Farming the Sun: How California Farmers Are Embracing Solar Power
Faced with limited water access, California farmers are turning idle land into profitable solar farms, creating a new renewable energy frontier.
As a state law limiting water access takes effect, many farmers in California's Central Valley have been forced to leave large swaths of their land fallow. However, these farmers are now seeing an unexpected opportunity to transform their idle acreage into a new source of revenue: solar power.
Across the region, a growing number of farmers are partnering with renewable energy developers to convert their unused land into sprawling solar farms. These solar arrays not only provide a reliable income stream for the farmers, but they also contribute to California's ambitious clean energy goals.
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John Doe, a third-generation farmer in Huron, California, is one of the pioneers of this new agricultural-solar hybrid.
Source: NPR
