Solar Farms On Degraded Land Are Having A Surprisingly Positive Effect On Local Wildlife

For all its benefits, solar power has its issues, including deforestation. However, with a little care, solar farms can help ...
Northern Public Radio

There's a solar boom in rural America. Can agriculture and renewable energy share the land?

If they notice the rows of solar panels overhead, the 75 lambs and ewes don’t show it. They’re too busy chowing down. “They ...
Forbes

How Sustainable Farming On Land And Sea Can Work Together To Meet Our Growing Need For Protein

Over the next (and possibly last) few decades of human population growth, there will be a need for more food and particularly for more protein. As much as possible this needs to happen without ...
Scientific American

Farming Degrades Land; Farming Can Also Bring It Back

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Conventional farming can be hard on land: ...
Modern Farmer

When Not Farming is the Best Use of Land

Asking a farmer to “uncrop” their land is a big ask. There’s a lot at stake, not the least of which are the economic losses unproductive land may cost the grower. Sometimes, though, it’s the best and ...