I’m standing on a hillside.All around me are short shrubs with purple stems and waxy leaves.A brisk December wind moves through the lowbush blueberry bushes.But among the plants sits an odd sight… row after row of solar panels.You’ve heard of solar farms. And you’ve heard of blueberry farms.But a solar-blueberry farm?And that combo could be vital as the Earth’s climate changes.Reporting from the coast of Maine, I'm Teresa Carey, and this is Scientific American's 60-Second Science.In this area we've got the solar panels in among the blueberry plants.And up here, it's more open.We still have stone walls there and some rock piles, but most of the land is just opened for the blueberry production.When it comes to raising blueberries, Paul Sweetland has seen it all.I've been doing blueberries basically my whole life.It's been amazing to see how we've changed our cultural practices over time.In fact, Maine is the only state in the country where wild blueberries are commercially harvested.
