September 8, 2022

When we talk about efficiency in agriculture, the conversation is often narrowly focused on yield and profit. While optimizing production and ensuring farmers earn a fair wage will always be priorities for us, we think it's time to expand this conversation.

Efficiency is important from a social and environmental lens, too. For example, understanding how we use water allows us to use less of it. Currently, agriculture accounts for 70% of global freshwater withdrawals, and at the same time, droughts are becoming more frequent and severe around the world. Conserving such a critical resource at the farm level can have an enormous impact on the surrounding community.

With Farm from a Box's data monitoring system, you can understand how your farm uses resources like water, fertilizer, and energy - not only helping you boost your yields, but reduce waste, lower your footprint, and protect nearby ecosystems.

Our data system also provides WiFi connectivity, turning your farm into a hotspot that can support your day-to-day admin work, educational programming, vocational training, and community engagement opportunities.

Farm data monitoring has some incredible advantages.

On a micro scale, the more information you have about your farm, the more informed decisions you can make to lower your operating costs and ensure your crop health. On a macro scale, data collection allows farmers to approach conservation as a collective and work together at a watershed-level to make decisions about conservation priorities.

Technological innovations shouldn't replace our traditional farming methods - they should enhance them. When we integrate technology into our existing systems with the intention of learning and becoming better farmers, we can build a food system that benefits both people and planet.

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