Software is Feeding the World

Explore the intersection of technology and agriculture in this conference talk from code::dive 2019. Discover how Infarm, a Farming as a Service (FaaS) company, is revolutionizing urban farming through vertical farming techniques. Learn about the challenges of feeding a growing global population and how Infarm leverages Python-based infrastructure to monitor and manage their farms in real-time. Gain insights into their IoT farms, data pipeline, and future plans for implementing edge machine learning. Speaker Christian Barra, a Senior Software Engineer and Tech Lead at Infarm, shares his expertise on microservices, DevOps, and data engineering in the context of sustainable agriculture. Understand the power of technology in addressing world food problems and get a glimpse into the future of urban farming.