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Silicon Ranch is proud to share that our own Ashley Upkins has been elected and sworn in as the President-Elect of the National Bar Association (NBA) and will serve as the first woman from Tennessee to serve in the role.    The NBA was founded in 1925 by members of the African American legal community who, on account of their color, and as permitted under then-existing segregation laws, were denied membership into the American Bar Association (which was and remains the largest voluntary association of lawyers in the country). In the face of this racial exclusion, the twelve founding members established a new bar association, whose mission as etched in the organization’s charter was to “advance the science of jurisprudence, uphold the honor of the legal profession, promote social intercourse among the members of the American Bar, and protect the civil and political rights of all citizens of the several states and the United States.”   Ashley has been an active member of the NBA since her law school days and previously served in several high-ranking leadership roles. She now will become the 83rd President of the NBA and continue the pathbreaking legacy of its many prominent past Presidents as she serves the interests of 67,000 African American legal professionals. You can read more about the NBA's remarkable history here: https://lnkd.in/eFMRjugZ

Silicon Ranch is honored to share that our Houston Solar Project has been awarded the North American Agrivoltaics Award for "Solar Ranch of the Year" at the 2024 Solar Farm Summit. This award is a testament to the industry-leading work of Loran Shallenberger, Jim Malooley, and the entire team of in-house #RegenerativeEnergy shepherds that have gone above and beyond to make our Houston Solar Project a nationally recognized hub of agrivoltaics innovation and the genetic improvement of American sheep.    We're grateful to our partners and neighbors in Houston County, Georgia, for their warm welcome and tireless support of this project, which reflects the ambition of local community leaders to carry Houston County's rich agricultural heritage into the future.    The work we're doing at Houston Solar is only just beginning. Our Regenerative Energy® shepherds are making use of the new 26,000 square foot lambing barn onsite to breed and track our genetic improvement flock of sheep. This ambitious initiative aims to foster a genetic strain of sheep uniquely suited to the climate and ecology of our home region in the Southeast, which has historically been hostile to the species. Over the past few weeks, our shepherds have expanded their work to our DeSoto Solar Ranch, where they will seek to replicate their previous successes. You can learn more about the Houston Solar Ranch here: https://lnkd.in/e7Gj7-ja... 

It was a pleasure to welcome Shelby and her colleagues from Tennessee Farm Bureau to our McKellar Solar Ranch in Jackson. We appreciate every opportunity we get to share the great work of our #RegenerativeEnergy agrivoltaics team with neighboring organizations like Farm Bureau, and it's great to see the smiles that the flock of sheep at McKellar put on the faces of our visitors. #MakingSolarDoMore

Wishing everyone a happy and sunny 4th of July! 🇺🇸 🔆

The 2nd annual Solar Farm Summit is scheduled to take place next week, from July 8th through July 10th, at the Loews Chicago O'Hare Hotel. We're looking forward to joining discussions around the latest developments in #agrivoltaics, Several of which will be led by members of our team including Nick de Vries, Loran Shallenberger, and our partner Anna Clare Monlezun, PhD of Graze, LLC. #RegenerativeEnergy #MakingSolarDoMore https://lnkd.in/gEBdSCrM

Silicon Ranch was pleased to sponsor a recent Nashville Sounds Baseball Club home game in support of Special Olympics Tennessee. It was great to see so many of our colleagues in attendance at the tailgate fundraiser, and we're looking forward to supporting Special Olympics Tennessee further this summer by participating in the #MusicCityCorporateChallenge.

"Agriculture is the foundation of manufactures, since the productions of nature are the materials of art." -- Edward Gibbon #RegenerativeEnergy #DomesticManufacturing #MakingSolarDoMore

Our Houston Solar Project is a FINALIST for the 2024 North American Agrivoltaics Solar Ranch of the Year Award! The Houston Solar Project is a direct result of our long-term approach to solar and our commitment as a community member and land steward, all under our model of ownership for the long haul. This project aims to redress the two biggest challenges to grazing sheep on solar farms in the Southeast: a scarcity of sheep and shepherds, and the susceptibility of American sheep to Southeastern parasites. With the largest Katahdin flock enrolled in the National Sheep Improvement Program, our efforts at Houston are not only helping us grow our own flock; they are also providing economically important information to the U.S. sheep industry to improve the genetics and production of the national flock. You can learn more about the project and vote for it here: https://lnkd.in/gBTN346i #RegenerativeEnergy #MakingSolarDoMore

Today we celebrate Juneteenth, a date that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. On this day, in 1865, the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation was achieved by the Union Army and slavery was brought to an end in the former Confederate states. #Juneteenth2024

It was great to hear from our own Rob Riley at the Renewable Energy Wildlife Institute (REWI) Southeast Solar Power and Wildlife / Natural Resources Workshop in Atlanta last week. During the panel, Rob and his industry peers explored the opportunities and challenges for solar build-out while conserving wildlife in Silicon Ranch's home region, the Southeast. Thanks to Southern Company, Georgia Power Company, and REWI for hosting these important conversations. #MakingSolarDoMore