“It’s been great for me and my family ... overwhelmingly positive in rural communities near South Texas solar farms where Redden raises sheep for sites to use, he said.

“It’s been great for me and my family ... overwhelmingly positive in rural communities near South Texas solar farms where Redden raises sheep for sites to use, he said.

Local farmer Marcus Gray has been raising sheep on his personal farm in Pittsylvania County for years. But in January, he was able to move them to a 1,000-acre solar farm near Snowberry Road.