Sustainable Sumter

Looking back on 50 years since first Earth Day While many know April 22 as International Earth Day, the first Earth Day occurred 50 years ago on March 21, 1970, predating the inaugural April environmental celebrations by a few weeks.

Silicon Ranch is partnering with White Oak Pastures and employing its flock of sheep and holistic grazing methods to manage vegetation, remove carbon and other greenhouse gases from the atmosphere and store them long-term in the soil, restore overall ecosystem function and strengthen the rural economy.

Silicon Ranch partners with organic livestock farm in Georgia for solar sheep grazing A partnership between White Oak Pastures and Silicon Ranch will encourage regenerative practices on solar farms. In 2020, this partnership will bring holistic planned livestock grazing and regenerative land management practices to nearly 2,400 solar farm acres in Southwest Georgia to create carbon s...