This article explores the potential for pervasive computing technologies, such as sensor networks, in farming and agriculture. This exploration posed several questions for the researchers, but there were two questions that seemed most interesting to me. 1. What data should be gathered and how often? The researchers in this article wanted to know what environmental [...]

It’s the end of week 3 here at GA Tech, and the growBots project is off to a roaring start: we’re talking event planning, research gathering…and of course, eating! Once a week, the growBots team puts together a mini potluck of local food as we meet to hash out details of the project. Last Monday [...]

Screening {PGC – Farming of Tomorrow} 2 hour event | 8pm video | 9:30pm discussion purpose [ground the query. what is the future of farming. need better questions.] [popularize the existence of the project] + Future of Food screening + Robust conversation posted by + Clips: http://www.youtube.com/user/rogueApron#p/c/F61A852BF775ACC9 + If our query focuses on organic production, [...]

Vineyard Computing describes a process of using ethnographic research to design a system for tending a vineyard. The researchers chose to work with agriculturalists because their needs were distinct from those in previous sensor network research: rather than basing work on raw data, (as necessary when observing, say, endangered species) agriculturalists “focus on production rather [...]

In this article, Coit discusses the rise of the local food movement and its characteristics. Local food has broadly been defined in terms of the distance traveled from grower to consumer, although no consensus has been reached on an official definition. Coit cites four primary reasons that people are interested in local food: a sense [...]

RECURRING MEETING DATE SET 1130am Thursday Local Foods Potluck & Meeting • allows us to continue the exploration of local foods. • standing meeting makes it easier to invite interested collaborators PRE-EVENT • Within 2-3 weeks, a ‘Future of Food’ clips show (most likely at Park Grounds Coffee). • We are sourcing 2 clips each, [...]

Tex Avery’s “The Farm of Tomorrow” is hilarious … kind of … with its predictions of genetic modification in food.

Our project this semester is to develop a pilot participatory design workshop with local small-scale food producers that explores near future uses of robotics and sensing technologies in the context of sustainable urban agriculture. Activities will include: • visual and interaction design of print and online media • the design of physical artifacts and interactive [...]