America shouldn’t trade food security for solar energy

America has been blessed with the best, most productive farmland in the world. Our farmers feed our families, fuel our economy and anchor our rural communities. But over the past decade, we’ve watched a troubling trend emerge and threaten the fabric of our nation. Acre by acre, American farmland has been increasingly taken out of production and covered with industrial-scale solar installations. According to USDA data and independent analyses, about 70% of all solar projects built between 2009 and 2020 were installed in rural areas, and 83% of present-day utility-scale solar installations sit directly on farmland. The American Farmland Trust…