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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!
