08x04: Using AI for Sustainable Agriculture with Nature Fresh Farms and Solidigm

Much of the conversation on AI is focused on power consumption and chatbots, but there are so many other positive applications for the technology. This episode of Utilizing Tech, sponsored by Solidigm, welcomes Keith Bradley, VP of IT at Nature Fresh Farms, discussing with Stephen Foskett⁠⁠ and Jeniece Wnorowski⁠⁠ how they use AI to improve crop yields and plant performance. Farming has traditionally evaluated crop performance on a large-scale basis, but AI enables Nature Fresh Farms to much more carefully tailor care to the needs of the plants. Once a tomato or pepper has been grown, Nature Fresh can use AI to classify, package, and store produce for sale. This requires a great deal of storage for active plants, and Nature Fresh Farms has standardized on solid state storage because of the incredible combination of performance and reliability it brings. It wouldn't be possible to process this much data at the edge without advanced SSDs, processors, and servers.

Guest: Keith Bradley, Vice President of Information Technology at Nature Fresh Farms

Hosts:

⁠Stephen Foskett⁠, President of the Tech Field Day Business Unit and Organizer of the ⁠Tech Field Day Event Series⁠

⁠Jeniece Wnorowski⁠, Head of Influencer Marketing at ⁠Solidigm⁠

⁠Scott Shadley⁠, Leadership Narrative Director and Evangelist at ⁠Solidigm⁠

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