{"product_id":"from-farms-to-incubators-women-innovators-revolutionizing-how-our-food-is-grown-9781610355759","title":"From Farms to Incubators: Women Innovators Revolutionizing How Our Food Is Grown","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn exciting look at how women entrepreneurs are transforming agriculture through high technology.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDon't take the food you eat for granted. Farmers today face huge challenges in keeping your food supply secure--climate change, precarious water and soil supplies, and a growing global population projected to reach 10 billion people in 2050. Women innovators are tackling these problems to create a secure and sustainable food supply for the future. Using drones, artificial intelligence, sophisticated soil sensors, data analytics, blockchain, and robotics, these women are transforming agriculture into the growing field of \u003ci\u003eagtech\u003c\/i\u003e, the integration of agriculture and technology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom Farms to Incubators\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e presents inspiring stories and practical case studies of how women entrepreneurs from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds are leading the agtech revolution. Each agribusiness leader profiled in \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom Farms to Incubators\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e tells her own story of how she used agtech innovation to solve specific business problems and succeed. The women profiled speak frankly on the advantages and drawbacks of technological solutions to agriculture and offer lessons in making technology productive in real work. These business cases demonstrate the influence of female innovation, the new technologies applied to agribusiness problems, and the career opportunities young women can find in agribusiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA must-read book for everyone interested in tech innovation and food security, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom Farms to Incubators\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e offers exhilarating role models for young women, a thought-provoking glimpse into the future of food production, and a fascinating investigation of how women leaders are profitably disrupting the world's oldest industry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWu, Amy:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eAmy Wu\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning writer for the women's ag and agtech movement. She is the producer and director of the documentary film \u003ci\u003eFrom Farms to Incubators\u003c\/i\u003e, which has been presented at South by Southwest and Techonomy. Wu has spent over two decades as an investigative reporter at media outfits including the \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e Network and \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, and she has contributed to \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHuffPost\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. She has reported on agriculture and agtech for \u003ci\u003eThe Salinas Californian\u003c\/i\u003e in Salinas, California. \u003ci\u003eWorth\u003c\/i\u003e magazine listed Wu on their Groundbreakers 2020 list of 50 Women Changing the World. In 2020 Wu received the Women in Agribusiness Demeter Award of Excellence. Wu earned her bachelor's degree in history from New York University and her master's degree in journalism from Columbia University, and she speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Craven Street Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50644636074258,"sku":"9781610355759","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_410c6f20-dc21-492b-a839-9b8d15ba4fe4.jpg?v=1733119451","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/from-farms-to-incubators-women-innovators-revolutionizing-how-our-food-is-grown-9781610355759","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}