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Kick Off the New Year by Exploring Agritourism for Your Farm

From on-farm retail markets and farm tours to farm fun and special event venues, Tennessee agritourism continues to grow. If you are interested in exploring agritourism for your farm or are looking to learn more to help your existing operation, join us for a free, five-session webinar series.

Coordinated by the University of Tennessee Center for Profitable Agriculture, the series will introduce you to agritourism opportunities and challenges and discuss business planning, marketing, creating the customer experience, regulatory considerations, risk management and available resources. Sessions will be held January 5, 7, 9, 12 and 14 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. CST via Zoom. Register now at tiny.utk.edu/ExploringAT.

Source : tennessee.edu

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Designing a Robotic Berry Picker

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Since blackberries must be harvested by hand, the process is time-consuming and labor-intensive. To support a growing blackberry industry in Arkansas, food science associate professor Renee Threlfall is collaborating with mechanical engineering assistant professor Anthony Gunderman to develop a mechanical harvesting system. Most recently, the team designed a device to measure the force needed to pick a blackberry without damaging it. The data from this device will help inform the next stage of development and move the team closer to the goal of a fully autonomous robotic berry picker. The device was developed by Gunderman, with Yue Chen, a former U of A professor now at Georgia Tech, and Jeremy Collins, then a U of A undergraduate engineering student. To determine the force needed to pick blackberries without damage, the engineers worked with Threlfall and Andrea Myers, then a graduate student.