143. "Salinas, we have a problem" — Rhishi Pethe

“Software is Feeding the World” is a weekly newsletter about technology trends for Food/AgTech leaders. I am a techno-optimist. I believe technology will play a role to bend the arc of future food and agriculture systems to be more sustainable. If this email was forwarded to you, you can subscribe and read past editions by subscribing for free I had the privilege of attending the FIRA 2023 agriculture robotics event in Salinas last week. The most fun part of the event were the live demos by different agriculture robotics companies. I didn’t attend the event last year, but based on anecdotal evidence, this year’s demos were much better organized and most of them actually worked. Most of the demos were about precision application (spraying, laser weeding) or precision operations (mechanical weeding). The most interesting to me was Farm-NG which provides inexpensive open-source designed equipment to address the needs of smaller farmers. I will do a deeper dive on Farm-NG in a future editi

“Software is Feeding the World” is a weekly newsletter about technology trends for Food/AgTech leaders. I am a techno-optimist. I believe technology will play a role to bend the arc of future food and agriculture systems to be more sustainable. If this email was forwarded to you, you can subscribe and read past editions by subscribing for free I had the privilege of attending the FIRA 2023 agriculture robotics event in Salinas last week. The most fun part of the event were the live demos by different agriculture robotics companies. I didn’t attend the event last year, but based on anecdotal ev