Agriculture, Food and Beverage

Why the agtech boom isn’t your typical tech disruption

A worker inspects vertical farming beds growing a variety of baby greens beneath light emitting diode (or "LED") lamps and using a patented growing algorithm of controlled light, nutrients and temperatures at an AeroFarms Inc. indoor vertical farming facility in a former indoor paintball arena in Newark, New Jersey,  June 24, 2016. Picture taken June 24, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar - S1AETMNOEIAA

As populations expand, we need a digital revolution in farming sooner rather than later. Image: REUTERS/Mike Segar

Karn Manhas
Founder, Terramera
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