In many states, state law overrides local planning's ability to prevent siting renewables. Check if your state is one of these states if your project size requires it.

> "But what will we eat?" is a propaganda point that you will hear a lot even though it's totally bogus.

Indeed. The US farms almost 60 million acres for biofuels, the size of the state of Oregon. These arguments do not come from serious people imho. People are simply married to their rural identity and ag cosplay, despite it being wildly inefficient and subsidized by the federal government.

https://kaufman.substack.com/p/at-least-31-states-consider-o...

https://cleantomorrow.org/reports/

(have installed 100kw+ in residential solar, and have experience following along for a ~100MW project)