Bumblebees buzz from flower to flower, stopping for a moment under a clear blue Minnesota sky. Birds chirp, and tall grasses blow in the breeze. This isn't a scene from a pristine nature preserve or national park. It is nestled between photovoltaic (PV) solar arrays on rehabilitated farmland.
Absolutely! Industrial agriculture techniques can easily destroy soil & are very carbon intensive themselves due to the way we get a lot of fertilizer from fossil fuels, transport & fuel everything.
For a more wholesome example, you can put chicken coops on top of the lauded
FISH-RICE INTEGRATION TECHNIQUES 📢📢📢🗣️🗣️🗣️🔊📢📢🗣️🗣️🔊🔊
then put solar panels on top of the coops.
The chickens go and eat pests around the rice too and fertilize a bit lol