AI and our food

Overview

Seed-planting farmbots, pest-detecting drones, and robotic noses for evaluating wine and beer: the future of food production and farming is high tech.

AI has the potential to boost the sustainability and efficiency of Australian agriculture. It can selectively control weeds, saving on herbicide use. It can figure out the perfect time to water a crop and identify grapes damaged by bushfire smoke.

Join the Australian Academy of Science, and hear from two expert speakers at the cutting edge:

Associate Professor Sigfredo Fuentes develops high-tech digital instruments for agriculture, food and wine at the University of Melbourne. He's also an investigator at the Plants for Space ARC Centre of Excellence, creating a stellar menu for the astronauts of the future.

A postdoctoral fellow at CSIRO, Dr Sarah Hartman is using deep learning to develop an AI agronomist. She's working with farmers and other stakeholders to design a model that works for and with the people who produce food.

Come along and get a taste of the future of food.