Across the world, farmers are discovering a new “crop” they can cultivate on their fields: solar panels and windmills to generate electricity. In Taiwan, many farmers are dealing with changing soil conditions that have rendered entire fields of soil useless. That’s why they are leasing their land to solar energy companies to provide clean energy to the state. The companies build the panels and the farmers take of them while capitalizing on the conditions below the panels to grow mushrooms. That way, the farmers can make enough money to support themselves while helping Taiwan produce more clean energy.
Taiwanese farmers turn their damaged fields into solar farms
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