[pstuart]

Agrivoltaics is a viable path to have it both ways: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrivoltaics

Obviously it won't work for everything but appears to be workable enough to do more of it.

That said, I absolutely agree that soil science and husbandry is dearly need to avoid depleting arable land. Farmers are catching on to this and with more support could hopefully make doing this a no brainer based on economics alone.