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Interest growing for solar power on farms in New Jersey
By DANIEL WALSH Staff Writer | Posted: Saturday, January 2, 2010 | 0 comments

DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP — A local farming family plans to lease nearly 100 acres of farmland for solar power development in this rural Cumberland County municipality.

The Sparacio family would place solar panels on 80 to 90 acres of farmland at Big Oak and Parvins Mill roads, and has joined with Millville-based Renewable Energy Resources to make it happen.

“I’m talking to a lot of farmers who want solar on their property,” said Gasper Sparacio, vice president of sales for Renewable Energy Resources. “As the small guys get eaten up, there’s nothing to do with the land. I’m a Realtor, too, but there’s no market to build.”

The Sparacio family has owned farmland in the Deerfield area for decades. Cousin Butch Sparacio runs a farm and farm stand just a few miles away that is famed locally for its annual strawberry harvest.

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