This article gives an A-Z list of technologies that will change agriculture. For example, computer-controlled tractors, drought-tolerant crops, and vegetable oil engines. Click on the link below to read more
Thirteen towns in Germany currently have access to farm goods via vending machines. These machines sell sell fresh milk, eggs, butter, cheese, potatoes, and sausage.
Microban Technology has created pathogen-resistant features for processing equipment and tools such as hoses, mop handles, conveyor belts, and storage containers. It is also being incorporated into home refrigerators. Refrigerators are using antimicrobial shelving, such as Amana's side-by-side units with Microban technology built into its door bins.
As the world grapples with the challenge of producing enough food, Elanco President Jeff Simmons says that we cannot lose sight of the solution—technology. Simmons, a featured speaker at the 2009 World Food Prize Borlaug Dialogue symposium in Des Moines, Iowa, addressed the role that technology can play in making food safe, affordable, abundant and sustainable.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan announced a new initiative - 'Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food' - to begin a national conversation to help develop local and regional food systems and spur economic opportunity. To launch the initiative, Secretary Vilsack recorded a video to invite Americans to join the discussion and share their ideas for ways to support local agriculture.
Savvy shoppers now have images and information on more than 20 different apple varieties available right on iPhones and iPod touch.
Them Apples, a new app downloadable through iTunes, features a comprehensive index of the most popular apple varieties and their best uses. The app is a free download.
"This app is like having an apple variety guide right at your fingertips," said Jim Allen, president of the New York Apple Association.
ReachEverywhere, which markets the Shopper iPhone Shopping Assistant application, announced that it is integrating real-time recall information from the Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture into the application.
Users of the application who put an item on their list that is associated with a recall will automatically see the warning information for that product.
