As America’s family farmers and ranchers face increasing economic stress, opportunities to partner with solar farms are providing new income streams and in many cases, the ability to expand their operations. Even better, they are fighting climate change and promoting healthy landscapes while they maintain vegetation under and around solar panels.
This video tells the story through the voices of real American farm families raising sheep on solar farms.
Amanda Stoffels is a solar shepherdess. She and her family lease part of their land for Lightsource bp's Elm Branch solar farm. They are also contracted grazing partners, raising their flock of sheep among the panels. Partnering with the solar farm has enabled Amanda to leave her 9-to-5 job and realize her lifelong dream of becoming a full-time farmer.
Ely Valdez and his wife began grazing sheep on a solar farm near their San Antonio, Texas home in 2015. Over time, they grew EVA Ranch and Solar Farm Services across the state. Today, Ely sits on the board of the American Solar Grazing Association and oversees grazing at several Lightsource bp projects in Texas.
JR Howard and his family relocated across Texas for the opportunity to raise a flock of nearly 2,000 sheep at our Impact Solar project in Lamar County. Impact is believed to be the largest year-round solar grazing site in the United States.
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