[perlin]

Sure, we could move humans even further away from the means of production and deploy robots to do mega-scale monoculture using closed-source hardware / software, while continuing to further the monopolies held by Monsanto, John Deere, etc..

Or, we could try to shift agriculture back to a local scale, use open source hardware/software, and community-owned infrastructure to build more sustainable, polyculture food systems.

In particular, I am excited about the rooftop farming work being done in the Brooklyn Navy Yard here in NYC(1). Our Public Advocate has even discussed building-code mandated "green roof" legislation(2). CNC/Robotics & IoT are the key to unlocking urban micro-agriculture that can begin to offset some of our dependency on dirty food, and I applaud those(3) who are working on these very important problems.

(1) https://www.brooklyngrangefarm.com/navyyard

(2) https://www.bkreader.com/2018/07/18/brooklyn-councilmember-i...

(3) https://farm.bot/