At sites around the country, once-verdant fields, farms and forests are reduced to gravel lots to make way for utility-scale solar plants. At some, carefully trimmed Kentucky bluegrass is permitted to.
The Arizona Partnership for Climate-Smart Food Crops will promote climate-smart food production practices and help farmers reduce water consumption and carbon emissions.
USDA awards over $4.7M to integrate both time-tried techniques and desert crops from arid regions into inventive agricultural practices and technologies that will lead to a more resilient food future.
The self-sufficient toolbox allows for crops to grow, while creating electricity through solar panels - 'the main idea is to harvest the sun twice'; Those benefiting most from this innovation are mostly remote communities, such as indigenous populations, smaller farms, kibbutzim