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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, December 22, 2024
Jesús Ahumada manages nine shrimp farms in Guasave, Mexico, and for years he’s been using the same method to decide when the crop needs to be harvested – a mixture of experience and instinct. While he says he’s pretty good at it, he’s also the first to admit the computerized artificial intelligence system that Cargill helped install does it a lot better.
INDIANA, August 2, 2017 - Concepts like indoor farming, controlled environment agriculture (CEA), the vertical farm, and aeroponics are turning year-round, locally grown produce into commercial reality.
WASHINGTON, June 28, 2017 - The Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 32 small businesses to receive $1 million each to advance concepts that improve manufacturing processes, boost efficiency of buildings, increase transportation sustainability, and generate electricity from renewable sources.
CANADA, June 7, 2017 - Even with its strict production quotas and guaranteed high milk prices, dairy farms in Canada are disappearing at a rate not far below what is happening in the United States.
