Strawberries, Robots, and Real Dirt Farming: Memorial Day at the Farm

I used to think my job was safe from the robots. I’ve discovered a system developed in the UK where they grow strawberries off the ground in these elevated soil bags. They are grown in field scale poly tunnels, protected from the rain and wind. It’s pretty impressive. Everything is highly automated. And they have robots which they say “will increase farm productivity whilst reducing packhouse and farm labour, fruit waste and fungicide use, and ultimately eliminating fossil fuel use.”