Spread of solar farms in Georgia about to get legislative scrutiny - Griffin Daily News
Spread of solar farms in Georgia about to get legislative scrutiny | News | griffindailynews.com
ATLANTA — Georgia is the largest state east of the Mississippi River, with eight million acres of prime farmland.
Yet, there’s so much concern over the spread of solar farms eating up huge portions of that acreage with vast fields of solar panels that the state Senate has formed a study committee to explore what can be done to save the most fertile land for farmers.
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