The Game Changers

We’ve invited the cream of the crop to this hackathon and that includes you!  Graduate and undergraduate students, any major, any year, any school- everyone is welcome!

With the resources and mentors we gathered, it’s your opportunity to explore what technology can do for agriculture. It’s time to take your ideas from concept to reality. Workshops, speakers, networking, prizes, and more! Back in person and better than ever!

About Digital Agriculture

Over the next few decades, a rising global population, increasing wealth, changing consumer demand and climate variation will put growing pressure on food systems. While global demand might be met through current agricultural practices in the short term, these strategies are unsustainable for the long term. Globally, agriculture demands a radical transformation.

The world’s future food systems must become more sustainable, productive, resilient and efficient. We must re-envision the way food is produced, processed and distributed, the way natural resources are used, recycled and replenished, and the way social and agricultural systems interact to support healthy individuals, communities and environment. To transform existing food systems, we must integrate knowledge from biology, ecology, engineering, business, computer and information science and the social sciences to create communication networks that enable timely response and informed decision-making at the level of the farm, community, nation and world.