Grand Farm

POV: It's summer of '24 again, and you're visiting the Innovation Campus for the first time 🌾☀️

🥦 📸 CAES food scientists Yen-con Hung, Boran Yang, Govindaraj Dev Kumar, Kevin E. --Mis Solval and Kaitlyn Casulli are tackling premature food spoilage with thermal imaging technology - an efficient, cost-effective way to detect the temperature spikes that cause food to rot prematurely both pre- and postharvest. Read more about how we're keeping fruits and vegetables fresher longer here: https://bit.ly/3C0rq4J -- UGA Food Science and Technology UGA Center for Food Safety #FoodSafety #GeorgiaAgriculture

Thank you to everybody who joined us for our fourth annual #SpaceAg Conference last Thursday! 🚀🪐 It was an incredible day filled with innovative ideas, inspiring speakers, and exciting discussions about the future of agriculture in space. Special shoutout to our sponsors who helped make this event happen — especially our premier sponsor and venue host, University of North Dakota! 🙌 Want to relive the highlights? Check out our event photo album here: https://lnkd.in/g7Jkx54M

Dr. William Aderholdt, Ph.D., Executive Director of Grand Farm shares his point of view on the 4th Ag Revolution: Unleashing #ArtificialIntelligence and #Community. Side Note - I spy Terri Zimmerman of Packet Digital cc: Mark Hagerott PhD Greg Lardy US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS)

Happy Birthday to our favorite Georgia peach, Kaytlyn! 🎂🎉 Your southern hospitality and warm spirit make every day at UGA Grand Farm brighter. Here’s to a year filled with love and laughter! ☀️

"Invest in the infrastructure that tomorrow’s applications will be built on." - Aaron Burnett, Mach33 Financial Group 🪐 #SpaceAg2024 Keynote Speaker

SpaceConnect brought 175 to learn about careers in agriculture and Space from throughout the region! This provides K-12 opportunities to think about how they can get involved on farming, using cutting edge technology, and Space Agriculture. The collaboration between Grand Farm and University of North Dakota has continued to bring these world together. Lets continue driving towards the future of agriculture with young people in mind! Special thanks to the leadership of Mark Askelson, Cortnee Jensen, Ruchi Joshi Bhardwaj, PhD., and Jada Schwindt in making this special experience happen. (pictures of breakouts)

Is it just us, or does this room have enough brainpower to turn Mars into farmland by dinner? 🧠🚀 #SpaceAg2024

A mid-day performance break brought to you by Greater Grand Forks String Quartet 🎻 Any guesses on which iconic space-themed soundtrack they drew inspiration from?

Roses on the... moon? 🌙 As our first keynote at #SpaceAg2024, Jacob Scoccimerra from Interstellar Lab gave us a glimpse into the cutting-edge work they're doing to create controlled-environment biofarms that will enable humans to live in harmony with nature, even in space. Their groundbreaking solutions combining hardware, AI, and bioscience are already helping plants thrive in extreme conditions—and their next mission? Growing the first roses on the Moon with #MissionLittlePrince. 🌹 Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/e8Z-xEPh