Quote from Clay Johnson, author of "The Information Diet"

We industrialized our agricultural firms, consolidating them into multinational, billion dollar publicly traded corporations. As a result, they no longer have nutritional responsibility, they have fiduciary responsibility. And that fiduciary responsibility makes them not create healthy calories, but cheap, popular ones.

Aeroponics (using mist in place of full submersion)

LED lights are far more efficient than incandescents, but enough light to drive photosynthesis will still require significant power, so one still might ask where the power is going to come from.

Farm Bill in House a Giant Leap Backwards

See this EcoWatch article, and visit their Farm Bill page for related articles.

TE+ND Rover in Boca Bearings competition

In case you've forgotten, here's a video that provides a clear explanation of the concept behind and the mechanical workings of the TE+ND Rover.



For more, check out their page on the competition website. You can vote using either a Facebook ID or email address.

Oh, by the way, Prospero is also a contestant.

Field Robot Event 2012 in Video

The first video in this playlist is a presentation given last year at the announcement of the event. The rest were taken at the event itself, and show the nature of the competition as well as something of the level of sophistication of the competitors.

Nikolaus Correll at Tedx Front Range 2012

University of Colorado Assistant Professor Nikolaus Correll, speaking at TEDx Front Range earlier this year, outlined his vision for transforming agriculture through robotic cultivation.

(Correll Lab at the University of Colorado)

2012 Field Robot Event, June 28th - 30th

This will be the 10th edition of the Field Robot Event. Organized by Fontys University of Applied Sciences and Wageningen UR (University & Research), it will be held in Venlo, The Netherlands, on the grounds of Floriade 2012.

(PDF of slides from above presentation video about the 2012 Field Robot Event)