Joshua Lessing

Some of the farmers I spoke to are worried about their people but are putting distancing policies in place. Still, this is galvanizing their desire for automated labor.

#COVID19 is a powerful reminder of the fragility in our global food system and the importance of leveraging tech to empower us to grow local tinyurl.com/tw7n2cl

Netflix's suggestions for my 5 year old......one of these things is not like the other.

Farmers grow the best medicine in the world. #agriculture

Thank you, Harvard Business School, for hosting Root AI's CFO, @akash_g_nandi, for an incredible day of discussion about the future of food with other key industry representatives.

Thank you Dennis Rettke at @FreshPlaza_com for a great article outlining Root AI's first robot, Virgo. Virgo is an autonomous mobile #robot that uses 3D cameras, #AI enabled reasoning and a dexterous gripper, to successfully identify and pick ripe fruit. freshplaza.com/article/912485…

Thank you to @UnitedFresh for recognizing the Virgo harvesting #robot as the "Best New Indoor Growing Technology" at the #UnitedFresh 2019 Innovation Awards. #AgTech @FreshPlaza_com freshplaza.com/article/911419…

Thank you @lorakolodny at @CNBC for a great piece on Root AI's first product Virgo available 2020. #AgTech #Agriculture #Robots. cnbc.com/2019/05/11/roo…

Thank you Hiawatha Bray & @BostonGlobe for a great article about Root AI & our robots. Root AI tech helps eliminate biggest challenges in #agriculture — from labor shortages to seasonal schedules & compressed harvesting periods @RootRobots @GlobeTechLab bit.ly/2JOklZu

Thank you to our fellow panel members from @Inari_ag, Mary Shelman Group, @Indigoag, @AnterraCapital and the Harvard @SEimpact team for a great conversation on how technology will drive sustainability in an evolving food & agriculture landscape.

Advances in neural network compression as seen at #NeurIPS2018 from @MSFTResearch, will unlock faster deployment of #AI applications on mobile and IoT platforms. #DeepLearning bit.ly/2Q8e3GK

Thank you to @asheaarts at our local @NPR news station, @WBUR, for showcasing the work that Root AI and others in the Boston community are doing to protect our #foodsupply. wbur.org/news/2018/11/1…

What will we eat in 30 years...and beyond? Our series ‘Lab-to-Table’ kicks off w/ produce farming: Robots, Hydroponics, 'Hands In The Dirt': A Look At Who — Or What — Will Feed Us In The Future wbur.fm/2zeGrfF via @WBUR @RootRobots @GreentownLabs @FreightFarms @foodtank

Congratulations to @RRKnopf for joining the #ForbesUnder30 class of 2019! #6bbcc1f66366" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">forbes.com/profile/ryan-k…

Google, Harvard use AI to pinpoint foodborne illness sources in real time #ArtificialIntelligence #foodsafety bit.ly/2zLoHbq

Bumble Bees Buzzed by Botanical Biohazards. We need to put more care into how we grow our food to avoid unintended consequences. #bees #robotics #agtech science.sciencemag.org/content/362/64…

We know we’ll run out of dead dinosaurs to mine for fuel & have to use sustainable energy eventually, so why not go renewable now & avoid increasing risk of climate catastrophe? Betting that science is wrong & oil companies are right is the dumbest experiment in history by far …

.@NASA certifies Falcon 9 as a Category 3 vehicle under the Launch Services Program. @SpaceX President & COO Gwynne Shotwell: “LSP Category 3 certification is a major achievement for the Falcon 9 team and represents another key milestone in our close partnership with NASA.”

Shocking report by the WWF Animal Populations Have Fallen 60 Percent And That's Bad Even If They Don't Go Extinct via @forbes forbes.com/sites/michaelm…

Proud to support @RootRobots as it brings its first line of robotic harvesting and farm optimization technologies to market. techcrunch.com/2018/08/08/you…