{"id":390905,"date":"2024-07-15T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lightsourcebp.staging.1int.co.uk\/?p=390905"},"modified":"2024-07-15T16:55:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T16:55:54","slug":"solar-revitalizes-sheep-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lightsourcebp.staging.1int.co.uk\/us\/news\/solar-revitalizes-sheep-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"How solar is revitalizing the US sheep industry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Solar is helping the sheep industry make a comeback<\/h2>\n

For California farmer Mark Blakeman, sheep are a way of life. After a long day working with his sheep, he goes home to read sheep magazines, watch videos about sheep and listen to sheep podcasts.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI’ve always wanted to raise sheep,\u201d he said. \u201cI knew from when I was little this is what I\u2019m going to do.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But the sheep life can be a hard life, especially in drought-stricken California. Even if you can afford the pricey farmland, among the highest in the U.S., you can\u2019t feed a hungry flock on dried-out brown grass. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Blakeman\u2019s solution: offering targeted grazing services to paying customers. Rather than paying for his own pastureland to feed his flock, Blakeman transports his flock to third-party sites in need of natural vegetation management. The sheep \u201cmow the lawn\u201d as they graze, and Blakeman gets paid to provide this service, while still producing lamb and wool as he did before. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n <\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n

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