<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[The land beneath most solar farms is mostly left as gravel or turf.]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>The land beneath most solar farms is mostly left as gravel or turf. But the teams at two sites in Minnesota decided to do things differently, seeding the ground with native grasses and flowering plants. Five years later, that land is home to many types of insect, with a 20-fold increase in bees that have begun pollinating the crops in neighboring fields. Here's more from The Pulse.</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/ta7SMV" rel="nofollow noopener"><span>https://</span><span>flip.it/ta7SMV</span><span></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Environment" rel="tag">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Solar" rel="tag">#<span>Solar</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Ecology" rel="tag">#<span>Ecology</span></a></p>]]></description><link>https://wanderingadventure.party/topic/d488d4c2-1d29-4d58-9953-3b1c460b52ab/the-land-beneath-most-solar-farms-is-mostly-left-as-gravel-or-turf.</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 22:10:23 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://wanderingadventure.party/topic/d488d4c2-1d29-4d58-9953-3b1c460b52ab.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 16:20:52 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl></channel></rss>