Solar Grazing News

ASGA’s Fourth Annual Membership Meeting

By ASGA / March 14, 2024

Join us for the Fourth Annual Membership Meeting of the American Solar Grazing Association! ​2023 was a groundbreaking year as ASGA’s membership grew, we launched a number of new initiatives, and…

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ASGA Call 76: How Big Is Solar Grazing in the U.S.? (ASGA Census Results)

By ASGA / March 14, 2024

In September we invited you to take part in the first-ever U.S. Solar Grazing Census. We received an outstanding 129 responses and are ready to share some preliminary results!  ​For…

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ASGA Teatime Replay: From Struggling Dairy Farmer to Successful Solar Grazier (+ How to Grow Efficiently)

By ASGA / February 14, 2024

Jonathan Northrop (Watertown, NY) joined us to discuss how he transitioned from a struggling dairy farming business to become a successful sheep farmer and solar grazier, combined with a direct-consumer meat…

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ASGA Call 74 Replay: Myth-Busting Facts About Sustainable Solar Development

By ASGA / February 8, 2024

Solar grazing offers an important avenue for making solar sites more ecologically sustainable, but how can solar developers design and manage sites to ensure the site is eco-friendly from construction…

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ASGA Teatime Replay: Sheep Handling Systems for Solar Grazing

By ASGA / February 2, 2024

For this Teatime, Premier1 gave us an overview of the basics of sheep handling systems and why you need them. We also heard from five suppliers and manufacturers who discussed…

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ASGA Teatime: Winning Hearts & Minds to Solar Graze a Suburban Retirement Community in Virginia

By ASGA / January 25, 2024

Grazing Kunekune pigs with your sheep to restore vegetation health on a rocky, unseeded solar site with poor fencing. Navigating the challenges of doing agriculture in a suburban setting. Making…

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ASGA Teatime Replay: Approaching a Solar Company and Things to Know Before Making Your Pitch

By ASGA / January 19, 2024

How do you approach a solar company, what are the questions you should ask, and what boxes do you need to check off before you make your pitch to them?…

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ASGA Teatime Replay: Survey Says! Co-ops Needed to Support Large-Scale Solar Grazing (Cornell Survey)

By ASGA / December 19, 2023

For our last ASGA event of 2023, Dr. Bobbie Severson from the Cornell University Cooperative Enterprise Program (CEP) joined us to discuss their recent utility-scale solar grazing survey. Bobbie broke…

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ASGA Teatime Replay: Livestock Guardian Dogs for Solar Grazing

By ASGA / December 18, 2023

For our first December Teatime event, we were excited to have livestock guardian dog expert Bill Costanzo and solar grazier Amanda Stoffels discuss how to use livestock guardian dogs while…

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ASGA Call 73: Breaking Down Solar Farm Construction for Graziers

By ASGA / December 7, 2023

What goes into solar site construction and what should solar graziers know about it? For our December call, Daniel Shapiro and his talented team gave us an in-depth look at…

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