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The Food Connection

TED Radio Hour

CHAPTER

Robots, Agriculture, and the Future of Food

This chapter explores the use of robots in agriculture, specifically weed-destroying robots equipped with cameras and computer vision. It discusses the potential of these robots to reduce the need for agricultural chemicals and the implications of a developer selling his company to John Deere. The chapter also delves into the development of lab-grown meat and the speaker's experience tasting a lab-grown duck breast.

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