There’s a new way of looking at the world, and it’s called Earth Tech
The Earth is our home, and it's also where we grow the food that we eat. Earth Tech is a movement dedicated to using technology to improve our communities, our…
What on Earth does Blockchain mean for the future of farming?
Blockchain. It’s the latest buzzword in agtech; speak to any innovator or industry body, and you’ll hear it. “In the future, everything will be running on blockchain,” they say. Yet…
Usability and usefulness: What agtech needs to succeed, Part 2
Recently, I explained some of the barriers agtech innovators face — and need to address — as they develop products for the market. We looked specifically at the definition of…
Usability and usefulness: What agtech needs to succeed, Part 1
It’s the one universal pitfall of tech startups: focusing on building a usable product, rather than a useful one. We see this problem across the board (remember the Segway? Yeah,…
Web3 decentralisation: The path to a secure future or recentralisation in sheep’s clothing?
I had an interesting debate with Bishal Sapkota, Sensand’s Head of Engineering, about the current state of decentralisation recently. An article titled Web3 by Professor Galloway—which aimed to poke holes…
From stump jump to startup: The one reason agtech adoption hasn’t followed early trends
For a great example of agtech, you can’t go past RB Smith’s revolutionary invention, the stump-jump plough. I say “revolutionary” because, while it might seem very old-skool in today’s terms, it certainly…