Agrivoltaics in Southern California
Placing solar arrays over crops creates multiple benefits for farmers, communities, and the planet.
Read about the Robert Redford Conservancy's project on agrivoltaics — a first for Southern California.
of California's farmland can produce energy, save water, and grow food
Agrivoltaics in Action
Strategic collaboration with multiple partners amplifies the regenerative agriculture work of ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú
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Partners include Climate Resolve, American Farmland Trust, IERCD, The Nature Conservancy, Pomona College, , and , a community-oriented nonprofit solar company. This study is funded by the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research. Our curriculum is funded by US Bank.
Annie Voss is from a farm family in Ohio and is using her role as a Redford Conservancy Fellow to help build a curriculum for agrivoltaics.
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ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú's Robert Redford Conservancy's workforce development agrivoltaics curriculum will be the first of its kind in the United States.
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Climate change is hitting our farm communities hard. Agrivoltaics can improve labor conditions, and allow crops to survive a hotter, drier climate.