Commercial level farms have become a tech-driven industrial behemoth, seemingly without a care for the health of the land or the quality of the food. Pesticides, fungicides, chemical fertilisers, and GMOs are only a symptom of the greater problem: greed and the need to feed billions of people on demand.
In contrast, home gardeners and smaller commercial farms most often use technology to maximise quality. But, of course, quantity is still important.
Sometimes you have to look back to see forwards. Maybe the most exciting technology is not a machine at all, but an idea. In At The Crossroads: To Use or Be Used By Technology? Evan Folds brings another thought-provoking article that makes you question the good, bad and ugly side of technology and where it is taking us.
Garden Culture is happy to welcome Brian Gandy, a veritable wealth of knowledge on all things lighting, with his introductory article My LED Affliction. When it comes to tech in indoor gardens, no product has evolved as quickly as LEDs.
Learning about plants and soil health is fundamental, and as Martyna Krol describes in Go Go Garden Gadgets, tech is an excellent addition to any gardener’s tool kit. Anne Gibson also shares some ingenious Low-Tech Gardening Hacks.
Do you dare use tech in your garden?