American Farmland Trust released a new Solar Health Guide and announced new cross-sector partnerships to advance its Smart Solar work at the 2025 Solar Farm Summit in Chicago. AFT is building on an interest in agriculturally compatible approaches to solar energy development across rural America. The third annual Solar Farm Summit represented America’s leading farmer-first solar forum and the largest agrivoltaics conference in North America. “AFT defines agrivoltaics as the intentional combination of solar energy generation and agricultural products on the same piece of land, which is a strategic approach to increasing the viability of America’s farms and ranches,” said AFT Senior Fellow Jenny Lester-Moffit. “The combination produces food and renewable energy on the same piece of land.” The new AFT-published guide presents key considerations in safeguarding soil health during solar agrivoltaics development through the entire process. The guide is tailored to agrivoltaics applications, including grazing and crop production.
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