One in seven Americans drink from private wells, which are being polluted by contaminants from manure and fertilizer

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10 remarkable scientists.. according to Nature nature.com/immersive/d415…

Scary #truth . 😟

'Our 21st century problems demand 21stcentury answers. '

- Silvia Dumitrescu,
VP, Communications,

International Food Information Council Foundation

14 months ago 2 guys from Boston believed crop spraying needed some innovation. Neither were from a farm. They built an autonomous #drone sprayer that sprays about 80ac per hour. $7/ac. No wheel tracks. What are your thoughts? Do they have a live one here? #agtech

No single person can change the world, but if enough talented minds are put to enough discrete problems – if we share knowledge, and exchange ideas with one another – then seemingly incremental progress can gradually transform into great leaps. #science

Announcing cooperation agreement between @Vedascii and @FaunaSmart linkedin.com/pulse/vedas-ci…

Welcome to new #iot #ottawa meetup season - come hear @robsaric of FaunaSmart talk about an important aspect of #precisionagriculture - a vertical of IoT meetup.com/iotottawa/even… #Meetup #Ottawa via Meetup

Disposable diagnostic tests simple and abundant enough for use in the developing world: technologyreview.com/s/410126/lab-o…

Microfluidics applications can be a real gamechanger in #agriculture .

cc/ FaunaSmart #agtech

Nothing quite like 7am walking meetings. I'm super proud of how far we've come with FaunaSmart to date. #startups #agtech #hustle #ChangeTheWorld

The Elusive Calculus of Insects’ Altruism and Kin Selection. It’s subtler than what we all read in The Selfish Gene quantamagazine.org/the-elusive-ca…

Ottawa to phase out #pesticides linked to bee deaths. By Alex Ballingall 🫨 via ⁦Toronto Star⁩ #honeybee #environment thestar.com/news/canada/20…

“Technology is now being used to engineer solutions for the stretched global food supply”

China’s more than 1.3 billion residents are building up such an appetite that farmers are having to change the way they grow and sell food.

technology.inquirer.net/78248/ai-tech-…

A plant is born 🌱 twitter.com/m_yosry2012/st…

Something unusual is happening on farms in the small Central American nation of El Salvador. Many fields, mainly of sugar cane, are now being tended by drones.

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Impressive. Multispectral sensors can record non-visible wavelengths, such as infrared radiation and ultraviolet light, as well as visible light, enabling them to identify nutrient deficiencies, pest damage, and water deficiency.

Investing in the prevention & control of farm #pollution can help ensure a sustainable food system. Learn more in new World Bank report: wrld.bg/5WmV30le2Ll

Tropical regions cover 40% of the planet. Learn more about our impact on the planet: wef.ch/2NL3ymT

We are in the era of smart farming. Software-define #agriculture can affect everything in the industry from tracking farm vehicle usage to ensuring the right amount of fertilizer or water inputs are being used.

FaunaSmart takes it a step further using #DNA data for precision 🧬