Supercharged Soil Could Pull Carbon Right Out Of The Air
“A simple seed treatment could drastically increase the amount of atmospheric carbon captured by crops, and store it underground for longer Fundamentally, two of the […]
No Trees Harmed: MIT Aims to One Day Grow Your Kitchen Table in a Lab
“You’ve likely heard the buzz around lab-grown (or cultured) meat. We can now take a few cells from a live animal and grow those cells into a […]
Europe’s largest vertical farm will have 1,000-tonne annual capacity
“A new vertical farm – Nordic Harvest – will be Europe’s largest and most efficient when fully completed in late 2021. The indoor facility is […]
Artificial intelligence for food security
“AI, or artificial intelligence, is attracting great attention across many industries, even food production, according to research published in the International Journal of Society Systems Science. […]
Europe’s Biggest Vertical Farm Will Be Powered by Wind and Planted by Robots
“From cultured meat to plant-based foods to robotic kitchen assistants, tech seems to be infiltrating every corner of our food system. And it’s a good thing, because we’re […]
Electric, Self-Driving Tractor May Just Be The Future Of Farming As We Know It
“The world of farming is changing rapidly. Whether it’s CRISPR editing for improving crop yields, smart scarecrows, or robot weeding machines, this sector continues to transform at a […]
2-Acre Vertical Farm Run By AI And Robots Out-Produces 720-Acre Flat Farm
“Plenty is an ag-tech startup in San Francisco, co-founded by Nate Storey, that is reinventing farms and farming. Storey, who is also the company’s chief science […]
How AI will solve agriculture’s water efficiency problems
The optimal use of water through irrigation has always been inextricably linked to the evolution of agriculture and successful farming. But efficiently managing natural water […]
A Norwegian Startup Is Turning Dry Deserts Into Fertile Cropland
“The Green Revolution of the 1960s used selective breeding to double crop yields of rice and wheat in some areas of the world, rescuing millions of people […]
Sensors for early disease symptom detection in European fruit cultivation
“The apple is Germany’s favorite fruit. Pears rank sixth in annual per capita consumption. Yet apple and pear trees both frequently suffer from diseases: Apple […]
Vertical farming of wheat: up to 600 times greater yield
“A study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences examines the efficiency of vertical farming methods to grow wheat. Wheat accounts for about 20% of the […]
How Blockchain Can Address Food Waste And Hunger
“According to the World Food Program (via KPMG), 821 million people — nearly 1 in 9 on the planet — go to bed on an empty stomach. […]
A sustainable answer to industrial pollution? That’s ‘bananas!’
Penn State Harrisburg graduate students in environmental pollution control Rizki Prasetyaningtyas and Saskia Putri have been eating lots of bananas and oranges. So have their […]
Food Waste Is a Serious Problem. AI Is Trying to Solve It
Technology has long been helping to hack world hunger. These days most conversations about tech’s impact on any sector of the economy inevitably involves artificial intelligence—sophisticated […]
Predicting fruit harvest with drones and artificial intelligence
“Outfield Technologies is a Cambridge-based agri-tech start-up company which uses drones and artificial intelligence, to help fruit growers maximise their harvest from orchard crops. Outfield […]
Soil-less & Vertical, This Style of Farming Will Reduce Water Usage By 95%!
“A silent but new revolution is taking place in the agricultural sector. In prehistoric days, especially in the Neolithic age, human beings started farming. Later, in […]
The Bots Are Here—And They’re Protecting Our Crops
“Whether it’s our jobs, our privacy or our democracies, artificial intelligence and smart technology often seem to pose nothing but threats. But one “threat” we […]
[VIDEO] FarmWise raises $14.5M Series A for sustainable robotic farming
“FarmWise Labs Inc., which is building adaptive robots for agriculture, has raised $14.5 million in a Series A round. The company’s stated goal is to […]
National Farmers’ Union unveils vision for net zero emissions by 2040
“The National Farmers’ Union has today unveiled its plan to deliver its pledge of net zero emissions across the sector by 2040. The 12-page blueprint sees farmers […]
Swagbot, the latest in farming technology.
“This $500k prototype is being trialed by farmers to manage their cattle, survey land and test soil. The prototypes tech is based on work done […]
Autonomous robots collect precise soil samples, help farmers improve yields, reduce environmental impact
“Collecting precise soil samples is essential for farmers because a small amount of soil determines the amount of nutrients needed for acres of crops and […]
World’s Largest Rooftop Urban Farm is Set to Open in Paris Next Year
“The world’s largest rooftop urban farm is set to open in Paris next year—and it’s already projected to feed thousands of people every year. The garden, which […]
The future of food: Why farming is moving indoors
“A car park opposite the infamous New York City housing estate where rapper Jay-Z grew up seems an unlikely place for an agricultural revolution. Ten […]
These Are the Meta-Trends Shaping the Future (at Breakneck Speed)
“Life is pretty different now than it was 20 years ago, or even 10 years ago. It’s sort of exciting, and sort of scary. And […]
Electric powered farm vehicles set to revolutionize agriculture sector
“The use of battery power for agricultural vehicles and machinery promises to revolutionise the agricultural industry by lowering costs and improving production. From battery powered […]
Artificial intelligence is transforming the way we farm
“Wine growers have a neat, if unusual, trick for making more flavorful wine—don’t water the vines. Let the vines go dry right before harvest, and […]
This self-sustaining plant ecosystem helps you light up your home
“You love plants, plants love light, you love light, you’ll both love the Mygdal plantlight! It’s a revolutionary lighting solution not just because the luminaire […]
A Finnish Startup Is Making Food Out Of Carbon Dioxide
“Solar Foods has developed a process that uses renewable energy and the carbon dioxide polluting our atmosphere to create an alternative protein it calls Solein. The company says […]
Robot Uses Machine Learning To Harvest Lettuce
“Crops such as potatoes and wheat have been harvested mechanically at scale for decades, but many other crops have to date resisted automation. Iceberg lettuce […]
Meet the future of agriculture. Say Hello to DOT
“In 2014, Norbert Beaujot started thinking about building an autonomous seeder and realized that if a powered platform could be adapted to facilitate other implements, […]
Sensors Detect Food Freshness to Replace Use-By Dates
“Most of us are familiar with the practice of checking the use-by dates on food packaging labels. It turns out that many customers throw away […]
This robot can pick tomatoes without bruising them and detect ripeness better than humans
“Farmers spend more than $34 billion a year on labor in the U.S., according to the USDA. And many would like to hire more help. […]
App Converts Aerial Crop Photos Into Real-Time Metrics of Plant Growth and Crop Health
“Agricultural researchers have long used small-plot trials to test a myriad of practices, such as selecting the best seeds, fertilizer and crop-control products, and depending […]
Forget Smart Cities (For a Minute), We Need to Talk About Smart Farms
“There’s a lot of talk about digital technology and smart cities, but what about smart farms? Many of us still have a romantic view of farmers surveying […]
Futuristic Robot Farm Begins Selling Its First Produce
“In October, startup Iron Ox opened its first farm, where robots would tackle many of the tasks traditionally undertaken by humans. Now, the company’s leafy greens […]