Bethlehem Farm and our partnership with the Wheaton Franciscans were included in this article on how religious groups are responding to Care for Creation–a great read with some thought-provoking questions at the end for your faith community to answer.
https://faithandleadership.com/breaking-free-the-company-gospel
We are proud of the Bethlehem Farm representation in the #CatholicSolidarityFast organized by Anna Robertson (former BF participant and Summer Servant) Youth and Young Adult Mobilization Coordinator of Catholic Climate Covenant and Brenna Davis (former BF chaperone and current board member) Director of Education for Justice and Environmental Initiatives at Ignatian Solidarity Network. Current and former Caretakers and Summer Servants were also in attendance (see the article: https://www.ncronline.org/news/earthbeat/more-250-people-fast-solidarity-climate-hunger-strikers-dc)
Walk softly by Loyola University Chicago on on Exposure
Hey Folks! We checked in on our electricity usage and found that even in winter we are, indeed, operating at net-zero for electricity usage after our late July 2020 upgrade to a total 25kW solar panel system.
Thanks again to the Wheaton Franciscan Sisters for partnering with us on this project to live out the Catholic social teaching to care for creation!
End of Day One
Panels installed, now to wire them into the inverters!
Earlier in the day 
The “guts” of a solar panel–pretty simple 
Wiring inside to the inverters, battery, and data manager