How Does Reinvest in Minnesota – Clean Energy work?
Reinvest in Minnesota – Clean Energy (RIM-CE) is a pilot working lands solution to help speed the transition to sustainable energy crop production. It will pay farmers to establish grasses and other native perennial biomass crops, while at the same time increasing habitat and improving water quality. Its tiered twenty-year easements ensure maximum benefits to both landowners and society and help spur perennial crop production by reducing farmer risk. RIM-CE is a complementary working lands program to the existing and successful RIM-Reserve program – both should be supported.
