Scott Welsh

 Scott Welsh has worked in agriculture for the last 25+ years with a focus on project development, management, business strategy, and finance for early and growth stage companies in both existing and new market segments. He is a trained agronomist with experience growing and managing crops and forages and has 10+ years’ experience raising sheep. For the last 11 years, he has provided advisory and contract management services through Fieldstone Innovations, LLC. Additionally, he worked as a project manager for renewable energy projects (ethanol), an M&A advisor in agriculture, a founding partner in a small sustainable grain processing operation, an on-farm agricultural consultant, and as a farm manager. Scott has a BS in Agricultural Science from Penn State. 

Jonathan Barter is an experienced grazing specialist and solar grazer with over 30 years of agricultural experience. He developed a vertically integrated O&M operation for a community-scale solar company, including land preparation, seeding, and solar grazing, and has consulted on many other projects. He worked as a grazing specialist for Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) for 12 years, and owned and operated a grass-based beef and sheep farm in NY for 15 years. He was the President of the American Solar Grazing  Association from its founding in 2018 through 2022. Prior to his work with NRCS, he managed an agricultural supply business in PA for 16 years. His agricultural experience is both US and UK based, having grown up in Scotland and received an agricultural degree from University of Aberystwyth/ Welsh Agricultural College, Wales.