Emily Mauntel ('15)

Entrepreneur - Agribusiness

Emily Mauntel, Class of 2015, is making big strides in the solar farm and livestock industries. After noticing how the land under solar panel arrays would be perfect for grazing livestock, Emily came up with the idea of combining those two things on the same plot of land. Conveniently enough, Maharishi International University, Emily's alma mater, already owns land upon which a solar farm stands. Emily approached the company who operates the solar farm, Ideal Energy, as well as the university, and got permission from both to try out this idea. After a successful year of solar sheep, Emily plans to continue ranching and is hoping to pass her solar grazers onto the next person who wants to support this new agribusiness model. 

To read more about Emily and her solar grazers, check out this article by AgriSolar Clearinghouse