Hi-Tech Now An Essential Tool On Southwest Farms
NPR
Monday, March 30, 2015
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Robots still haven't caught up to the precise hand/eye coordination of human hands. Here, a crew strips heads of iceberg lettuce, and gets them ready to be packed and shipped for Dole. (Kate Sheehy/KJZZ)
Much of the country’s fresh fruits and vegetables are grown in the Southwest and harvested by farm workers.
But these days, a successful harvest relies on a combination of three different factors: farming, technology and venture capitalism.
From the Here & Now Contributors Network, Kate Sheehy from the Fronteras Desk at KJZZ reports.
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- Kate Sheehy, senior field correspondent with Fronteras: The Changing America Desk at KJZZ. She tweets @khsheehy.
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