Farmers look to artificial intelligence as workforce declines
Story Date: 4/27/2018

 

Source:  Errol Barnett, CBS NEWS, 4/24/18


Under the hot Florida sun, hundreds of strawberry pickers dot the rows of Wish Farms. It is back-breaking labor as the pickers fold their bodies to lean over the plants. Their hands skim through the leaves to find the bright ripe strawberries. With a flick of their wrists they pop the berry from the stem, carefully making sure not to tear the plant. But that's not the hardest part about harvesting this crop. 

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