In rural California, farmers are harvesting a new crop: Solar power

Get the Full StoryIn California s water-stressed Central Valley, farmers are fallowing land and installing solar, providing financial stability and saving water.

Around the world, farmers are retooling their land to harvest the hottest new commodity: sunlight. As the price of renewable energy technology has plummeted and water has gotten more scarce, growers are fallowing acreage and installing solar panels. Some are even growing crops beneath them, which is great for plants stressed by too many rays. Still others are letting that shaded land go wild, providing habitat for pollinators and fodder for grazing livestock.

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