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The Night Shift

Modern Farmer

The conditions impacted crop yields, livestock, the transportation of goods, and the larger supply chain. A few years back, while building a fence on her farmland, Hemmes suffered her first bout of on-the-job heat exhaustion. Its also an area that has been battered by human-caused climate change. Photography via Shutterstock.

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Mixing solar power and agriculture: A blueberry farm does a test run

Agritecture Blog

He hopes that a new “crop” growing in tandem with berries could help boost the local industry and preserve farmland. Across the country, farmers regularly lease their land for utility-scale or community solar installations, but typically crops are not grown on that same land.