Their job is simple: Eat weeds. Grier and her crew are tasked with managing the land and ensuring none of the vegetation grows tall enough to block the sun from shining down on the nearly 110,000 solar panels on 130 hectares of prairie.
"A lot of people look at weeds and they don't want them around and we see them as a food source, right? Most of them are really high in protein. The sheep enjoy consuming them," said Grier, who began farming 15 years ago.
"In the next five to 10 years, we're going to see tons of solar development and so there's huge potential for it," said Grier, as she puts up a new temporary fence for the animals.
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