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Nothing can rescue a bland meal quite like fresh herbs, but not everyone has access to outdoor space to grow their own. That’s where indoor smart gardens come in, and the latest from Plantone allows growers to use regular soil and seeds.Continue Readin… Continue reading Plantone automates indoor growing of year-round fresh greens
Nothing can rescue a bland meal quite like fresh herbs, but not everyone has access to outdoor space to grow their own. That’s where indoor smart gardens come in, and the latest from Plantone allows growers to use regular soil and seeds.Continue Readin… Continue reading Plantone automates indoor growing of year-round fresh greens
Commercial industrial agriculture is responsible for providing food to the world’s population at an incredibly low cost, especially when compared to most of human history when most or a majority …read more Continue reading Automated Drone Takes Care of Weeds
I grew up with a ready supply of freshly picked greens and veggies from my parents’ garden, but apartment dwellers don’t have such luxuries. This is where indoor growing units can help, and the Nutraponics Garden Tower can host up to 100 plants.Continu… Continue reading Hydroponic Garden Tower grows year-round greens indoors
A particularly impressive red alga has already shown great promise in dramatically reducing the alarming levels of methane gas produced by a cow’s enteric digestive system. Now, a team of scientists has moved from the animal’s belches to its tail end, … Continue reading Red alga added to cow poop slashes methane emissions by almost half
While farmers have to perform a number of difficult tasks, tending to the grain stored inside grain bins (aka granaries) is particularly arduous – not to mention dangerous. That’s where the Grain Weevil grain bin management robot is designed to come in… Continue reading Grain-flinging robot goes into granaries so farmers don’t have to
In an effort to keep livestock safe from coyotes while not harming the predators themselves, researchers carried out a study involving a remote-controlled vehicle equipped with powerful lights. The solution worked, hinting at a future in which robot ra… Continue reading How robot ranch hands could protect livestock from predators
There are two professions used to driving single-seaters with hundreds of horsepower, one of which is very exclusive and the other of which can be found anywhere the ground is …read more Continue reading Will Electric Tractors Farm Your Food?
Just as antibiotic resistance is a problem for human health, herbicide resistance represents a huge problem for the agricultural sector. Researchers have devised a novel strategy to address the issue by repurposing a “failed” antibiotic as a herbicide…. Continue reading Bad drug, good weedkiller: “Failed” antibiotic repurposed as herbicide
Even though the Amazon is still a powerhouse of plant and animal life, about 18% of it has been cut down since the 1970s. Seeking ways to help get some of that lost forestland back, researchers have turned to a rich soil created by the activities of th… Continue reading Amazonian dark earth could bring life back to decimated forestland