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The Future of Farming with AI: Truly Organic at Scale
As climate change and global demographics begin to put excessive strain on the traditional farming model, the need for an agriculturally intelligent solution is vital. By 2050, the world population will increase by over 2 billion people. Current crop yields and freshwater resources will not be sufficient to sustain a population over 9 billion people. On May 15th 2017, the Machine Learning Society hosted this event to showcase high tech farming techniques used in vertical and urban farming. Our keynote speaker is Ryan Hooks of Huxley. Huxley uses computer vision, augmented reality (AR), and A.I. to greatly improve yield, while driving the down cost and resources requirements. Huxley is creating an “operating system for plants” to grow with 95% less water, 2x the speed, 2/3 less carbon output, and half the nutrients needed. Come to our event to learn more. Ryan Hooks, CEO & Founder, Huxley Ryan Hooks has spent the past decade creating identities for companies such as Google, UNICEF, and Vevo. Working in the media space, he has helped communicate food, water, population, and resource issues via Food Inc, the G8 summit, and other organizations. He has been featured in FastCompany Magazine. In 2013, he entered the tech world with Avbl to help creative talent connect in real-time. In 2014, he founded Isabel, a smart grow system for the growth and transportation of deliciously efficient produce. Debuted on Summit at Sea 2016: Plant Vision™ by Huxley utilizes computer vision, AI, machine learning, and Augmented Reality to radically transform the way we grow. Agritecture is a blog and workshop platform all about growing food in our cities. The blog promotes fresh, unique, and high preforming urban agriculture design concepts; and juxtapose them against real research and businesses in urban agriculture. AeroFarms is on a mission to transform agriculture by building and operating environmentally responsible farms throughout the world to enable local production at scale and nourish our communities with safe, nutritious, and delicious food. AeroFarms disrupts traditional supply chains by building farms on major distribution routes and near population centers. The company defies traditional growing seasons by enabling local farming at commercial scale all-year round. They set new standards for traceability by managing greens from seed to package. They do it all while using 95% less water than field farmed-food and with yields 130 times higher per square foot annually. Recently AeroFarms has been featured on CBS News and CNN.
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The future outlook for Agriculture through the use of AI and Agri-robotics
The Face of Agriculture is changing – How will AgriTech support you & are you ready to realise its full potential?
Today the Fourth Industrial Revolution is bringing exciting opportunities for farmers to increase productivity, protect the environment and make farming safer. From the use of ‘big data’ and AI to inform farm management decisions, to autonomous tractors and robotic pickers. We are on the cusp of innovation where farmers and growers can minutely manage inputs to maximise production, and use automation and robotics to reduce labour numbers and costs. The government has committed a £90million investment supporting the idea that Agritech is a burgeoning market (Transforming Food Production Challenge through the Industrial Strategy) We are proud to be exploring the use of robotics in this important sector, employing almost 4 million people and larger than the automotive and aerospace sectors combined. Agritech companies are already working closely with UK farmers, using technology, particularly robotics and AI, to help create new technologies and herald new innovations. This is a truly exciting time for the industry as there is a growing recognition that the significant challenges facing global agriculture represent unique opportunities for innovation, investment and commercial growth Wendy Hewitson - AgriTech Programme Manager ,will present an overview of the Eagle Labs and the AgriTech Programme Prof Simon Pearson, Director of LIAT/Professor of Agri-Food Technology Simon’s expertise covers a diverse range of agri technology applications including robotic systems, automation, energy control and management, food safety systems, novel crop development The environmental physiology of fresh produce and ornamental crops, including impacts on crop quality and development; The post-harvest physiology of vegetables, fruits and cut flowers, including the use of modified atmosphere packaging; The effects of light manipulation on crop growth and development, including the development and application of greenhouse spectral filters and LED lighting systems; The development of on farm decision support systems from remote sensing information; The development of pre and post farm gate supply and demand forecasting systems Mihai Ciobanu – CEO Fresh4Cast "Using AI to improve predictability in fresh fruit & veg" Mihai is an experienced business builder and data scientist , who’s working with a talented team at Fresh4Cast to provide accessible solutions in agriculture. He saw a lack of predictability in the sector and thus volatility, inefficiencies and significant waste and wanted to build and economic solution. Fresh4Cast brings together all the relevant data streams, internal and external, into an innovative and simple user interface. That’s why they develop prediction models and deliver automated forecasts for business critical processes. Their innovative intelligence solutions and predictive tools assist growers and distributors of fresh produce in the decision making process. As the weather becomes more unpredictable and the economy more global, growers and distributors need an efficient way to understand these influences fast. Having the right metrics can transform a business.
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