Solar Panels Spread Across America's Heartland as Farmers Chase Stable Returns
Aerial of California Solar Plant in the Cuyama area of Southern California. (Photo by: Visions of America/Joseph Sohm/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
For Stuart Woolf, who grows wine grapes, almonds and other specialty crops in California, solar power is a necessary compromise as farming gets more challenging.
Woolf, who has 1,200 acres of panels on his farm in the state's Central Valley, says individual growers like him are turning to solar to survive. He began leasing land to solar developers about a decade ago, an arrangement that provides him with a much-needed new profit stream.
