Kit Franklin's guest appearances

Kit Franklin

Food & Beverage by MarketScale

MarketScale Radio

Landwards - the podcast of the Institution of Agricultural Engineers

Inside Agri-Turf

Bill Gates

Bob Iger

Jeff Bezos

Jack Dorsey

Jesse Cole

Cory Doctorow

Paul Briggs

Michael Longoria

Melissa Gonzalez

Paul Greenberg

Jeff Evans

John Davidson

Graham Thompson

Marc Benioff

Mike Murphy

OwlTail

Principal investigator for the Hands Free Farm, senior lecturer in agricultural engineering and IAgrE exec member Kit Franklin is candid with host Andy Newbold about the journey he is on.

Principal investigator for the Hands Free Farm, senior lecturer in agricultural engineering and IAgrE exec member Kit Franklin is candid with host Andy Newbold about the journey he is on.

Kit Franklin - 'Why I decided to change agriculture'

Claimed as a world's first, a team based at Harper Adams University, have successfully completed the cycle of cultivating, planting and harvesting crops remotely, without human intervention in the field -  using the harvested crops to produce gin and pizzas. Chris Biddle is in conversation with one of the team leaders, Kit Franklin of Hands Free Hectare, now expanded to Hands Free Farm about the challenges they faced in the past, and this year when floods and pandemic impacted upon their plans.Kit is adamant that whilst many robot machines are in development, a great number look like 'sci-fi' blobs' which is why the team adapted tractors and machinery that potential users recognise and trust.The expanded project, will embrace five fields with all the usual obstacles, trees, fences, gates etc and cover 35 hectares (almost 90 acres)Hands Free Farm

Claimed as a world's first, a team based at Harper Adams University, have successfully completed the cycle of cultivating, planting and harvesting crops remotely, without human intervention in the field - using the harvested crops to produce gin and pizzas. Chris Biddle is in conversation with one of the team leaders, Kit Franklin of Hands Free Hectare, now expanded to Hands Free Farm about the challenges they faced in the past, and this year when floods and pandemic impacted upon their plans.Kit is adamant that whilst many robot machines are in development, a great number look like 'sci-fi' blobs' which is why the team adapted tractors and machinery that potential users recognise and trust.The expanded project, will embrace five fields with all the usual obstacles, trees, fences, gates etc and cover 35 hectares (almost 90 acres)<a href="www.handsfree.farm/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Hands Free Farm</a>

Episode 5 Social distance farming with Kit Franklin of Hands Free Farm

On today's podcast, we chat with Kit Franklin from the Hands Free Hectare. We discuss the project's success, the inherent logic in building autonomous systems for agriculture, the efficient usage of both data and manpower in the industry, and how automated machines can grow crops remotely, without operators even having to be on-site.For more information on Hands Free Hectare, check out - handsfreehectare.comFor the latest news, videos, and podcasts in the Food &amp; Beverage Industry, be sure to subscribe to our industry publication.Follow us on social media for the latest updates in B2B!Twitter – twitter.com/marketscaleFacebook – facebook.com/marketscaleLinkedIn – linkedin.com/company/marketscale

On today's podcast, we chat with Kit Franklin from the Hands Free Hectare. We discuss the project's success, the inherent logic in building autonomous systems for agriculture, the efficient usage of both data and manpower in the industry, and how automated machines can grow crops remotely, without operators even having to be on-site. For more information on Hands Free Hectare, check out - <a href="http://handsfreehectare.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">handsfreehectare.com</a> For the latest news, videos, and podcasts in the Food &amp; Beverage Industry, be sure to subscribe to our industry publication. Follow us on social media for the latest updates in B2B! Twitter – <a href="http://twitter.com/marketscale" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/marketscale</a> Facebook – <a href="http://facebook.com/marketscale" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/marketscale</a> LinkedIn – <a href="http://linkedin.com/company/marketscale" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">linkedin.com/company/marketscale</a>

Leading the Charge for Sustainable Food Production with Kit Franklin