07-07-2017, 08:04 AM
Although they have had labor problems in the past... the future of berry picking is for the machines.
|However, the boycott of Driscoll's continues over labor practices in Baja where workers are seeking a wage of thirteen dollars a day.[14]|
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driscoll%27s
|Eventually, harvesting might not be done by humans at all. Driscoll's is working with Spanish technology company Agrobot to develop a robot that will do the picking instead. The company's breeding team, meanwhile, is working on berries that grow at consistent stem lengths so they can be picked by the machine. This isn't a far-fetched concept. Madesko predicts there will be a strawberry-picking Agrobot in five years. "It's not an if, but a when," he said.|
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/...by-a-robot
|However, the boycott of Driscoll's continues over labor practices in Baja where workers are seeking a wage of thirteen dollars a day.[14]|
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driscoll%27s
|Eventually, harvesting might not be done by humans at all. Driscoll's is working with Spanish technology company Agrobot to develop a robot that will do the picking instead. The company's breeding team, meanwhile, is working on berries that grow at consistent stem lengths so they can be picked by the machine. This isn't a far-fetched concept. Madesko predicts there will be a strawberry-picking Agrobot in five years. "It's not an if, but a when," he said.|
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/...by-a-robot