being implemented right here in New Mexico and Colorado. Bring your curiosity and questions for the Q&A!

Panelists:

• Byron Kominek is featured in the film and will join us as the Executive Director of the Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center and owner of the country’s premier site for agrivoltaics: Jack’s Solar Garden.
• Cameron Weber, Habitat Conservation Program Director for Rio Grande Return will talk about developing conservation solar designs for several community solar projects in New Mexico.
• Ken Armijo, Principal R&D Systems Engineer and Scientist at Sandia National Laboratories will share about an innovative collaborative agrivoltaics research project at Rio Grande Community Farm in Los Ranchos.
• Max Wade, Owner of Galloping Goat Grazing in Albuquerque will surprise you with his stories about solar grazing with goats.