A Massachusetts dairy farmer nearly sold an unfarmable slice of his land to Walmart, but put an 11-acre solar field there instead; the lease paid $1,000 a week while rooftop panels erased a $1,400 monthly power bill
- Representative imageA Massachusetts dairy farmer once considered selling an awkward, hard-to-farm patch of his property to Walmart.
- Instead, he turned the 11-acre slice into a solar field that now provides a steady lease income, while rooftop panels have nearly wiped out the farm’s $1,400 monthly electricity bill.
- The story was told by John Nagy in Notre Dame Magazine in 'The Sun Farmers', a feature also republished by the Let’s Share the Sun Foundation.
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- Representative imageA Massachusetts dairy farmer once considered selling an awkward, hard-to-farm patch of his property to Walmart.
- Instead, he turned the 11-acre slice into a solar field that now provides a steady lease income, while rooftop panels have nearly wiped out the farm’s $1,400 monthly electricity bill.
- The story was told by John Nagy in Notre Dame Magazine in 'The Sun Farmers', a feature also republished by the Let’s Share the Sun Foundation.
Sources: Times of India