While a diversity of stakeholders will need to take action to achieve a Smart Solar buildout—including developers, clean energy buyers, utilities, researchers, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), farmers, the federal government, and the general public—this document is geared towards local and state policymakers and advocates where most land use decisions rest. This guide by American Farmland Trust (AFT) presents communities with a menu of options that are the most relevant to the unique economic and conservation needs, and permitting and policy conditions, of their states and municipalities. This document is organized into sections describing, and providing recommendations for each of AFT’s four Smart Solar principles, with footnotes containing examples of how some state and local governments have already implemented the recommendations.