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Smart farms running on principles of precision farming looks into the use of technology to improve agricultural production.
FREMONT, CA: The challenges foreseen in agriculture and the need to double food supply is now putting agricultural sustainability to the front. There is a need for a resource-efficient global food system that takes into consideration the aspect of sustainability. To fulfill this vision, Agbotic and Black & Veatch, a global engineering and construction company delivering sustainable ag-tech infrastructure, is implementing ecologically restorative smart farms. This will optimize, standardize, and turn-key to provide the Agbotic Smart Farm model, co-located with renewable energy assets.
As opportunities for improving the economics and embracement of the controlled environment, agriculture comprises lower capital expenditure on energy and labor, the Agbotic model mitigates capital costs and features higher energy efficiency levels. Agbotic implements its year-round, distributed farming model on agricultural land, which is an approved organic makeover certified for chemical-free agriculture. Agbotic's model complements outdoor agriculture and cleans the air, water, and soil by planting trees, sequestering carbon, establishing wetlands, and maintaining habitats for sensitive wildlife. Agbotic's team of professionals has successfully deployed a highly efficient model for automated and organic farming that is energy-efficient, ecologically restorative, and produces high-quality products for a broad range of buyers. Smart farms are environmental, restorative, and healthy. Agbotic seeks to avoid the use of all chemicals - even those that are approved for organic use, welcoming customers to visit its smart farm verify the origin of their food, meet the people that grow it, and see how it is planted, nurtured, harvested and packed.
Agbotic is creating a network of robotic, organic farms, delivering premium food immediately from harvest. It is a smart farm that automates organic and restorative agriculture for a healthier tomorrow.