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Rural Arizona Greenhouse Uses Artificial Intelligence To Grow Tomatoes

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(Photo by Casey Kuhn - KJZZ)
Irrigation technologist Juan Mosqueda shows how he can input crop data on an app.

A huge greenhouse facility north of Willcox is growing tomatoes. But they're not using traditional methods to produce the crops: they're using artificial intelligence. This kind of high-tech farming will grow our future food.


Casey Kuhn was a senior field correspondent at KJZZ from 2015 to 2019.