Solar panels and farmland are often framed as competitors for the same acres. A five-year study out of southern Minnesota suggests that framing misses something important: the ground underneath the panels doesn't have to sit empty. What the Researchers Did Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory and the National Renewable Energy … [Read more...] about Two Minnesota Solar Farms Turned the Ground Beneath Their Panels Into Habitat — and Native Bees Increased 20-Fold