Jellicles FarmBots

Autonomous robotic solutions to replace manual labour in small acreage urban farms and food deserts. Intensive farming techniques, non fossil fuel based and water saving methods can dramatically make farming efficient.

1. Solution: Autonomous robotic solutions for small acreage farms within urban areas.

2. How does it address challenge: Facilitates urban food security, water conservation and smaller carbon footprint. Less reliance on fossil fuels and helps to sequester soil carbon.

3. When scaled, swarms of farmbots can produce food wherever there is viable land access. Especially in disaster torn areas, environmentally sensitive areas and food deserts. It frees human labour that is now hard manual labour in small acreage farms.

My solution solves the issues of sustainable local food production, food security and environmental sustainability.

I currently farm on 1.5 leased acres in the Bay Area that is a densely urban. Local food is environmentally sustainable but financially unviable as labour is unavailable/expensive and economies of scale are not favourable for utilizing large farm machinery/solutions.

I have identified seven tasks that can be automated and can be performed by farmbots. It is possible for a single farmer to manage upto 5 acres of land based farming with a swarm of farm bots to be environmentally and financially sustainable.

As population grows and farm land decreases, more farmers are needed. Large scale farming is not viable to produce food while it's efficient in growing commodity crops. 

Small acreage farmers, female farmers, physically challenged farmers, farmers in disaster zones can benefit.

Open source hardware platforms and downloadable modules(weather, how-to, plans) for the bots.

Carbon footprint per lb of food - Example: Whole Foods can convert their rooftops into greens producing farms run by robots and with a trainable farmer.

Less manual labour and operating costs. - Small acreage farms(under 5 acres) can benefit from farmbots

Local food security. - Residential apartments in urban areas can grow their own food instead of lawns with minimal investment/training.

Farm robotics is only currently available to large farming corporations. Small acreage farm tech is more appropriate for urban areas.

My solution is global in that a farmer in Ethiopia has a diff set of soil/weather/water challenges than one in California. And yet, the right data can train farmers everywhere to be efficient.

Farming techniques are complex and varied. Those who need food security most are often not self reliant. Human labour is wasted on repetitive manual tasks and is often underpaid and exploited. 

The desertification of farmable land and shrinking land access due to high population is going to make food availability an issue in our near future.

there will be a hardware platform that aids conservation tillage, small acreage farming using autonomous farmbots and an optional downloadable module for farmer training.

Savings.

Finance.

I want to create a sustainable world where human abilities are best utilised to create a better world.

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