Ely Valdez was considering selling his flock of sheep when a solar farm moved in across the road.
He was being laid off from oil field jobs every three months, he said, and money was tight.
But what if his 27 sheep could graze the solar farm as a way to maintain the flock and potentially grow it to his goal of 100? When he contacted the solar development to discuss it, its owner asked a question that changed everything: “How much would you charge us?”…