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What I would like to see (I’ve mentioned it before) is a test plot. It would have solar panels spaced so crops will grow underneath. It would have automated tilling equipment on rails to seed, plow, and harvest the corps. It would get water from runoff and the air. Sensors would monitor the soil for nutrients, water, etc. Harvesting would be automatic and what’s left be ground up and put back in the soil. A truly automated system! Where I live, we could get 2 crops per year. In the northern climes, it would have to be in green houses. I wish some person or company would do this. Have one plot in the temperate zone and one in the cold zone. Lots of research has been done in this field. Now, the research needs to be combined and field tested. Wouldn’t it be nice to have fruits and veggies year round with no foreign import BS to put up with? Of course, the extra solar power would go into the grid. Somebody supply me with the money and I’ll be the project manager, hey hey.