Around the world, farmers are retooling their land to harvest the hottest new commodity ... Some are even growing crops beneath them, which is great for plants stressed by too many rays.

On February 9, 1894, the Lima Republican-Gazette reported farmers at Scott’s Crossing were “harvesting their ice,” adding, “The crop is of good quality, and the quantity is large on the ...

This story was originally published by Grist with the headline Farmers are making bank harvesting a new crop: Solar energy on Apr 30, 2025.