Farmers: How Solar Can Help them Keep Land out of Sprawl

Farmers see clean energy, solar and wind, and now battery storage, as a way to diversify their income, and keep farmland in the family, and away from greedy developers.

For years, farmers have made it clear that they are best equipped to make decisions about the best use of their land, as they are often multi-generational stewards of the land. Property rights is one of the most important arguments for clean energy development.