Farm sunshine, not cancer: Replacing tobacco fields with solar arrays
Sunday, 11 February 2018 () Houghton MI (SPX) Feb 08, 2018
Although tobacco use is the leading cause of avoidable death globally, farming tobacco continues to provide the primary source of income to many farmers. But two Michigan Technological University researchers contend that converting tobacco fields to solar farms could profitably serve two purposes: Reduce preventable deaths and meet the growing need for solar energy to combat climate change.