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EPISODE · Jun 4, 2025 · 59 MIN

What Is the Future Role of Technology In Regenerative Agriculture? - with Regenerative Farmer, Thomas Gent #85

from Tomorrow's Bites with Andrés and Sjacco · host Andrés and Sjacco

What happens when a farmer only gets 50 chances in a lifetime to get it right? That’s the reality of agriculture, and why most tech startups designing tools for farmers don’t fully understand the stakes.In this episode of Tomorrow’s Bites, we sit down with Thomas Gent, third-generation UK farmer and founder of Gentle Farming, to explore how technology can support, accelerate, or even hinder the transition to regenerative agriculture. From early no-till experiments to hosting AI-powered sprayers and carbon monitoring systems on his farm, Thomas shares what works (and what doesn’t) when tech meets soil.We explore:Why most agtech tools are built without talking to farmers, and why that’s a huge problemHow startups can build solutions that actually support regenerative transitionsWhy time-saving tech is more valuable than data overloadThe hidden cost of complexity in scaling agroforestry and biodiversityWhether AI can really help decision-making on regenerative farms🙏 LEAVE A REVIEWIf you like our podcast please leave us a review on your favourite platform – even one sentence helps! Thank you for your support; it helps the show a lot and it helps others to discover the show! 👋 GET IN TOUCH WITH US👥 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠📸 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠🌎 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠😊 The Guest: ⁠Thomas GentLook into the company ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Gentle Farming📰 Read our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (everything you need to know in 2 minutes, for the 5% changing agrifood)

What happens when a farmer only gets 50 chances in a lifetime to get it right? That’s the reality of agriculture, and why most tech startups designing tools for farmers don’t fully understand the stakes.In this episode of Tomorrow’s Bites, we sit down with Thomas Gent, third-generation UK farmer and founder of Gentle Farming, to explore how technology can support, accelerate, or even hinder the transition to regenerative agriculture. From early no-till experiments to hosting AI-powered sprayers and carbon monitoring systems on his farm, Thomas shares what works (and what doesn’t) when tech meets soil.We explore:Why most agtech tools are built without talking to farmers, and why that’s a huge problemHow startups can build solutions that actually support regenerative transitionsWhy time-saving tech is more valuable than data overloadThe hidden cost of complexity in scaling agroforestry and biodiversityWhether AI can really help decision-making on regenerative farms🙏 LEAVE A REVIEWIf you like our podcast please leave us a review on your favourite platform – even one sentence helps! Thank you for your support; it helps the show a lot and it helps others to discover the show! 👋 GET IN TOUCH WITH US👥 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠📸 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠🌎 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠😊 The Guest: ⁠Thomas GentLook into the company ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Gentle Farming📰 Read our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (everything you need to know in 2 minutes, for the 5% changing agrifood)

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