Tech-driven farming in Bihar: Fruit trees connected to broadband
Sudhanshu Kumar, a Global Farmer Network member from India, has fully automated farm activities using a wireless broadband connection and CCTV cameras. In this ...
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The Chaos Created When Infrastructure Gets Stuck
I know what it's like to get a big piece of machinery unstuck: We have had to use a track hoe to pull a combine from a muddy field, and I've seen up close how a...
Farming through the COVID-19 pandemic
Farmers like Global Farmer Network member Cherilyn Nagel, Canada are resilient even in trying times. Learn about the challenges facing the Nagel farm as they ar...
Unique Farming through the Covid-19 pandemic
Farmers are used to adapting to circumstances, whether it's droughts, floods, or pest infestations. Global Farmer Network member Julio Fernandez Speroni, Argent...
How Farmers Are Keeping Us Fed through the Global Crisis
Around the world, farmers are doing everything they can to prevent the coronavirus crisis from becoming a hunger crisis. Global Farmer Network farmers Julio Spe...
The promise of smart rural communities
Below is the opening paragraph of The promise of smart rural communities, by Deloitte Center for Government Insights. The first in a broader series, the full ar...
Missed Connections!
?Physical distancing?? may be a new term for most people, but it pretty much describes a normal day on our farm in Saskatchewan. Here on the prairies we?re comp...
Broadband Access Vital for Rural America and the Economy
I have to drive 20 miles to see a traffic light. To get to an airport from our farm requires a 2-hour drive to Burlington.
In other words, life on our dairy...