President Donald Trump says windmills are like “garbage in a field.” Many of those fields, though, belong to a loyal Trump constituency — farmers — who rely on wind turbines to help pay the bills. They may even help crops grow, according to some research.

The blitz of executive orders issued by the new Trump Administration included a directive that raises questions whether massive amounts of anticipated electric generation from still-to-be-constructed offshore wind projects off California’s coast will eventually flow into the state’s power grid.