FaunaSmart

@FaunaSmart is demand-driven science. We commercialize innovative science-based applications for #agriculture and #food systems. 🌱

[FaunaSmart @faunasmart]

One in seven Americans drink from private wells, which are being polluted by contaminants from manure and fertilizer

https://t.co/eLJgRrmDze

[Chaitanya Gokhale @GokhaleCS]

10 remarkable scientists.. according to Nature https://t.co/idYizV4LSU

[FaunaSmart @faunasmart]

Scary #truth. 😟

[Marc Benioff @Benioff]

By 2050 there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish. We have to do everything we can to stop this horror. Source reduction, new material development, cleaning the ocean, environmental policy, & new technologies/innovations all are needed now. https://t.co/zpy41oOk25

[FaunaSmart @faunasmart]

"Our 21st century problems demand 21stcentury answers. "

- Silvia Dumitrescu,
VP, Communications,

International Food Information Council Foundation

[Chris Paterson @ChrisPaterson]

14 months ago 2 guys from Boston believed crop spraying needed some innovation. Neither were from a farm. They built an autonomous #drone sprayer that sprays about 80ac per hour. $7/ac. No wheel tracks. What are your thoughts? Do they have a live one here? #agtech

[FaunaSmart @faunasmart]

No single person can change the world, but if enough talented minds are put to enough discrete problems – if we share knowledge, and exchange ideas with one another – then seemingly incremental progress can gradually transform into great leaps. #science

[Sandracbl @sandracbl]

Announcing cooperation agreement between @Vedascii and @FaunaSmart https://t.co/kE3wOW9x60

[Praxiem @praxiem]

Welcome to new #iot #ottawa meetup season - come hear @robsaric of @faunasmart talk about an important aspect of #precisionagriculture - a vertical of IoT https://t.co/3ArGLM9raV #Meetup #Ottawa via @Meetup

[Rob Saric @RobSaric]

Disposable diagnostic tests simple and abundant enough for use in the developing world: https://t.co/PSkEawnrLm

Microfluidics applications can be a real gamechanger in #agriculture.

cc/ @faunasmart #agtech

[Rob Saric @RobSaric]

Nothing quite like 7am walking meetings. I'm super proud of how far we've come with @faunasmart to date. #startups #agtech #hustle #ChangeTheWorld

[Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz]

The Elusive Calculus of Insects’ Altruism and Kin Selection. It’s subtler than what we all read in The Selfish Gene https://t.co/euqTfvAFfM

[FaunaSmart @faunasmart]

@RobSaric "the findings suggest that concerns over the risks of exposing bees to insecticides should not be limited to neonicotinoids."

[Paul Taylor @epaultaylor]

Ottawa to phase out #pesticides linked to bee deaths. By @aballinga via ⁦@TorontoStar⁩ #honeybee #environment https://t.co/iZ6eJDW1mf

[FaunaSmart @faunasmart]

“Technology is now being used to engineer solutions for the stretched global food supply”

China’s more than 1.3 billion residents are building up such an appetite that farmers are having to change the way they grow and sell food.

https://t.co/vepaV2lnmr

[Farbod Saraf @farbodsaraf]

A plant is born 🌱 https://t.co/Qj91yJQxog

[FaunaSmart @faunasmart]

Something unusual is happening on farms in the small Central American nation of El Salvador. Many fields, mainly of sugar cane, are now being tended by drones.

https://t.co/yrQHGQPcT6

[FaunaSmart @faunasmart]

Impressive. Multispectral sensors can record non-visible wavelengths, such as infrared radiation and ultraviolet light, as well as visible light, enabling them to identify nutrient deficiencies, pest damage, and water deficiency.

[Zhanli Jerry Sun @ZhanliSun]

#Drones in #agriculture have great potentials, but still have a lot to prove.
https://t.co/f5SeTNEz5w

[World Bank Group @WorldBankGroup]

Investing in the prevention & control of farm #pollution can help ensure a sustainable food system. Learn more in new @WorldBank report: https://t.co/GhXF40PNPv

[World Economic Forum @wef]

Tropical regions cover 40% of the planet. Learn more about our impact on the planet: https://t.co/ymQCItFrW4