Field Notes – HARVEST California

Economic Analysis of the Agrivoltaics Opportunity in California: $15B for Cropland Farmers

September 4, 2026 Guest Author: Joseph Bouchard This is a summary of a post originally published on Substack. Visit @Solpomodoro

Urban Agriculture and Agrivoltaics at UC ANR’s South Coast Research & Extension Center

September 1, 2026 Guest Author: Grant Johnson, Urban Agriculture Technology Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension UC ANR South Coast REC Agrivoltaics

Common Agrivoltaics Terms: Economic Feasibility

August 10, 2026 Conversations about the economics of an agrivoltaics project come with their own vocabulary. And whether a project

Experimenting with Shade: Melons and tomatoes growing at UC Merced

July 30, 2026 UC Merced Shade Experiment At-A-Glance Researchers at University of California, Merced have made some interesting observations about

What Makes a Solar Project Agrivoltaics?

July 8, 2026 By Benjamin Narwold, contributing author Solar development is often seen as a threat to farmland, with an

Common Agrivoltaics Terms: System Design

July 1, 2026 By Daphne Condon, Ph.D. Agrivoltaics systems can look very different from one site to another. Some systems

How Agrivoltaics Can Help Conserve Water in California

June 7, 2026 Water scarcity is a growing concern in California’s agriculture industry, driven by a changing hotter and drier

Agrivoltaic Research Area at Cal Poly Pomona's Spadra Farm

Under the Panels at Spadra Farm

June 7, 2026 What We Are Learning About Agrivoltaics in Southern California By Rose Cesena Olivas, M.S., Robert Redford Conservancy

Agrivoltaics research state at Chico State

Learning Under the Panels: Agrivoltaics Research at Chico State

May 7, 2026 By Benjamin Narwold, contributing author Chico State Agrivoltaics Site At-A-Glance Researchers at the agricultural research farm operated

Vertical solar panels integrated with crop production at UC Davis agrivoltaics demonstration site

Agrivoltaics in Action: Inside the UC Davis Agrivoltaics Demonstration Site

April 27, 2026 By Benjamin Narwold, contributing author University of California Davis Agrivoltaics Demonstration Site At-A-Glance At the University of