If Only Your Crops Could Talk: Oh Wait, They Can

Mar 11, 2025

4:00pm – 5:00pm CT

Climate change, water scarcity, and soil degradation are just a few epidemic-sized challenges we face when growing crops. How will we navigate the new world order of farming when we are only six harvests away from food prices tripling with soil degenerating at record levels? What if crops could tell us what they needed? Learn how farms in Mexico and Morocco are using a sensor network powered by plant science and artificial intelligence to deliver the actionable insights needed to help feed our world now and by 2050.

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Mindy Hull

Mercury Global Partners

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