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Winifred Sylvah unlocks the door to access her farm patch at a solar generating facility in Big Lake, Minn., Monday, Sept. 14, 2026.
Winifred Sylvah unlocks the door to access her farm patch at a solar generating facility in Big Lake, Minn., Monday, Sept. 14, 2026.
Winifred Sylvah picked a handful of plump cucumbers on a cold, wet September morning as raindrops trickled off rows of solar panels in the background.
They’ve been a productive plant for Sylvah on a new plot of land at a solar farm in Big Lake. She’s already harvested about 140 pounds of cucumbers, with rows more waiting to be picked. Sylvah is one of three farmers working the land in between and outside the rows of a 1-megawatt solar array in Big Lake.
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