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Mars Snacking and Unreasonable Group Announce Unreasonable Food™ Year 1 Venture Cohort Aiming to Redefine the Future of Sustainable Food
Mars and Unreasonable Group collaboration will work together with fifteen rapid growth ventures across five continents in the first year, supporting sustainability and Net Zero by 2050.
Developing Cloud-Based Systems for Managing Indoor Farming Operations
Artificial intelligence (AI), linked sensors, smart climate control and other innovative solutions impact indoor farming and promote sustainability and resilience in crop production.
Table Top Garden
Our project consists of a controlled environment hydroponics system calibrated to grow spinach. We aim to use this project to create an in-home garden that efficiently grows vegetables integral to our everyday diets.
The Value of Insect Monitoring in Modern Agriculture
In a world where agriculture must meet the demands of an increasing population while respecting the limits of the planet, the value of insect monitoring cannot be underestimated. It is a key piece of the puzzle
What Causes Blooming Artifacts in Microscopic Imaging and How to Prevent Them
Advanced camera technologies are used with microscopes for diagnostics in the medical and life sciences industry. The occurrence of different types of imaging artifacts is a major challenge faced in microscopic imaging.
More efficient cultivation with controlled raising under LED lighting
We have been focusing on improving the plant raising phase at our GrowWise Research Center for several years now. In a series of trials, lettuce plants were raised in a controlled environment using LED lighting, and then transplanted to a professional grower’s field.
Water’s Journey: Inside a Hydroponic Container Farm
In this blog, Pure Green we’ll describe the journey that water takes through a hydroponic system like ours, from the second it enters the unit to the minute it exits.
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Oregon's Market of Choice Invests in a More Resilient Local Food Economy in the Face of Climate Change
Dry farmers try to select a site with deep soil and good water-holding characteristics and then utilize a suite of practices to conserve soil moisture for crop growth.
Cargill and Nestle Purina partner on regenerative agriculture adoption to reduce the carbon footprint of Purina dry pet food products
A new partnership will support the adoption of regenerative agriculture practices across more than 200,000 acres of corn and soy farmland and is estimated to reduce the carbon footprint of the Purina grain supply from Cargill by up to 40 percent over the next three years.
Revolutionizing Sustainability: igus Unveils AI-Driven Solutions for Industry 4.0 at Hannover Messe
Smart maintenance, low-cost robotics, AI-based online tools: igus® showcasing pioneering solutions for the lubrication-free and CO2-neutral industry and automation of tomorrow at the Hannover Messe
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QED Environmental Systems Announces Launch of Versatile Single-use Soil Sampler
The Combo Core™ system is set to succeed the popular Terra Core® soil sampling tool, specifically designed for collecting core samples for VOC analysis using field preservation.
Clean Energy Announces First Injection of Renewable Natural Gas at Victory Farms Dairy
New facility in South Dakota begins producing ultra-low carbon RNG for the transportation market
Local Bounti to Mark Opening of New High-Tech Controlled Environment Agriculture Facility in Pasco, Washington with Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
-Innovative CEA facility combines vertical and greenhouse technologies to grow sustainable produce year-round using 90% less water and land
-Enhances rapidly growing national distribution footprint, which is the largest in the CEA industry
-Expected to create more than 40 jobs in the Tri-Cities region
SMART Researchers Pioneer Sensor Multiplexing for Real-Time Decoding of Different Plant Stresses
Leveraging the real-time insights from nanosensor multiplexing, researchers have formulated a mathematical model suggesting that early H₂O₂ waveforms vary according to specific stress types, thereby triggering distinct downstream signalling pathways within plants
xFarm Technologies announces integration of Greenfield Technologies (Spain) and SpaceSense (France) to establish itself as a European AgTech leader
With the solid agronomic expertise of Spain's Greenfield Technologies and the cutting-edge know-how of France's SpaceSense, specialised in geospatial AI and climate intelligence, the tech company continues its growth path.
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e-con Systems
e-con Systems has been a pioneer in the embedded vision space; designing, developing and manufacturing custom and off-the-shelf camera solutions since 2003. With a team of 300+ extremely skilled core engineers, our products are currently embedded in over 350 customer products. So far, we have shipped over 2 million cameras to the United States, Europe, Japan, South Korea and many more countries. Our cameras are suitable for applications such as autonomous mobile robots, smart agricultural devices, medical diagnostic systems, smart checkouts/carts, sports broadcasting systems, industrial handhelds, drones, biometric systems, etc.