Where Will Artificial Intelligence Take the Produce Industry? (The Packer)

Where Will Artificial Intelligence Take the Produce Industry?

Whether it’s autonomous orchard sprayers, software solutions that assess data, or sorting machines helping packers and shippers screen for imperfect fruits and vegetables, artificial intelligence is taking hold throughout the fresh produce supply chain.

And it doesn’t show any signs of slowing down.

In fact, Yiannis Ampatzidis, a University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences associate professor of agricultural and biological engineering, calls AI the fourth agri-revolution. Ampatzidis, who studies precision agriculture and mechanization for crop production, has seen firsthand the importance — and potential — of AI.

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