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This episode is sponsored by Verdant Robotics: www.verdantrobotics.com

Autonomous tractors have been promised for years. But how close are specialty crop growers to actually putting them to work? Thomas Skernivitz visits Great Lakes Tek Flex in Michigan to explore the state of agricultural robotics, talking with technology developers, researchers, and growers about real-world performance, return on investment, and the challenges standing between promising demonstrations and everyday use on the farm.

Bob Jones Jr. has spent decades chasing better flavor at The Chef’s Garden. Carol Miller goes on location to explore where that pursuit led him — from nutrition and soil health to an on-farm research lab built around one deceptively simple question: How do you grow a better vegetable?