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Stoney Acres Farm focuses on sustainability, diversificationBy Nathaniel Underwood Tony Schultz has always tried to put a focus on sustainability and making sure to have a diverse set of offerings on his family farm just north of Athens. The land on which the Stoney Acres farm sits has been in his family since the 1940s, and as the third generation to work the land, Schultz has taken several new approaches in how to make a small family farm work in a world in which larger farms are grabbing bigger pieces of the pie. A focus on diverse sets of organic vegetables, as well as offerings of beef, pork, eggs and mushrooms that he is able to get to customers at various points of sale and additions of “Pizza on the Farm” nights and a brewery showcase the variety in products that Stoney Acres has to offer. Schultz does not just apply the mentality of sustainability and diversification to his products, however, as the new additions to his solar array stand as an obvious testament to. The black solar cell panels that now adorn the southern roof of one of the farm’s buildings are immediately recognizable to any visitors to Stoney Acres. The addition of solar energy to complement more traditional energy sources certainly fits in with Schultz’s focus on renewability, which he cites as one of his motivators towards looking into the projects in the first place. “The theme is about sustainability,” he said. “Can we continue to do this for a thousand years, indefinitely into the future? Where are we getting our energy from? Is it
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Stoney Acres Farm focuses on sustainability, diversificationBy Nathaniel Underwood Tony Schultz has always tried to put a focus on sustainability and making sure to have a diverse set of offerings on his family farm just north of Athens. The land on which the Stoney Acres farm sits has been in his family since the 1940s, and as the third generation to work the land, Schultz has taken several new approaches in how to make a small family farm work in a world in which larger farms are grabbing bigger pieces of the pie. A focus on diverse sets of organic vegetables, as well as offerings of beef, pork, eggs and mushrooms that he is able to get to customers at various points of sale and additions of “Pizza on the Farm” nights and a brewery showcase the variety in products that Stoney Acres has to offer. Schultz does not just apply the mentality of sustainability and diversification to his products, however, as the new additions to his solar array stand as an obvious testament to. The black solar cell panels that now adorn the southern roof of one of the farm’s buildings are immediately recognizable to any visitors to Stoney Acres. The addition of solar energy to complement more traditional energy sources certainly fits in with Schultz’s focus on renewability, which he cites as one of his motivators towards looking into the projects in the first place. “The theme is about sustainability,” he said. “Can we continue to do this for a thousand years, indefinitely into the future? Where are we getting our energy from? Is it

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