New autonomous farm wants to produce food without human workers

Re:New autonomous farm wants to produce food without human w... by Animats on Thursday October 04, 2018 @03:03PM (#18142637)

There's a lot of whining from the "traditional organic" farming industry about this.[1] They got disrupted by hydroponic technology.

Here's a major "organic" tomato operation in California.[2] It's indoors. The growing medium is coconut husks with computer controlled drip irrigation. It's more similar to a hydroponic operation than to an outdoor farm.

[1] https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/11/02/561462293/hy... [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ayKz9-FbhA

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Re:New autonomous farm wants to produce food without human w... by jelliclesfarm on Thursday October 04, 2018 @08:55PM (#18144879)

I disagree. California rules tomatoes outdoors...processing, heirloom and cherries. We have the perfect climate and soil for it. Hands down, outdoors is way more efficient and prodctive than anything with indoor tech.

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