Podcasts Health The Produce Moms Podcast EP29: How Drones, Artificial Intelligence, and Farmers Work Together with Mary Snapp, Corporate Vice President and Lead of Microsoft Philanthropies

EP29: How Drones, Artificial Intelligence, and Farmers Work Together with Mary Snapp, Corporate Vice President and Lead of Microsoft Philanthropies

Published: Nov. 14, 2018, 11 a.m.

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\\u201cArtificial intelligence helps us figure out answers using data that we wouldn\'t have been able to know before, maybe even sometimes to predict famine or food insecurity in different parts of the world. \\u201d

What do drones and artificial intelligence have to do with farming? This week on The Produce Moms, we continue our adventure inside the Blue Room at FFA Convention. Lori and Mary Snapp, Corporate Vice President and Lead of Microsoft Philanthropies discuss how the advancement of technology is benefiting agriculture in a phenomenal way. Microsoft Philanthropies is focused on advancing a future for everyone, making our farms more sustainable, productive, and regenerative.\\xa0

\\u201cThere are 250 different agricultural careers. All of them are going to be impacted by technology.\\u201d

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Agricultural careers are one of the top fields affected by the advancement of technology. Listen in to hear how agriculture and technology have grown together, and the impact that women have gained as these areas have evolved! The Philanthropies division of Microsoft reaches far beyond FFA. You\\u2019ll hear about their impact in local schools, how they are influencing the technology of tomorrow, and how they\\u2019re generosity provides food, technology, and healthcare for the impoverished today.

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\\u201cWe\'re doing some work to try to bring high speed broadband in rural areas.19.4 million Americans in rural America do not have broadband. You can\'t farm without broadband these days with any sort of scale.\\u201d


Some Topics we talk about in this episode:

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  • Introduction // Mary Snapp - 1:15
  • Artificial Intelligence and the Blue Room - 3:30
  • Mary\\u2019s Passion for Innovation - 5:48
  • The Importance of Agriculture to Microsoft - 8:56
  • Blue365 and Microsoft\\u2019s Humanitarian Efforts - 10:33
  • Tasty Recipes - 15:11
  • Wrap-up - 18:42


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