Michigan’s Senate has recently passed legislation that would allow farmland enrolled in the state’s preservation program to be used for solar development.
Bill sponsor Kristen McDonald Rivet tells Brownfield Senate Bill 277 would codify guidance currently in place for the Farmland and Open Space Preservation Program.
“It creates predictability and is a space that, in a bipartisan way, we’re able to walk that line between renewable energy and the protection of our farmland,” she says.
