ASGA Call 27: Increased Value With Solar Grazing with Dan Finnegan of Solar Shepherd LLC.
Dan Finnegan, owner of Solar Shepherd LLC will be joining our next call to explore the benefits of solar grazing and how it can offer increased value over other land management practices. Dan will wear both his farmer hat and his finance-business hat for this call. He's a quick thinker who is looking forward to…
Solar Grazing with Carolina Solar Services: ASGA Call 28
Guests Zach Hobbs & Brock Phillips, Carolina Solar Services. Grazing is just part of the Carolina Solar Services portfolio of services. Their flocks are based in North Carolina. A neat operation with high standards for performance in the industry, it's a pleasure to have them join our call. Carolina Solar Services on Instagram ASGA Hosts:…
ASGA Call 29: Don Lewis from Lewis Land & Stock of Ontario, Canada
Please join us Wednesday, May 6th for the next American Solar Grazing Association call with guest Don Lewis from Lewis Land & Stock of Ontario, Canada. Grazing is just part of the Lewis Land & Stock portfolio of services. Their flocks are based north of Guelph, Ontario. Grazing their own solar arrays with a contract,…
ASGA Call 30: Trent Hendricks of Cabriejo Ranch, Missouri
Join us! June 3rd for our 30th Call ASGA Hosts: Caleb Scott, Scott Land Yard Group & ASGA Lexie Hain, ASGA GUESTS Featured Guest: Trent Hendricks of Cabriejo Ranch, a seasoned grazier, he operates a solar grazing network based out of his holistically managed ranch in Missouri. Special Guests: Ernst Pollinator Service at Meadville Land…
ASGA Call 31: Solar & Pollinators & Honey
Please join us Wednesday, July 1st for the next American Solar Grazing Association call with guest Rob Davis of the Center for Pollinators In Energy & Dustin Vanesse from Bare Honey Solar grazing, solar honey, and good practices in grazing go hand in hand. Call Guests: Rob Davis Dustin Vanesse Call Hosts: Dr Judy St…
ASGA Call 32: 200 acres of solar make hay, honey and lamb
Welcome to August, ASGA subscribers. Our call this month will start at 6 PM EST on Wednesday August 5th. Learn about operations at Arnprior Solar, a 200 acre solar array managed by Shady Creek Lamb Company and EDF-Renewables. Hosting Gees Bees Honey since 2016, this site in Ontario has a wonderful cast of characters. Come…
ASGA Call 33: Indiana Solar Grazing Trial & multiple land uses with Rocky Mountain Institute
This month we have a stacked line up, hold on to your hats! We'll have a special promotion of the new film by Diana Rodger's team at Sacred Cow - out this fall. She will on the call to drop hints about the release date and, better yet, how sheep feature in the film. Our…
ASGA Call 34: Solar Grazing Research with Cornell’s Dr Niko Kochendoerfer
Hello Friends of ASGA, We are pleased to announce our October 7th call – grazing, soil carbon and pollinators. You'll learn about a multiyear experiment at a 50+ acre Cascadilla Community Solar Farm at Cornell University with the project lead, Dr Nikola Kochendoerfer. With one full year into the project, we can learn about what…
ASGA Call 35: Deep Dive with 4 Experts: Solar Project Development & Construction, CoLocation
Hi ASGA friends, We've got an outstanding team for November. Call Guests: Lian Niu, managing member at Eitri Foundry Christopher McCabe, Director of Operations, Eitri FoundryVermont Dept of Agriculture's Alex DePillis Vermont's Grazing Specialist Kimberly Hagen Eitri Foundry has developed projects in Vermont and nearby states. Vermont has a very carefully managed solar development process and would like to ensure more solar grazing. Let's…
ASGA Call #36: Processing & Marketing, Solar Grazing, and Farming & Solar Synergies
Hi friends, Join the call to hear from three phenomenal guests! Matt LeRoux, Agriculture Marketing Consultant Tips for processing and marketing during COVID: A focus on the crisis consumer, creating commodity friendly bulk lamb and processing issues. Jonathan Barter, ASGA & Delaware River Solar Establishing a solar grazing program in New York: opportunities and challenges…
ASGA Call #37: Oregon State Solar Grazing
Hi ASGA friends, Join our first call of the New Year! The team at Oregon State is doing piles of work to document sheep health and solar grazing, sheep management and insect biodiversity, forage growth and more. Some research is published, others are in the works. Just out is the paper Pasture Production and Lamb Growth…
ASGA Call #38: Planning the solar grazing season with pasture management expertise
Two experts in pasture management will join us this February evening to help us think about planning our 2021 grazing season. They'll help with your questions like... How many sheep per acre? Joining us will be Agronomist Kitty O'Neil of Cornell Cooperative Extension-NY and USDA/NRCS Resource Conservationist Karen Hoffman to get us on the…
ASGA Call #39: Solar Grazing in Australia
We are excited to announce ASGA's March 3, 2021 Webinar #39 ASGA Guests: Anna Freeman, Director Energy Generation & Lucinda Tonge, Policy Officer Clean Energy Council, Australia The Clean Energy Council has been working on a case study of solar grazing in Australia. Our guests have spent the past year interviewing sheep producers and solar firms across…
ASGA Call #40: Kathy Voth Talks Grazing + Agrivoltaics Grad Student Policy Talk
Please join us and our two fabulous guests for April's ASGA call! Kathy Voth of On Pasture and Alexis Pascaris of Michigan Technical University speak on agrivoltaics & policy. Kathy is the founder and publisher of On Pasture, the most read grazing publication today. She's also known for creating a simple method for teaching cows (and…
