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ASGA Certified™ Solar Grazing Training Programs

ASGA Certification Training for Solar Companies – Halifax County, Virginia

September 23, 2025 @ 8:00 am 5:00 pm EDT

What to Expect When You’re Expecting Sheep

Join us for our solar industry training in Halifax County, Virginia on Urban Grid’s Crystal Hill Solar!

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Crystal Hill Solar in Halifax County, Virginia – September 23rd, 2025

The training will provide a thorough overview of what solar sheep grazing will look like on your sites and how to create enduring grazier partnerships. If you have sheep on your company’s solar sites, are planning to partner with solar graziers or are just considering it, this is the workshop for you.

The training is broadly targeted at asset management, operations, and development, as well as sustainability, community engagement, and construction/engineering teams. Everyone from site technicians to VPs will find the workshop valuable!

Registration link: https://solargrazing.thrivecart.com/asga-solar-company-training-virginia/

About the Training

The American Solar Grazing Association’s new Solar Industry Professionals Certification program is a one-day workshop designed for site operations and management teams, developers, asset managers, sustainability teams, and solar company employees. An in-depth orientation will provide a clear picture of day-to-day life with sheep on site. Workshops will take place on a grazed solar site following classroom instruction. Participants will receive a Level 1 Solar Grazing Management certification from the American Solar Grazing Association (ASGA).

  • Date: September 23rd, 2025
  • Time: 8:00am to 5:00pm
  • Location: 
    • The morning session will take place in a classroom near the solar site
    • The afternoon session will be an onsite training at Urban Grid’s Crystal Hill Solar Site

What you’ll learn at the training:

  • Principles for enduring farmer partnerships
  • Benefits of using sheep 
  • What a grazed site looks like 
  • Sheep safety & well being
  • Sheep behavior and terminology 
  • How sheep are managed at solar
  • Livestock herding and protection dogs
  • Sheep equipment used at sites
  • Operational site expectations and strategies

Thank you to our sponsor, Urban Grid!

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