{"id":5971,"date":"2022-09-27T20:07:53","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T19:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solarenergyuk.org\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=5971"},"modified":"2022-09-27T20:07:57","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T19:07:57","slug":"solar-farms-food-security-the-facts","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/solarenergyuk.org\/resource\/solar-farms-food-security-the-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Farms &#038; Food Security: The Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"acf-block-spacer-block_612e4f5fd3346\" class=\"c-pt-5\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Claims that solar farms jeopardise the UK\u2019s food security are false. The opposite is true, and<a href=\"https:\/\/solarenergyuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Briefing-Solar-Farms-Food-Security.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/solarenergyuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Briefing-Solar-Farms-Food-Security_The-Facts_Sept2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this briefing <\/a>explains the role of solar farms in supporting the UK\u2019s food supply. It is intended to help members of the public, MPs, planning officials and others with an interest in countryside management to understand how solar energy fits into the UK\u2019s land use needs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Solar Energy UK is available to discuss the topics in this briefing.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"acf-block-spacer-block_61e922ece5365\" class=\"c-pt-4\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/solarenergyuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Briefing-Land-Use-UK-2022-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5974\" width=\"453\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solarenergyuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Briefing-Land-Use-UK-2022-2-scaled.jpg 1810w, https:\/\/solarenergyuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Briefing-Land-Use-UK-2022-2-1086x1536.jpg 1086w, https:\/\/solarenergyuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Briefing-Land-Use-UK-2022-2-1448x2048.jpg 1448w, https:\/\/solarenergyuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Briefing-Land-Use-UK-2022-2-1920x2715.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/solarenergyuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Briefing-Land-Use-UK-2022-2-1536x2172.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-button\">\n\t<a\n\t\thref=\"https:\/\/solarenergyuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Briefing-Solar-Farms-Food-Security_The-Facts_Sept2022.pdf\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-primary\"\n\t>\n\t\tDownload Briefing\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":5980,"template":"","resources_type":[9],"custom_tag":[],"class_list":["post-5971","resource","type-resource","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","resources_type-briefing"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.5 (Yoast SEO v24.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Solar Farms &amp; Food Security: The Facts &#8226; Solar Energy UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/solarenergyuk.org\/resource\/solar-farms-food-security-the-facts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Solar Farms &amp; Food Security: The Facts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Claims that solar farms jeopardise the UK\u2019s food security are false. 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