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4. Farm machinery, precision agriculture, big data
Manage episode 448909981 series 2877817
Fossil fuels are woven into nearly every aspect of modern agriculture - from powering farm machinery to creating plastics and supporting data-driven tech like precision agriculture. But what would it take to reduce or even eliminate their use on farms? We dive into both replacement technologies and transformative food production methods like agroecology, exploring the obstacles and limitations of scaling different solutions.
Visit the episode webpage for more resources.
This series is powered by TABLE, IPES-Food and Global Alliance for the Future of Food.
Guests
- Darrin Qualman, National Farmers Union Canada
- Pat Mooney, IPES Food
- Jennifer Clapp, IPES Food
- Swati Renduchintala, CIFOR-ICRAF
Produced by Matthew Kessler, Anna Paskal and Nicole Pita. Edited by Matthew Kessler. Audio engineering by Adam Titmuss. Cover art by The Ethical Agency. Music by Blue dot sessions.
97 episodes
Manage episode 448909981 series 2877817
Fossil fuels are woven into nearly every aspect of modern agriculture - from powering farm machinery to creating plastics and supporting data-driven tech like precision agriculture. But what would it take to reduce or even eliminate their use on farms? We dive into both replacement technologies and transformative food production methods like agroecology, exploring the obstacles and limitations of scaling different solutions.
Visit the episode webpage for more resources.
This series is powered by TABLE, IPES-Food and Global Alliance for the Future of Food.
Guests
- Darrin Qualman, National Farmers Union Canada
- Pat Mooney, IPES Food
- Jennifer Clapp, IPES Food
- Swati Renduchintala, CIFOR-ICRAF
Produced by Matthew Kessler, Anna Paskal and Nicole Pita. Edited by Matthew Kessler. Audio engineering by Adam Titmuss. Cover art by The Ethical Agency. Music by Blue dot sessions.
97 episodes
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