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How Windset Farms is transforming greenhouse agriculture

Iain — Sat, 21 Dec 2024 09:23:16 +0000

Windset Farms® grew from humble origins. In 1996 Steven and John Newell began the business on their family farm in British Columbia (BC). Steven outlines how the company grew into the powerhouse it is today. “We began with a four-acre bell pepper greenhouse. By 2003, we obtained a marketing agency license from the BC Vegetable Marketing Commission, which allowed us to establish our own brand in BC…

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Nestlé opens sustainable food research institute

fmaxc — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 11:07:22 +0000

Global food systems are under more pressure than ever before. Human population growth, wealth inequality, and global warming particularly threaten those in developing countries. Therefore, world leaders are calling upon governments and corporations to accelerate new approaches to ensure there is a sustainable supply of food. Nestlé is taking on the challenge. The food giant’s new…

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Sustainable agriculture lands new partner alongside NASA Harvest

fmaxc — Wed, 05 Apr 2023 09:10:29 +0000

Agmatix, a start-up agricultural technology (AgTech) business, is partnering with NASA Harvest. The announcement marks a huge win for the sustainable agriculture movement. The start-up, which is based in Tel Aviv, Israel, specializes in turning agronomic big data into powerful models and insights. Using these, NASA Harvest can better fulfil its mission: to support sustainable crop production…

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Agro-informatics trends transforming the food industry in 2023 By Ron Baruchi

Iain — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 15:43:18 +0000

Driving the food industry forward from the ground up, the agricultural industry looks much different today than it did hundreds of years ago. Mechanization changed agriculture’s reliance on human labor and horsepower. The Green Revolution harnessed selective breeding allowing more grain to be produced per acre, helping to feed the growing population and enabling food producers to create new…

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Could robotic farmers feed the world?

Iain — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 09:52:51 +0000

Alphabet, Google’s parent company, recently unveiled an innovative scheme to develop an automated farming robot. These bots are being created by the X development subsidiary, which investigates so called ‘moon shot’ technologies that could change the world if realized. These robotic farmers are termed ‘plant buggies’, but X has overlooked the perfect name for them in its rapid development.

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