https://www.landstewardpartners.com/blog daily 0.75 2026-04-22 https://www.landstewardpartners.com/blog/growing-food-amp-clean-energy-side-by-side monthly 0.5 2026-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/679275d01b420a4c6a13299c/79098a53-3769-4531-8415-cdd61da9340f/IMG_2390.jpeg Blog - Growing Food & Clean Energy Side-by-Side - Make it stand out Happy sheep mowing grass under panels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/679275d01b420a4c6a13299c/79b42338-801d-460c-90cf-761c8a37ca15/IMG_2398.jpeg Blog - Growing Food & Clean Energy Side-by-Side - Make it stand out Larry Wappel, Sr. of Wappel Grain and Herb shows us a square foot of mint, cut from his field. When it’s harvest time, the mint hay will be run through a steam distillation process to create mint oil, which will be used for toothpaste, gum, and various other end products. 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Rabbits are particularly good at rebuilding patches of bare ground because their manure is packed with essential nutrients—nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K)—that are crucial for restoring plant life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/679275d01b420a4c6a13299c/b7d48a19-c294-4a1c-bb7c-b9f312f163bc/IMG_2388.jpeg Blog - Growing Food & Clean Energy Side-by-Side - Make it stand out Custom-built water, mineral, and creep feeders were designed by a local farmer and custom-fabricated by a new small business in the community. This system allows the guardian dogs to get their dog food and water, while separate systems provide mineral to the adult sheep and creep feed to the lambs. The mobile nature of this system is critical for solar projects and rotational grazing because all of this equipment must be moved every few days to keep up with the flock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/679275d01b420a4c6a13299c/e85386c9-9af7-465d-ac59-d1ad98b90af5/IMG_2407.jpeg Blog - Growing Food & Clean Energy Side-by-Side - Make it stand out Billy Bope, a local farmer and landowner, is leading the way with agrivoltaics at Mammoth North with a variety of grass-fed livestock enterprises on solar arrays. 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