# Star Trek for potatoes: can a hi-tech farm save french fries from the climate crisis?

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/star-trek-for-potatoes-can-a-hi-tech-farm-save-french-fries-from-the-climate-crisis/
- Published: 2022-11-08T09:00:18-06:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo caption: A machine separates potatoes from rocks. Photo credit: Adetona Omokanye. Article by  Dominic Rushe. The Guardian – November 5, 2022. Researchers flock to New Brunswick, Canada, to test both cutting-edge and bygone methods of spud cultivation to meet a challenging future Against a backdrop of blue skies and autumn leaves that would make an Instagram filter blush, a group of agricultural postgraduate students at a New Brunswick farm are tinkering with technology they hope will one day help solve an existential crisis: how to save the world’s potatoes. […] Click here to view original web page at www.theguardian.com