In this fascinating case study, learn how S-5! products helped this New York orchard combine metal and solar roofing on approximately 42,000-square-feet of roofing space to create long-term sustainability and lower operating costs.
In 1984, as a senior at Cornell University studying pomology (fruit science) and economics, Chip Bailey founded KC Bailey Orchards, a now 230-acre apple orchard in upstate New York. A first-generation farmer, Chip was always interested in orchards growing up in Wayne County, N.Y., the largest apple-producing county east of the Mississippi. His extended family had vineyards in the Finger Lakes region, and he worked on local farms as a teenager, driving his desire to someday acquire his own farm. Chip met Karla, who at the time was running an apple slicing business and distributorship. Karla had studied Finance and Systems at the University of Buffalo and also had a desire to own her own farm.