For more than a century, the land near Somerville, Tennessee, has remained in the same family. When a solar developer came knocking, farmer Chad Dacus faced a choice that many landowners across rural America are increasingly confronting: sell a piece of the family property, keep farming it or lease it for renewable energy. Dacus chose a fourth option that allowed him to do both, in a way.
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