Sustainable Industries

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  Erik R. Janus

  

  Solar & Farming Can Share Land, But The Details Matter

  cleantechnica.com - Michael Barnard

  Agrivoltaics has become one of those ideas that is simple enough to fit on a social media tile and complex enough to be mangled by one. The image …

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  Erik R. Janus

  

  Vermonters reimagine solar farms with sheep and pollinators

  wbur.org - Maeve Fairfax, Vermont Public

  On solar farms, the ground beneath the solar panels is often planted with turf grass and left alone. But some Vermonters are experimenting with …

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  Erik R. Janus

  

  Expert reveals new 'crop' farmers are increasingly harvesting: 'I make more money doing [this]'

  thecooldown.com - Kim LaCapria

  "A much higher-value commodity and less risky." A growing number of farmers are dovetailing their harvests with a lucrative second "crop," and the …

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  Erik R. Janus

  

  Technical and Policy Changes Impacting Agrivoltaics Deployment in the US

  nationalinterest.org - Patrick Dapaa Kwao, David Bernell

  Rows of elevated solar panels stretch across working farmland, illustrating how agrivoltaics seeks to balance renewable energy expansion with …

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  Erik R. Janus

  

  Researchers make groundbreaking discovery about workers growing crops under solar panels: 'Nobody … was talking about it'

  thecooldown.com - Noah Jampol

  "We need a catalog of ways we can protect farmworkers." A recent study shows that there's one surprisingly big winner from placing solar panels over …

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  Erik R. Janus

  

  New AI Model Lets Farm Robots Identify Weeds – Then Kill Them With Lasers

  slashgear.com - Zohaib Ahmed

  You've probably heard about large language models, those sophisticated AI systems that power all chatbots today. Get ready for Large Plant Models …