# More farms are turning to automation amid labor shortages

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/more-farms-are-turning-to-automation-amid-labor-shortages/
- Published: 2024-11-01T09:00:21-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Image credit: Amelia K. Bates / Grist. Article by Ayurella Horn-Muller & Melina Walling. Grist – October 28, 2024. This article is a collaboration between The Associated Press and Grist. Jeremy Ford hates wasting water. As a mist of rain sprinkled the fields around him in Homestead, Florida, Ford bemoaned how expensive it had been running a fossil fuel-powered irrigation system on his 5-acre farm — and how bad it was for the planet. […] Click here to view original web page at grist.org Curated by Theresa Wysocki Director of Art & Design See Full Bio