Emergent Solar Energy has completed nine on-site solar projects for Handsome Brook Farms, a producer of organic pasture-raised and free-range eggs.
Emergent Solar Energy has finished installing nine on-site solar energy systems for Handsome Brook Farms, a company that produces organic pasture-raised and free-range eggs.
Pasture-raised hens can be seen foraging alongside a ground-mounted solar installation at the Schlabach family farm, one of the nine farm-based solar projects completed by Emergent Solar Energy for Handsome Brook Farms. (Photo provided by Bryan Lemon/Handsome Brook Farms)
Jessica Coslow, director of pasture management at Handsome Brook Farms, said, “Handsome Brook Farms is investing in the long-term success and resilience of our network of family farmers. Our brand has always been centered around supporting small family producers.”
Together, the nine projects represent a total installed capacity of 579.7 kW across facilities located in Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky. The systems are now supplying electricity directly on-site, helping reduce power expenses while improving energy resilience throughout the company’s organic egg production operations.
Josiah Troyer, a Handsome Brook Farms producer based in Sugarcreek, Ohio, said the completed project has delivered results beyond what was initially anticipated.
“From the beginning, I have been extremely pleased with what we accomplished with Handsome Brook Farms and Emergent Solar Energy,” Troyer said. “Their teams stayed in constant communication and focused on the specifics of our farm to develop, design, procure, deliver and install a solar system that reduced our yearly electric bill by 74.23%. Since it was placed in service, the system has maintained 100% uptime and solar production.”
Jeremy Lipinski, founder and CEO of Emergent Solar Energy, said, “On-farm solar has moved from a sustainability gesture to a core capital decision for agricultural producers. Across these nine Handsome Brook Farms projects in Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky, we deployed on-site energy infrastructure that converts rising, unpredictable utility operational expense into a fixed, owned capital expenditure asset. As egg and livestock production continues to electrify, on-site solar is the most direct lever producers have to protect margins and control their long-term cost of energy.”
Originally reported by Solar Power World on Jul 16, 2026.
