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In an effort to make their farms more environmentally and economically sustainable, some farmers are experimenting with agrivoltaics: growing crops underneath solar panels. This dual harvest is working for some, but what will it take for agrivoltaics to work on a larger, more industrial scale?
Joining Host Ira Flatow are journalist Jana Rose Schleis and environmental economics expert Madhu Khanna.
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Jana Rose Schleis is a news producer at KBIA in Columbia, Missouri.
Dr. Madhu Khanna is a professor of environmental economics and director of the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
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Ira Flatow is the founder and host of Science Friday. His green thumb has revived many an office plant at death’s door.
Kathleen Davis is a producer and fill-in host at Science Friday, which means she spends her weeks researching, writing, editing, and sometimes talking into a microphone. She’s always eager to talk about freshwater lakes and Coney Island diners.
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