By incorporating agrivoltaics into the upcoming Farm Bill, Congress can help ensure that solar development is complementary to rather than competitive with America’s agricultural interests.
WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, American Farmland Trust, one of the leading non-profits working to address rural community concerns while advancing renewable energy, released policy recommendations for state and local governments to keep land in farming and strengthen.
Solar energy and agricultural production often find themselves competitors. Both have strong incentives to expand, and they share a key input: land. Solar developers continue ramping up.
When most people hear “farm bill” they think of things like corn subsidies and food programs. But the farm bill is a gigantic, sprawling funding package that supports a wide