FSM 382: From Field to Fork: Autonomous Agriculture and Food Safety

Transcript [ Music ] Thanks for listening to Food Safety in a Minute. Autonomous farming is changing agriculture and helping protect food safety from farm to table. Today, sensors, robots, and AI track soil health, water quality, and crop conditions, cutting contamination risks before harvest. Digital and precision farming tools help growers ensure food safety. Real-time data strengthens traceability and allows faster action when problems appear. These tools also help predict risks and create consistent processes that limit human handling mistakes. As climate stress and labor shortages increase, autonomous agriculture enables safer, resilient, and transparent food production. This helps farmers and regulators build food safety into every step of growing and processing; this enhances food sustainability and improves global food security. From Washington State University Extension, I’m Susie Craig. [ Music ] Resources Hassoun, Abdo. S. Jagtap, H. Trollman, Comprehenisive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety. From Food Industry 4.0 to Food Industry 5.0: Identifying Technological Enablers and Potential Future Applications in the Food Sector (10/22/24). Institute of Food Technologists. https://ift.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1541-4337.70040?utm_source=chatgpt.com.