So she's a well-beloved member of the flock.Īlex: I love-like, are you just like surrounded by sheep as you're talking to Judy? Now sheep will commonly have one or two babies, but five was unheard of for us, either before or since. Leger: And She was the fifth of a set of quintuplets. And she tells me the delightful backstory behind Number Five's name. Kendra: So the voice you're hearing-apart from the sheep-is this woman named Judy St. She was hand raised, so that's her name not her number. Kendra: Wait, I've been doing it wrong this entire time? Īlex: What were you doing field reporting a literal field? I was in a field.Īlex: You know that's not what field reporting means, right? Like, it doesn't mean you have to go to a field. You went on your first field reporting trip for the podcast. And this is the show where we talk about what we need to do to address climate change, and how to make those things happen.Īlex: So you are an elite member of the crack producing and reporting team here at How to Save a Planet, and you're here to tell us about something that you recently did. It's a four year project that you can learn more about hereĪlex Blumberg: Welcome to How to Save a Planet, I'm Alex Blumberg. Department of Agriculture announced funding for a new to optimized design for “agrivoltaic” systems. If you're in Colorado, you can arrange to tour Jack's Solar Garden. Leger's farm is Dutch Barn Farm, Lexie Hain's solar grazing business is Agrovoltaic Solutions, the solar company that Keith Hevnor works for is Nexamp, Byron Kominek's is Jack's Solar Garden. You can learn about the blueberry work that Lily Calderwood from the University of Maine is working on here, and theUniversity of Massachusetts Extension's program work with cranberry and solar panels here.If you are a sheep grazer looking to get into solar, or a solar developer in search of a good shepherd, check out the American Solar Grazing Association’s website for resources. And we are not at all sheepish about the role of one very adorable four legged animal. We take a look at one creative solution to this problem – mixing solar panels with agriculture. But renewable energies, such as solar energy, are not without costs. We all know that a key part of addressing climate change involves getting off fossil fuels.
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