Robot Farmers: Brent Frei, President of TerraClear Inc. and Mark Frei, Co-Manager, Isidore Farms
3,619 views · Published 4 October 2018 · 26:15 · Indexed 30 September 2026
Channel: GeekWire · 2018 · Science & Technology
One farmer feeds 155 of the world’s people. That farmer fed 4 in the 1930s and 73 in the 1970s. In another 40 years span, by 2050, that farmer will need to feed 199 people. Big data, machine learning, and robots are helping make the next step function in productivity possible, while reducing the amount of erosion, chemicals, and easing the short supply of labor for difficult, mundane jobs – in particular the rocky ones.
