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  1. One Tree - This lone tree standing in the fields surrounded by the flood waters was so pretty bathed in the late afternoon light. Another view of the flooding that occurs almost every spring in New Patlz, NY. A lovely landscape photograph that would make a great

    renata-natale.pixels.com/featu

  2. One Tree - This lone tree standing in the fields surrounded by the flood waters was so pretty bathed in the late afternoon light. Another view of the flooding that occurs almost every spring in New Patlz, NY. A lovely landscape photograph that would make a great #gift

    renata-natale.pixels.com/featu

    #lonetree #farmlands #weather #newpaltzny #springflooding #MastoArt #reflections #buyintoart #Landscape #Photography

  3. One Tree - This lone tree standing in the fields surrounded by the flood waters was so pretty bathed in the late afternoon light. Another view of the flooding that occurs almost every spring in New Patlz, NY. A lovely landscape photograph that would make a great #gift

    renata-natale.pixels.com/featu

    #lonetree #farmlands #weather #newpaltzny #springflooding #MastoArt #reflections #buyintoart #Landscape #Photography

  4. One Tree - This lone tree standing in the fields surrounded by the flood waters was so pretty bathed in the late afternoon light. Another view of the flooding that occurs almost every spring in New Patlz, NY. A lovely landscape photograph that would make a great #gift

    renata-natale.pixels.com/featu

    #lonetree #farmlands #weather #newpaltzny #springflooding #MastoArt #reflections #buyintoart #Landscape #Photography

  5. One Tree - This lone tree standing in the fields surrounded by the flood waters was so pretty bathed in the late afternoon light. Another view of the flooding that occurs almost every spring in New Patlz, NY. A lovely landscape photograph that would make a great #gift

    renata-natale.pixels.com/featu

    #lonetree #farmlands #weather #newpaltzny #springflooding #MastoArt #reflections #buyintoart #Landscape #Photography

  6. Scientists test #agriculture and #SolarEnergy on #Illinois #farms

    Two experiments in the state are measuring which crops could grow well under these panels.

    By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco
    Jul 18, 2024, 2:58pm EDT

    "Thousands of #wildflowers are blooming under rows of solar panels in eastern Illinois. #Milkweeds, #BlackEyedSusans and native #PrairieGrasses catch the sunlight that streams past solar panels on one end of this 54-acre property near Champaign.

    "'Obviously, this setting is not perfect for the farming system,' D.K. Lee, a professor of crop sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, said about the narrow space between solar panel arrays.

    "But this experimental station called #SolarFarm 2.0 could help UIUC scientists determine whether the marriage between Midwestern agriculture and solar power will be a happy one. Researchers are piloting how crops such as grains and #soybeans used primarily to feed livestock grow with solar panels obstructing their full view of the sun. The counterintuitive practice is called #agrivoltaics, a nascent industry that partners solar developers looking for large plots of land and farmers looking to make additional income.

    "That’s why two parallel experiments are underway here to find out what can grow and thrive under solar panels. To hit the ambitious clean energy targets set by state and federal officials, solar power will have to increase close to seven times over current capacity by 2035. That will mean millions of acres devoted to solar power — many of which could be in America’s #farmlands. But to make sure that agricultural communities aren’t left behind by the clean energy transition, scientists want to know what it will take for life to persist beneath solar panels — potentially a first step for farmers and solar power to co-exist.

    "'We can only farm about 70% of the land here,' said Bruce E. Branham, professor of horticulture at UIUC. 'So we’ve got 30% of the land that would be farmed in full sun that is just vacant.'

    "But in just two years and despite physical constraints, initial findings suggest that the #sorghum grain could be a promising crop to grow alongside solar panels. Branham said that so far it appears that combining sorghum with solar panels has resulted in a 59% increase in efficiency. And wildlife, including #birds and #bees, are flocking to the improved habitat. It’s a good start, but there’s still ways to go before solar farms like these are generating serious energy.

    "'This is a 54-acre site, and we’re getting 12 megawatts,' Banham said. 'A lot of power plants are much, much greater than that.'

    "In all, Solar Farm 2.0 produces close to 1% of the generating power of the #ClintonPowerStation, a #NuclearPowerPlant just a 45 minute drive east. But for Banham and others, this presents an opportunity to combine Midwestern row crops with solar power to generate enough energy to compete with #FossilFuels and other clean energy alternatives."

    Read more:
    wbez.org/environment/2024/07/1

    #SolarPunkSunday #SolarFarms #RenewablesNow #RenewableEnergy #LocalEnergy #NoNewNukes #NoNukes #SolarFarm #SaveTheFarms #IllinoisFarms #MidwestFarms #SolarSundays #Agrivoltaic

  7. Scientists test #agriculture and #SolarEnergy on #Illinois #farms

    Two experiments in the state are measuring which crops could grow well under these panels.

    By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco
    Jul 18, 2024, 2:58pm EDT

    "Thousands of #wildflowers are blooming under rows of solar panels in eastern Illinois. #Milkweeds, #BlackEyedSusans and native #PrairieGrasses catch the sunlight that streams past solar panels on one end of this 54-acre property near Champaign.

    "'Obviously, this setting is not perfect for the farming system,' D.K. Lee, a professor of crop sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, said about the narrow space between solar panel arrays.

    "But this experimental station called #SolarFarm 2.0 could help UIUC scientists determine whether the marriage between Midwestern agriculture and solar power will be a happy one. Researchers are piloting how crops such as grains and #soybeans used primarily to feed livestock grow with solar panels obstructing their full view of the sun. The counterintuitive practice is called #agrivoltaics, a nascent industry that partners solar developers looking for large plots of land and farmers looking to make additional income.

    "That’s why two parallel experiments are underway here to find out what can grow and thrive under solar panels. To hit the ambitious clean energy targets set by state and federal officials, solar power will have to increase close to seven times over current capacity by 2035. That will mean millions of acres devoted to solar power — many of which could be in America’s #farmlands. But to make sure that agricultural communities aren’t left behind by the clean energy transition, scientists want to know what it will take for life to persist beneath solar panels — potentially a first step for farmers and solar power to co-exist.

    "'We can only farm about 70% of the land here,' said Bruce E. Branham, professor of horticulture at UIUC. 'So we’ve got 30% of the land that would be farmed in full sun that is just vacant.'

    "But in just two years and despite physical constraints, initial findings suggest that the #sorghum grain could be a promising crop to grow alongside solar panels. Branham said that so far it appears that combining sorghum with solar panels has resulted in a 59% increase in efficiency. And wildlife, including #birds and #bees, are flocking to the improved habitat. It’s a good start, but there’s still ways to go before solar farms like these are generating serious energy.

    "'This is a 54-acre site, and we’re getting 12 megawatts,' Banham said. 'A lot of power plants are much, much greater than that.'

    "In all, Solar Farm 2.0 produces close to 1% of the generating power of the #ClintonPowerStation, a #NuclearPowerPlant just a 45 minute drive east. But for Banham and others, this presents an opportunity to combine Midwestern row crops with solar power to generate enough energy to compete with #FossilFuels and other clean energy alternatives."

    Read more:
    wbez.org/environment/2024/07/1

    #SolarPunkSunday #SolarFarms #RenewablesNow #RenewableEnergy #LocalEnergy #NoNewNukes #NoNukes #SolarFarm #SaveTheFarms #IllinoisFarms #MidwestFarms #SolarSundays #Agrivoltaic

  8. Scientists test #agriculture and #SolarEnergy on #Illinois #farms

    Two experiments in the state are measuring which crops could grow well under these panels.

    By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco
    Jul 18, 2024, 2:58pm EDT

    "Thousands of #wildflowers are blooming under rows of solar panels in eastern Illinois. #Milkweeds, #BlackEyedSusans and native #PrairieGrasses catch the sunlight that streams past solar panels on one end of this 54-acre property near Champaign.

    "'Obviously, this setting is not perfect for the farming system,' D.K. Lee, a professor of crop sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, said about the narrow space between solar panel arrays.

    "But this experimental station called #SolarFarm 2.0 could help UIUC scientists determine whether the marriage between Midwestern agriculture and solar power will be a happy one. Researchers are piloting how crops such as grains and #soybeans used primarily to feed livestock grow with solar panels obstructing their full view of the sun. The counterintuitive practice is called #agrivoltaics, a nascent industry that partners solar developers looking for large plots of land and farmers looking to make additional income.

    "That’s why two parallel experiments are underway here to find out what can grow and thrive under solar panels. To hit the ambitious clean energy targets set by state and federal officials, solar power will have to increase close to seven times over current capacity by 2035. That will mean millions of acres devoted to solar power — many of which could be in America’s #farmlands. But to make sure that agricultural communities aren’t left behind by the clean energy transition, scientists want to know what it will take for life to persist beneath solar panels — potentially a first step for farmers and solar power to co-exist.

    "'We can only farm about 70% of the land here,' said Bruce E. Branham, professor of horticulture at UIUC. 'So we’ve got 30% of the land that would be farmed in full sun that is just vacant.'

    "But in just two years and despite physical constraints, initial findings suggest that the #sorghum grain could be a promising crop to grow alongside solar panels. Branham said that so far it appears that combining sorghum with solar panels has resulted in a 59% increase in efficiency. And wildlife, including #birds and #bees, are flocking to the improved habitat. It’s a good start, but there’s still ways to go before solar farms like these are generating serious energy.

    "'This is a 54-acre site, and we’re getting 12 megawatts,' Banham said. 'A lot of power plants are much, much greater than that.'

    "In all, Solar Farm 2.0 produces close to 1% of the generating power of the #ClintonPowerStation, a #NuclearPowerPlant just a 45 minute drive east. But for Banham and others, this presents an opportunity to combine Midwestern row crops with solar power to generate enough energy to compete with #FossilFuels and other clean energy alternatives."

    Read more:
    wbez.org/environment/2024/07/1

    #SolarPunkSunday #SolarFarms #RenewablesNow #RenewableEnergy #LocalEnergy #NoNewNukes #NoNukes #SolarFarm #SaveTheFarms #IllinoisFarms #MidwestFarms #SolarSundays #Agrivoltaic

  9. Scientists test #agriculture and #SolarEnergy on #Illinois #farms

    Two experiments in the state are measuring which crops could grow well under these panels.

    By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco
    Jul 18, 2024, 2:58pm EDT

    "Thousands of #wildflowers are blooming under rows of solar panels in eastern Illinois. #Milkweeds, #BlackEyedSusans and native #PrairieGrasses catch the sunlight that streams past solar panels on one end of this 54-acre property near Champaign.

    "'Obviously, this setting is not perfect for the farming system,' D.K. Lee, a professor of crop sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, said about the narrow space between solar panel arrays.

    "But this experimental station called #SolarFarm 2.0 could help UIUC scientists determine whether the marriage between Midwestern agriculture and solar power will be a happy one. Researchers are piloting how crops such as grains and #soybeans used primarily to feed livestock grow with solar panels obstructing their full view of the sun. The counterintuitive practice is called #agrivoltaics, a nascent industry that partners solar developers looking for large plots of land and farmers looking to make additional income.

    "That’s why two parallel experiments are underway here to find out what can grow and thrive under solar panels. To hit the ambitious clean energy targets set by state and federal officials, solar power will have to increase close to seven times over current capacity by 2035. That will mean millions of acres devoted to solar power — many of which could be in America’s #farmlands. But to make sure that agricultural communities aren’t left behind by the clean energy transition, scientists want to know what it will take for life to persist beneath solar panels — potentially a first step for farmers and solar power to co-exist.

    "'We can only farm about 70% of the land here,' said Bruce E. Branham, professor of horticulture at UIUC. 'So we’ve got 30% of the land that would be farmed in full sun that is just vacant.'

    "But in just two years and despite physical constraints, initial findings suggest that the #sorghum grain could be a promising crop to grow alongside solar panels. Branham said that so far it appears that combining sorghum with solar panels has resulted in a 59% increase in efficiency. And wildlife, including #birds and #bees, are flocking to the improved habitat. It’s a good start, but there’s still ways to go before solar farms like these are generating serious energy.

    "'This is a 54-acre site, and we’re getting 12 megawatts,' Banham said. 'A lot of power plants are much, much greater than that.'

    "In all, Solar Farm 2.0 produces close to 1% of the generating power of the #ClintonPowerStation, a #NuclearPowerPlant just a 45 minute drive east. But for Banham and others, this presents an opportunity to combine Midwestern row crops with solar power to generate enough energy to compete with #FossilFuels and other clean energy alternatives."

    Read more:
    wbez.org/environment/2024/07/1

    #SolarPunkSunday #SolarFarms #RenewablesNow #RenewableEnergy #LocalEnergy #NoNewNukes #NoNukes #SolarFarm #SaveTheFarms #IllinoisFarms #MidwestFarms #SolarSundays #Agrivoltaic

  10. Scientists test #agriculture and #SolarEnergy on #Illinois #farms

    Two experiments in the state are measuring which crops could grow well under these panels.

    By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco
    Jul 18, 2024, 2:58pm EDT

    "Thousands of #wildflowers are blooming under rows of solar panels in eastern Illinois. #Milkweeds, #BlackEyedSusans and native #PrairieGrasses catch the sunlight that streams past solar panels on one end of this 54-acre property near Champaign.

    "'Obviously, this setting is not perfect for the farming system,' D.K. Lee, a professor of crop sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, said about the narrow space between solar panel arrays.

    "But this experimental station called #SolarFarm 2.0 could help UIUC scientists determine whether the marriage between Midwestern agriculture and solar power will be a happy one. Researchers are piloting how crops such as grains and #soybeans used primarily to feed livestock grow with solar panels obstructing their full view of the sun. The counterintuitive practice is called #agrivoltaics, a nascent industry that partners solar developers looking for large plots of land and farmers looking to make additional income.

    "That’s why two parallel experiments are underway here to find out what can grow and thrive under solar panels. To hit the ambitious clean energy targets set by state and federal officials, solar power will have to increase close to seven times over current capacity by 2035. That will mean millions of acres devoted to solar power — many of which could be in America’s #farmlands. But to make sure that agricultural communities aren’t left behind by the clean energy transition, scientists want to know what it will take for life to persist beneath solar panels — potentially a first step for farmers and solar power to co-exist.

    "'We can only farm about 70% of the land here,' said Bruce E. Branham, professor of horticulture at UIUC. 'So we’ve got 30% of the land that would be farmed in full sun that is just vacant.'

    "But in just two years and despite physical constraints, initial findings suggest that the #sorghum grain could be a promising crop to grow alongside solar panels. Branham said that so far it appears that combining sorghum with solar panels has resulted in a 59% increase in efficiency. And wildlife, including #birds and #bees, are flocking to the improved habitat. It’s a good start, but there’s still ways to go before solar farms like these are generating serious energy.

    "'This is a 54-acre site, and we’re getting 12 megawatts,' Banham said. 'A lot of power plants are much, much greater than that.'

    "In all, Solar Farm 2.0 produces close to 1% of the generating power of the #ClintonPowerStation, a #NuclearPowerPlant just a 45 minute drive east. But for Banham and others, this presents an opportunity to combine Midwestern row crops with solar power to generate enough energy to compete with #FossilFuels and other clean energy alternatives."

    Read more:
    wbez.org/environment/2024/07/1

    #SolarPunkSunday #SolarFarms #RenewablesNow #RenewableEnergy #LocalEnergy #NoNewNukes #NoNukes #SolarFarm #SaveTheFarms #IllinoisFarms #MidwestFarms #SolarSundays #Agrivoltaic

  11. It is said of Romans that they salted the lands of those they conquered for punitive reasons - so that the enemy could never thrive on those lands again.

    A poet could make something of #farmlands being salted by #ClimateChange. They seem okay but slowly wither. Who now is the enemy?

    #SoilSalinisation
    grist.org/agriculture/a-silent

  12. It is said of Romans that they salted the lands of those they conquered for punitive reasons - so that the enemy could never thrive on those lands again.

    A poet could make something of #farmlands being salted by #ClimateChange. They seem okay but slowly wither. Who now is the enemy?

    #SoilSalinisation
    grist.org/agriculture/a-silent

  13. It is said of Romans that they salted the lands of those they conquered for punitive reasons - so that the enemy could never thrive on those lands again.

    A poet could make something of #farmlands being salted by #ClimateChange. They seem okay but slowly wither. Who now is the enemy?

    #SoilSalinisation
    grist.org/agriculture/a-silent

  14. It is said of Romans that they salted the lands of those they conquered for punitive reasons - so that the enemy could never thrive on those lands again.

    A poet could make something of #farmlands being salted by #ClimateChange. They seem okay but slowly wither. Who now is the enemy?

    #SoilSalinisation
    grist.org/agriculture/a-silent

  15. It is said of Romans that they salted the lands of those they conquered for punitive reasons - so that the enemy could never thrive on those lands again.

    A poet could make something of #farmlands being salted by #ClimateChange. They seem okay but slowly wither. Who now is the enemy?

    #SoilSalinisation
    grist.org/agriculture/a-silent

  16. RT Science for Environment Policy
    New research finds🐇hares, 🦌deer,🦊foxes, and other species thrive in unfarmed patches under power pylons on #farmlands, utilizing these unique #habitats for shelter and foraging🍃.
    Yet, we must further discern the impacts of pylons ⚡on unfarmed land👇
    environment.ec.europa.eu/news/

    🐦🔗: n.respublicae.eu/SfEP/status/1

  17. RT Science for Environment Policy
    New research finds🐇hares, 🦌deer,🦊foxes, and other species thrive in unfarmed patches under power pylons on #farmlands, utilizing these unique #habitats for shelter and foraging🍃.
    Yet, we must further discern the impacts of pylons ⚡on unfarmed land👇
    environment.ec.europa.eu/news/

    🐦🔗: n.respublicae.eu/SfEP/status/1

  18. RT Science for Environment Policy
    New research finds🐇hares, 🦌deer,🦊foxes, and other species thrive in unfarmed patches under power pylons on #farmlands, utilizing these unique #habitats for shelter and foraging🍃.
    Yet, we must further discern the impacts of pylons ⚡on unfarmed land👇
    environment.ec.europa.eu/news/

    🐦🔗: n.respublicae.eu/SfEP/status/1

  19. #EU #NatureRestorationLaw PASSED!
    Just.
    Congratulations to all those who lobbied the EP and pushed them to do the right thing.

    "The regulation establishes binding targets in seven fields of action, such as #farmlands, #peatlands, #pollinators and #SeaBottoms, with the goal of reversing the environmental damage caused by unchecked human activity and #ClimateChange."

    euronews.com/my-europe/2023/07

  20. #EU #NatureRestorationLaw PASSED!
    Just.
    Congratulations to all those who lobbied the EP and pushed them to do the right thing.

    "The regulation establishes binding targets in seven fields of action, such as #farmlands, #peatlands, #pollinators and #SeaBottoms, with the goal of reversing the environmental damage caused by unchecked human activity and #ClimateChange."

    euronews.com/my-europe/2023/07

  21. #EU #NatureRestorationLaw PASSED!
    Just.
    Congratulations to all those who lobbied the EP and pushed them to do the right thing.

    "The regulation establishes binding targets in seven fields of action, such as #farmlands, #peatlands, #pollinators and #SeaBottoms, with the goal of reversing the environmental damage caused by unchecked human activity and #ClimateChange."

    euronews.com/my-europe/2023/07

  22. #EU #NatureRestorationLaw PASSED!
    Just.
    Congratulations to all those who lobbied the EP and pushed them to do the right thing.

    "The regulation establishes binding targets in seven fields of action, such as #farmlands, #peatlands, #pollinators and #SeaBottoms, with the goal of reversing the environmental damage caused by unchecked human activity and #ClimateChange."

    euronews.com/my-europe/2023/07

  23. #EU #NatureRestorationLaw PASSED!
    Just.
    Congratulations to all those who lobbied the EP and pushed them to do the right thing.

    "The regulation establishes binding targets in seven fields of action, such as #farmlands, #peatlands, #pollinators and #SeaBottoms, with the goal of reversing the environmental damage caused by unchecked human activity and #ClimateChange."

    euronews.com/my-europe/2023/07

  24. As grassland specialists, the maned wolves have adapted to live in the tall crops of the Brazilian farmlands, but they are failing to raise their puppies into adulthood. Farmers and conservationists must work together to help the wild dog's survive.
    Wild Dog's Unlikely Friendship | Dogs In The Wild: Meet The Family | BBC Earth
  25. As grassland specialists, the maned wolves have adapted to live in the tall crops of the Brazilian farmlands, but they are failing to raise their puppies into adulthood. Farmers and conservationists must work together to help the wild dog's survive.
    Wild Dog's Unlikely Friendship | Dogs In The Wild: Meet The Family | BBC Earth