On Tuesday, November 9th, Bloomberg hosted a virtual roundtable to discuss how decision-makers in the AgTech industry are utilizing technology to give businesses and society new tools to tackle the world’s most perplexing issues. Through the lens of emerging technologies, they will examine how local economies can utilize technology to become more self-sufficient in agriculture, strengthen the global food supply, and combat world hunger.
Announcements
"Tweeting Growers"
Top 5 -yesterday
- US East Coast: "CEA products are becoming the top search on our website"
- Plenty partners with Bristol Farms in social expansion
- Three-judge appeals panel rules in favor of USDA’s certification of organic hydroponic producers
- Ohio State University forms new $2 million AgTech Innovation Hub
- Big Tex Urban Farms growing to help feed South Dallas
Top 5 -last week
- How indoor farming is perfectly intertwined with education
- Germany: Infarm is laying off employees
- Scotland: Proving the potential of vertical farming by introducing added value crops
- The future of indoor ag and education
- South Korea: Research center succeeds in vertical cultivation method for watermelons
Top 5 -last month
- 20+ vertical farming companies signed 1st Vertical Farming Manifesto and Identity
- On a mission to bring a hydroponic farming revolution in India
- Kenya: ‘Vertical garden’ delivers up to 5kg of strawberries a month
- ‘Increasing demand for hybrid farms in Europe and the UAE ‘to maintain low-cost’’
- "Our business model is a feasible solution for wholesalers and companies"
The role of agtech in a greener world
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Other news in this sector:
- 2022-09-23 “Blockchain technology makes wondering about missing crates a thing of the past"
- 2022-09-19 From high in the mountains to a tropical island: growers are looking to add extra oxygen to their crops
- 2022-09-15 New harvesting machine allows for easy and sleek harvesting of indoor-grown produce
- 2022-09-14 The importance of HVAC maintenance: how to check your heater
- 2022-08-31 Robotic strawberry harvester adding more algorithms to improve harvesting precision
- 2022-08-22 "Vertical farming will ultimately increase supply security"
- 2022-08-19 Cyber attacks growing threat to food security
- 2022-08-16 Monitoring thrips with image technology unique, biological pest controllers soon to be counted digitally
- 2022-08-11 How conveyor systems improve productivity, economics and space
- 2022-07-14 Peroxyacetic acid a safe and effective alternative to chlorine-based hygiene programs
- 2022-07-13 Software tool helps growers calculate light distribution of growing facility
- 2022-06-28 Ecobloom's technology aims to make indoor farming smarter
- 2022-06-21 Vertical Farming - Enjoying a sustainable and smart future
- 2022-06-17 “We’d like to develop our own ecosystem, because we measure a lot of different data”
- 2022-06-16 Meet Berry, the award-winning picking robot
- 2022-06-13 "The most efficient way to automate is when you bring the product to the action"
- 2022-06-10 Harvesting robot allows 24/7 harvesting and soon will monitor crops too
- 2022-05-18 “We can handle every product in any shape, size, and weight from automotive parts to salad and insects"
- 2022-05-16 “Italy has been our test field, the rest of the planet is our playground”
- 2022-04-07 Automating movements of plants to maximize product volume density
