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Planet Forward Contributor
April 10, 2012
Piggyback leafy green patches with solar panels
I notice that leafy produce requires ponderous amounts of water to grow. I wonder, is there any way to reduce this high water usage? Perhaps if we install solar panels over the growing patches of leafy greens as a shade to reduce water evaporation, we could decrease overall water use.
If successful, we probably could extend our experiment to different vegetable/fruit farms. Perhaps the farmers could even make a little extra cash by generating electricity!
