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Killer farm robot dispatches weeds with electric bolts. Makers say machine could be part of an agricultural revolution of automation and sustainability
In a sunny field in Hampshire, a killer robot is on the prowl. Once its artificial intelligence engine has locked on to its target, a black electrode descends and delivers an 8,000-volt blast. A crackle, a puff of smoke, and the target is dead – a weed, boiled alive from the inside.
It is part of a fourth agricultural revolution, its makers say, bringing automation and big data into farming to produce more while harming the environment less. Pressure to cut pesticide use and increasing resistance to the chemicals meant killing weeds was the top priority for the farmers advising the robot company. The killer robot, called Dick, is the world’s first to target individual weeds in arable crops and, on its first public demonstration, it is destroying broad-leaved weeds identified using pattern recognition. A scout robot, called Tom, has already scanned the field in detail and passed the data to an AI engine called Wilma to plot the targets. Dick’s onboard AI then ensures a bullseye hit. Dick is powered by batteries from a Tesla and will begin field trials in October. For safety, the robots have laser sensors to detect obstructions and shut down into a hibernation mode if they encounter something unexpected. They also have big red off buttons on their sides.
Small Robot Company’s crop monitoring and mapping robot, Tom V3. Manor Farm, Salisbury, UK. 21st April 2021.
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Killer farm robot dispatches weeds with electric bolts. Makers say machine could be part of an agricultural revolution of automation and sustainability
Small Robot Company’s weed-zapping robot, Dick demonstrates its autonomous non-chemical weeding. Manor Farm, Salisbury, UK. 21st April 2021. (FOTO: DUKAS/EYEVINE)
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Killer farm robot dispatches weeds with electric bolts. Makers say machine could be part of an agricultural revolution of automation and sustainability
In a sunny field in Hampshire, a killer robot is on the prowl. Once its artificial intelligence engine has locked on to its target, a black electrode descends and delivers an 8,000-volt blast. A crackle, a puff of smoke, and the target is dead – a weed, boiled alive from the inside.
It is part of a fourth agricultural revolution, its makers say, bringing automation and big data into farming to produce more while harming the environment less. Pressure to cut pesticide use and increasing resistance to the chemicals meant killing weeds was the top priority for the farmers advising the robot company. The killer robot, called Dick, is the world’s first to target individual weeds in arable crops and, on its first public demonstration, it is destroying broad-leaved weeds identified using pattern recognition. A scout robot, called Tom, has already scanned the field in detail and passed the data to an AI engine called Wilma to plot the targets. Dick’s onboard AI then ensures a bullseye hit. Dick is powered by batteries from a Tesla and will begin field trials in October. For safety, the robots have laser sensors to detect obstructions and shut down into a hibernation mode if they encounter something unexpected. They also have big red off buttons on their sides.
Small Robot Company’s crop monitoring and mapping robot, Tom V3. Manor Farm, Salisbury, UK. 21st April 2021.
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Killer farm robot dispatches weeds with electric bolts. Makers say machine could be part of an agricultural revolution of automation and sustainability
In a sunny field in Hampshire, a killer robot is on the prowl. Once its artificial intelligence engine has locked on to its target, a black electrode descends and delivers an 8,000-volt blast. A crackle, a puff of smoke, and the target is dead – a weed, boiled alive from the inside.
It is part of a fourth agricultural revolution, its makers say, bringing automation and big data into farming to produce more while harming the environment less. Pressure to cut pesticide use and increasing resistance to the chemicals meant killing weeds was the top priority for the farmers advising the robot company. The killer robot, called Dick, is the world’s first to target individual weeds in arable crops and, on its first public demonstration, it is destroying broad-leaved weeds identified using pattern recognition. A scout robot, called Tom, has already scanned the field in detail and passed the data to an AI engine called Wilma to plot the targets. Dick’s onboard AI then ensures a bullseye hit. Dick is powered by batteries from a Tesla and will begin field trials in October. For safety, the robots have laser sensors to detect obstructions and shut down into a hibernation mode if they encounter something unexpected. They also have big red off buttons on their sides.
Small Robot Company’s crop monitoring and mapping robot, Tom V3. Manor Farm, Salisbury, UK. 21st April 2021.
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Killer farm robot dispatches weeds with electric bolts. Makers say machine could be part of an agricultural revolution of automation and sustainability
In a sunny field in Hampshire, a killer robot is on the prowl. Once its artificial intelligence engine has locked on to its target, a black electrode descends and delivers an 8,000-volt blast. A crackle, a puff of smoke, and the target is dead – a weed, boiled alive from the inside.
It is part of a fourth agricultural revolution, its makers say, bringing automation and big data into farming to produce more while harming the environment less. Pressure to cut pesticide use and increasing resistance to the chemicals meant killing weeds was the top priority for the farmers advising the robot company. The killer robot, called Dick, is the world’s first to target individual weeds in arable crops and, on its first public demonstration, it is destroying broad-leaved weeds identified using pattern recognition. A scout robot, called Tom, has already scanned the field in detail and passed the data to an AI engine called Wilma to plot the targets. Dick’s onboard AI then ensures a bullseye hit. Dick is powered by batteries from a Tesla and will begin field trials in October. For safety, the robots have laser sensors to detect obstructions and shut down into a hibernation mode if they encounter something unexpected. They also have big red off buttons on their sides.
A Small Robot Company robotics engineer controls the crop monitoring and mapping robot, Tom V3. Manor Farm, Salisbury, UK. 21st April 2021.
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Killer farm robot dispatches weeds with electric bolts. Makers say machine could be part of an agricultural revolution of automation and sustainability
In a sunny field in Hampshire, a killer robot is on the prowl. Once its artificial intelligence engine has locked on to its target, a black electrode descends and delivers an 8,000-volt blast. A crackle, a puff of smoke, and the target is dead – a weed, boiled alive from the inside.
It is part of a fourth agricultural revolution, its makers say, bringing automation and big data into farming to produce more while harming the environment less. Pressure to cut pesticide use and increasing resistance to the chemicals meant killing weeds was the top priority for the farmers advising the robot company. The killer robot, called Dick, is the world’s first to target individual weeds in arable crops and, on its first public demonstration, it is destroying broad-leaved weeds identified using pattern recognition. A scout robot, called Tom, has already scanned the field in detail and passed the data to an AI engine called Wilma to plot the targets. Dick’s onboard AI then ensures a bullseye hit. Dick is powered by batteries from a Tesla and will begin field trials in October. For safety, the robots have laser sensors to detect obstructions and shut down into a hibernation mode if they encounter something unexpected. They also have big red off buttons on their sides.
Small Robot Company marketing executive James Burrows controls weed-zapping robot, Dick. Manor Farm, Salisbury, UK. 21st April 2021.
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Killer farm robot dispatches weeds with electric bolts. Makers say machine could be part of an agricultural revolution of automation and sustainability
In a sunny field in Hampshire, a killer robot is on the prowl. Once its artificial intelligence engine has locked on to its target, a black electrode descends and delivers an 8,000-volt blast. A crackle, a puff of smoke, and the target is dead – a weed, boiled alive from the inside.
It is part of a fourth agricultural revolution, its makers say, bringing automation and big data into farming to produce more while harming the environment less. Pressure to cut pesticide use and increasing resistance to the chemicals meant killing weeds was the top priority for the farmers advising the robot company. The killer robot, called Dick, is the world’s first to target individual weeds in arable crops and, on its first public demonstration, it is destroying broad-leaved weeds identified using pattern recognition. A scout robot, called Tom, has already scanned the field in detail and passed the data to an AI engine called Wilma to plot the targets. Dick’s onboard AI then ensures a bullseye hit. Dick is powered by batteries from a Tesla and will begin field trials in October. For safety, the robots have laser sensors to detect obstructions and shut down into a hibernation mode if they encounter something unexpected. They also have big red off buttons on their sides.
Small Robot Company robotics engineer Dan Rowe stands beside weed-zapping robot, Dick. Manor Farm, Salisbury, UK. 21st April 2021.
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Killer farm robot dispatches weeds with electric bolts. Makers say machine could be part of an agricultural revolution of automation and sustainability
In a sunny field in Hampshire, a killer robot is on the prowl. Once its artificial intelligence engine has locked on to its target, a black electrode descends and delivers an 8,000-volt blast. A crackle, a puff of smoke, and the target is dead – a weed, boiled alive from the inside.
It is part of a fourth agricultural revolution, its makers say, bringing automation and big data into farming to produce more while harming the environment less. Pressure to cut pesticide use and increasing resistance to the chemicals meant killing weeds was the top priority for the farmers advising the robot company. The killer robot, called Dick, is the world’s first to target individual weeds in arable crops and, on its first public demonstration, it is destroying broad-leaved weeds identified using pattern recognition. A scout robot, called Tom, has already scanned the field in detail and passed the data to an AI engine called Wilma to plot the targets. Dick’s onboard AI then ensures a bullseye hit. Dick is powered by batteries from a Tesla and will begin field trials in October. For safety, the robots have laser sensors to detect obstructions and shut down into a hibernation mode if they encounter something unexpected. They also have big red off buttons on their sides.
Small Robot Company CEO and co-founder Ben Scott-Robinson stands beside crop monitoring and mapping robot, Tom V3. Manor Farm, Salisbury, UK. 21st April 2021.
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Killer farm robot dispatches weeds with electric bolts. Makers say machine could be part of an agricultural revolution of automation and sustainability
In a sunny field in Hampshire, a killer robot is on the prowl. Once its artificial intelligence engine has locked on to its target, a black electrode descends and delivers an 8,000-volt blast. A crackle, a puff of smoke, and the target is dead – a weed, boiled alive from the inside.
It is part of a fourth agricultural revolution, its makers say, bringing automation and big data into farming to produce more while harming the environment less. Pressure to cut pesticide use and increasing resistance to the chemicals meant killing weeds was the top priority for the farmers advising the robot company. The killer robot, called Dick, is the world’s first to target individual weeds in arable crops and, on its first public demonstration, it is destroying broad-leaved weeds identified using pattern recognition. A scout robot, called Tom, has already scanned the field in detail and passed the data to an AI engine called Wilma to plot the targets. Dick’s onboard AI then ensures a bullseye hit. Dick is powered by batteries from a Tesla and will begin field trials in October. For safety, the robots have laser sensors to detect obstructions and shut down into a hibernation mode if they encounter something unexpected. They also have big red off buttons on their sides.
Small Robot Company’s weed-zapping robot, Dick demonstrates its autonomous non-chemical weeding. Manor Farm, Salisbury, UK. 21st April 2021.
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Killer farm robot dispatches weeds with electric bolts. Makers say machine could be part of an agricultural revolution of automation and sustainability
In a sunny field in Hampshire, a killer robot is on the prowl. Once its artificial intelligence engine has locked on to its target, a black electrode descends and delivers an 8,000-volt blast. A crackle, a puff of smoke, and the target is dead – a weed, boiled alive from the inside.
It is part of a fourth agricultural revolution, its makers say, bringing automation and big data into farming to produce more while harming the environment less. Pressure to cut pesticide use and increasing resistance to the chemicals meant killing weeds was the top priority for the farmers advising the robot company. The killer robot, called Dick, is the world’s first to target individual weeds in arable crops and, on its first public demonstration, it is destroying broad-leaved weeds identified using pattern recognition. A scout robot, called Tom, has already scanned the field in detail and passed the data to an AI engine called Wilma to plot the targets. Dick’s onboard AI then ensures a bullseye hit. Dick is powered by batteries from a Tesla and will begin field trials in October. For safety, the robots have laser sensors to detect obstructions and shut down into a hibernation mode if they encounter something unexpected. They also have big red off buttons on their sides.
Small Robot Company’s crop monitoring and mapping robot, Tom V3. Manor Farm, Salisbury, UK. 21st April 2021.
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Killer farm robot dispatches weeds with electric bolts. Makers say machine could be part of an agricultural revolution of automation and sustainability
In a sunny field in Hampshire, a killer robot is on the prowl. Once its artificial intelligence engine has locked on to its target, a black electrode descends and delivers an 8,000-volt blast. A crackle, a puff of smoke, and the target is dead – a weed, boiled alive from the inside.
It is part of a fourth agricultural revolution, its makers say, bringing automation and big data into farming to produce more while harming the environment less. Pressure to cut pesticide use and increasing resistance to the chemicals meant killing weeds was the top priority for the farmers advising the robot company. The killer robot, called Dick, is the world’s first to target individual weeds in arable crops and, on its first public demonstration, it is destroying broad-leaved weeds identified using pattern recognition. A scout robot, called Tom, has already scanned the field in detail and passed the data to an AI engine called Wilma to plot the targets. Dick’s onboard AI then ensures a bullseye hit. Dick is powered by batteries from a Tesla and will begin field trials in October. For safety, the robots have laser sensors to detect obstructions and shut down into a hibernation mode if they encounter something unexpected. They also have big red off buttons on their sides.
Small Robot Company’s crop monitoring and mapping robot, Tom V3. Manor Farm, Salisbury, UK. 21st April 2021.
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Killer farm robot dispatches weeds with electric bolts. Makers say machine could be part of an agricultural revolution of automation and sustainability
In a sunny field in Hampshire, a killer robot is on the prowl. Once its artificial intelligence engine has locked on to its target, a black electrode descends and delivers an 8,000-volt blast. A crackle, a puff of smoke, and the target is dead – a weed, boiled alive from the inside.
It is part of a fourth agricultural revolution, its makers say, bringing automation and big data into farming to produce more while harming the environment less. Pressure to cut pesticide use and increasing resistance to the chemicals meant killing weeds was the top priority for the farmers advising the robot company. The killer robot, called Dick, is the world’s first to target individual weeds in arable crops and, on its first public demonstration, it is destroying broad-leaved weeds identified using pattern recognition. A scout robot, called Tom, has already scanned the field in detail and passed the data to an AI engine called Wilma to plot the targets. Dick’s onboard AI then ensures a bullseye hit. Dick is powered by batteries from a Tesla and will begin field trials in October. For safety, the robots have laser sensors to detect obstructions and shut down into a hibernation mode if they encounter something unexpected. They also have big red off buttons on their sides.
Robotics engineer Dan Rowe works beside Small Robot Company’s crop monitoring and mapping robot, Tom V3. Manor Farm, Salisbury, UK. 21st April 2021.
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Killer farm robot dispatches weeds with electric bolts. Makers say machine could be part of an agricultural revolution of automation and sustainability
In a sunny field in Hampshire, a killer robot is on the prowl. Once its artificial intelligence engine has locked on to its target, a black electrode descends and delivers an 8,000-volt blast. A crackle, a puff of smoke, and the target is dead – a weed, boiled alive from the inside.
It is part of a fourth agricultural revolution, its makers say, bringing automation and big data into farming to produce more while harming the environment less. Pressure to cut pesticide use and increasing resistance to the chemicals meant killing weeds was the top priority for the farmers advising the robot company. The killer robot, called Dick, is the world’s first to target individual weeds in arable crops and, on its first public demonstration, it is destroying broad-leaved weeds identified using pattern recognition. A scout robot, called Tom, has already scanned the field in detail and passed the data to an AI engine called Wilma to plot the targets. Dick’s onboard AI then ensures a bullseye hit. Dick is powered by batteries from a Tesla and will begin field trials in October. For safety, the robots have laser sensors to detect obstructions and shut down into a hibernation mode if they encounter something unexpected. They also have big red off buttons on their sides.
Small Robot Company’s crop monitoring and mapping robot, Tom V3. Manor Farm, Salisbury, UK. 21st April 2021.
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Killer farm robot dispatches weeds with electric bolts. Makers say machine could be part of an agricultural revolution of automation and sustainability
In a sunny field in Hampshire, a killer robot is on the prowl. Once its artificial intelligence engine has locked on to its target, a black electrode descends and delivers an 8,000-volt blast. A crackle, a puff of smoke, and the target is dead – a weed, boiled alive from the inside.
It is part of a fourth agricultural revolution, its makers say, bringing automation and big data into farming to produce more while harming the environment less. Pressure to cut pesticide use and increasing resistance to the chemicals meant killing weeds was the top priority for the farmers advising the robot company. The killer robot, called Dick, is the world’s first to target individual weeds in arable crops and, on its first public demonstration, it is destroying broad-leaved weeds identified using pattern recognition. A scout robot, called Tom, has already scanned the field in detail and passed the data to an AI engine called Wilma to plot the targets. Dick’s onboard AI then ensures a bullseye hit. Dick is powered by batteries from a Tesla and will begin field trials in October. For safety, the robots have laser sensors to detect obstructions and shut down into a hibernation mode if they encounter something unexpected. They also have big red off buttons on their sides.
Small Robot Company CEO and co-founder Ben Scott-Robinson stands beside crop monitoring and mapping robot, Tom V3. Manor Farm, Salisbury, UK. 21st April 2021.
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Killer farm robot dispatches weeds with electric bolts. Makers say machine could be part of an agricultural revolution of automation and sustainability
In a sunny field in Hampshire, a killer robot is on the prowl. Once its artificial intelligence engine has locked on to its target, a black electrode descends and delivers an 8,000-volt blast. A crackle, a puff of smoke, and the target is dead – a weed, boiled alive from the inside.
It is part of a fourth agricultural revolution, its makers say, bringing automation and big data into farming to produce more while harming the environment less. Pressure to cut pesticide use and increasing resistance to the chemicals meant killing weeds was the top priority for the farmers advising the robot company. The killer robot, called Dick, is the world’s first to target individual weeds in arable crops and, on its first public demonstration, it is destroying broad-leaved weeds identified using pattern recognition. A scout robot, called Tom, has already scanned the field in detail and passed the data to an AI engine called Wilma to plot the targets. Dick’s onboard AI then ensures a bullseye hit. Dick is powered by batteries from a Tesla and will begin field trials in October. For safety, the robots have laser sensors to detect obstructions and shut down into a hibernation mode if they encounter something unexpected. They also have big red off buttons on their sides.
Farm manager Craig Livingstone, who manages the Lockerley Estate in Hampshire, stands in front of Small Robot Company’s weed-zapping robot, Dick. Manor Farm, Salisbury, UK. 21st April 2021.
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Killer farm robot dispatches weeds with electric bolts. Makers say machine could be part of an agricultural revolution of automation and sustainability
In a sunny field in Hampshire, a killer robot is on the prowl. Once its artificial intelligence engine has locked on to its target, a black electrode descends and delivers an 8,000-volt blast. A crackle, a puff of smoke, and the target is dead – a weed, boiled alive from the inside.
It is part of a fourth agricultural revolution, its makers say, bringing automation and big data into farming to produce more while harming the environment less. Pressure to cut pesticide use and increasing resistance to the chemicals meant killing weeds was the top priority for the farmers advising the robot company. The killer robot, called Dick, is the world’s first to target individual weeds in arable crops and, on its first public demonstration, it is destroying broad-leaved weeds identified using pattern recognition. A scout robot, called Tom, has already scanned the field in detail and passed the data to an AI engine called Wilma to plot the targets. Dick’s onboard AI then ensures a bullseye hit. Dick is powered by batteries from a Tesla and will begin field trials in October. For safety, the robots have laser sensors to detect obstructions and shut down into a hibernation mode if they encounter something unexpected. They also have big red off buttons on their sides.
Small Robot Company’s crop monitoring and mapping robot Tom V3 (left) and weed-zapping robot, Dick. Manor Farm, Salisbury, UK. 21st April 2021.
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Killer farm robot dispatches weeds with electric bolts. Makers say machine could be part of an agricultural revolution of automation and sustainability
In a sunny field in Hampshire, a killer robot is on the prowl. Once its artificial intelligence engine has locked on to its target, a black electrode descends and delivers an 8,000-volt blast. A crackle, a puff of smoke, and the target is dead – a weed, boiled alive from the inside.
It is part of a fourth agricultural revolution, its makers say, bringing automation and big data into farming to produce more while harming the environment less. Pressure to cut pesticide use and increasing resistance to the chemicals meant killing weeds was the top priority for the farmers advising the robot company. The killer robot, called Dick, is the world’s first to target individual weeds in arable crops and, on its first public demonstration, it is destroying broad-leaved weeds identified using pattern recognition. A scout robot, called Tom, has already scanned the field in detail and passed the data to an AI engine called Wilma to plot the targets. Dick’s onboard AI then ensures a bullseye hit. Dick is powered by batteries from a Tesla and will begin field trials in October. For safety, the robots have laser sensors to detect obstructions and shut down into a hibernation mode if they encounter something unexpected. They also have big red off buttons on their sides.
Small Robot Company robotics engineers work beside weed-zapping robot, Dick, at Manor Farm, Salisbury, UK. 21st April 2021.
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Killer farm robot dispatches weeds with electric bolts. Makers say machine could be part of an agricultural revolution of automation and sustainability
In a sunny field in Hampshire, a killer robot is on the prowl. Once its artificial intelligence engine has locked on to its target, a black electrode descends and delivers an 8,000-volt blast. A crackle, a puff of smoke, and the target is dead – a weed, boiled alive from the inside.
It is part of a fourth agricultural revolution, its makers say, bringing automation and big data into farming to produce more while harming the environment less. Pressure to cut pesticide use and increasing resistance to the chemicals meant killing weeds was the top priority for the farmers advising the robot company. The killer robot, called Dick, is the world’s first to target individual weeds in arable crops and, on its first public demonstration, it is destroying broad-leaved weeds identified using pattern recognition. A scout robot, called Tom, has already scanned the field in detail and passed the data to an AI engine called Wilma to plot the targets. Dick’s onboard AI then ensures a bullseye hit. Dick is powered by batteries from a Tesla and will begin field trials in October. For safety, the robots have laser sensors to detect obstructions and shut down into a hibernation mode if they encounter something unexpected. They also have big red off buttons on their sides.
Small Robot Company’s weed-zapping robot, Dick demonstrates its autonomous non-chemical weeding. Manor Farm, Salisbury, UK. 21st April 2021.
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Killer farm robot dispatches weeds with electric bolts. Makers say machine could be part of an agricultural revolution of automation and sustainability
In a sunny field in Hampshire, a killer robot is on the prowl. Once its artificial intelligence engine has locked on to its target, a black electrode descends and delivers an 8,000-volt blast. A crackle, a puff of smoke, and the target is dead – a weed, boiled alive from the inside.
It is part of a fourth agricultural revolution, its makers say, bringing automation and big data into farming to produce more while harming the environment less. Pressure to cut pesticide use and increasing resistance to the chemicals meant killing weeds was the top priority for the farmers advising the robot company. The killer robot, called Dick, is the world’s first to target individual weeds in arable crops and, on its first public demonstration, it is destroying broad-leaved weeds identified using pattern recognition. A scout robot, called Tom, has already scanned the field in detail and passed the data to an AI engine called Wilma to plot the targets. Dick’s onboard AI then ensures a bullseye hit. Dick is powered by batteries from a Tesla and will begin field trials in October. For safety, the robots have laser sensors to detect obstructions and shut down into a hibernation mode if they encounter something unexpected. They also have big red off buttons on their sides.
Small Robot Company head of prototyping Andy Hall. Manor Farm, Salisbury, UK. 21st April 2021.
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‘Living climate change now’: how Australian farmers are trying to turn the tide. Agriculture is seen as a key culprit in rising emissions. Some on the land are aiming to lead by example, making their properties carbon neutral
‘Living climate change now’: how Australian farmers are trying to turn the tide. Agriculture is seen as a key culprit in rising emissions. Some on the land are aiming to lead by example, making their properties carbon neutral.
Carbon Farming on Simon Wallwork and Cindy Stevens' 3600 Hectare Farm in Corrigin, Great Southern district of Western Australia© David Dare Parker / Guardian Australia / eyevine
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‘Living climate change now’: how Australian farmers are trying to turn the tide. Agriculture is seen as a key culprit in rising emissions. Some on the land are aiming to lead by example, making their properties carbon neutral
‘Living climate change now’: how Australian farmers are trying to turn the tide. Agriculture is seen as a key culprit in rising emissions. Some on the land are aiming to lead by example, making their properties carbon neutral.
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‘Living climate change now’: how Australian farmers are trying to turn the tide. Agriculture is seen as a key culprit in rising emissions. Some on the land are aiming to lead by example, making their properties carbon neutral
‘Living climate change now’: how Australian farmers are trying to turn the tide. Agriculture is seen as a key culprit in rising emissions. Some on the land are aiming to lead by example, making their properties carbon neutral.
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‘Living climate change now’: how Australian farmers are trying to turn the tide. Agriculture is seen as a key culprit in rising emissions. Some on the land are aiming to lead by example, making their properties carbon neutral
‘Living climate change now’: how Australian farmers are trying to turn the tide. Agriculture is seen as a key culprit in rising emissions. Some on the land are aiming to lead by example, making their properties carbon neutral.
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‘Living climate change now’: how Australian farmers are trying to turn the tide. Agriculture is seen as a key culprit in rising emissions. Some on the land are aiming to lead by example, making their properties carbon neutral
‘Living climate change now’: how Australian farmers are trying to turn the tide. Agriculture is seen as a key culprit in rising emissions. Some on the land are aiming to lead by example, making their properties carbon neutral.
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Reed cutters on the Norfolk Broads keeping the rural tradition alive supplying reeds to make thatched roofs.
Reed Harvest, Ranworth Broad, Norfolk, England.
Marshmen harvest reed for thatched roofs in Ranworth on the Norfolk Broads today. The reed is cut, threshed, and bundled and tied ready for drying and delivery to thatchers.
Rowan Nichols and Paul Eldridge were part of the 2006 Broads Authority Reed and Sedge Cutters Apprentice scheme brought in due to dwindling numbers of traditional cutters. They were later joined by their friend Lawrence Watts, and have worked together ever since.
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Reed cutters on the Norfolk Broads keeping the rural tradition alive supplying reeds to make thatched roofs.
Reed Harvest, Ranworth Broad, Norfolk, England.
Marshmen harvest reed for thatched roofs in Ranworth on the Norfolk Broads today. The reed is cut, threshed, and bundled and tied ready for drying and delivery to thatchers.
Rowan Nichols and Paul Eldridge were part of the 2006 Broads Authority Reed and Sedge Cutters Apprentice scheme brought in due to dwindling numbers of traditional cutters. They were later joined by their friend Lawrence Watts, and have worked together ever since.
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Reed cutters on the Norfolk Broads keeping the rural tradition alive supplying reeds to make thatched roofs.
Reed Harvest, Ranworth Broad, Norfolk, England.
Marshmen harvest reed for thatched roofs in Ranworth on the Norfolk Broads today. The reed is cut, threshed, and bundled and tied ready for drying and delivery to thatchers.
Rowan Nichols and Paul Eldridge were part of the 2006 Broads Authority Reed and Sedge Cutters Apprentice scheme brought in due to dwindling numbers of traditional cutters. They were later joined by their friend Lawrence Watts, and have worked together ever since.
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Reed cutters on the Norfolk Broads keeping the rural tradition alive supplying reeds to make thatched roofs.
Reed Harvest, Ranworth Broad, Norfolk, England.
Marshmen harvest reed for thatched roofs in Ranworth on the Norfolk Broads today. The reed is cut, threshed, and bundled and tied ready for drying and delivery to thatchers.
Rowan Nichols and Paul Eldridge were part of the 2006 Broads Authority Reed and Sedge Cutters Apprentice scheme brought in due to dwindling numbers of traditional cutters. They were later joined by their friend Lawrence Watts, and have worked together ever since.
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Reed cutters on the Norfolk Broads keeping the rural tradition alive supplying reeds to make thatched roofs.
Reed Harvest, Ranworth Broad, Norfolk, England.
Marshmen harvest reed for thatched roofs in Ranworth on the Norfolk Broads today. The reed is cut, threshed, and bundled and tied ready for drying and delivery to thatchers.
Rowan Nichols and Paul Eldridge were part of the 2006 Broads Authority Reed and Sedge Cutters Apprentice scheme brought in due to dwindling numbers of traditional cutters. They were later joined by their friend Lawrence Watts, and have worked together ever since.
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Reed cutters on the Norfolk Broads keeping the rural tradition alive supplying reeds to make thatched roofs.
Reed Harvest, Ranworth Broad, Norfolk, England.
Marshmen harvest reed for thatched roofs in Ranworth on the Norfolk Broads today. The reed is cut, threshed, and bundled and tied ready for drying and delivery to thatchers.
Rowan Nichols and Paul Eldridge were part of the 2006 Broads Authority Reed and Sedge Cutters Apprentice scheme brought in due to dwindling numbers of traditional cutters. They were later joined by their friend Lawrence Watts, and have worked together ever since.
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Reed cutters on the Norfolk Broads keeping the rural tradition alive supplying reeds to make thatched roofs.
Reed Harvest, Ranworth Broad, Norfolk, England.
Marshmen harvest reed for thatched roofs in Ranworth on the Norfolk Broads today. The reed is cut, threshed, and bundled and tied ready for drying and delivery to thatchers.
Rowan Nichols and Paul Eldridge were part of the 2006 Broads Authority Reed and Sedge Cutters Apprentice scheme brought in due to dwindling numbers of traditional cutters. They were later joined by their friend Lawrence Watts, and have worked together ever since.
Lawrence Watts burns the waste on a fire
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Reed cutters on the Norfolk Broads keeping the rural tradition alive supplying reeds to make thatched roofs.
Reed Harvest, Ranworth Broad, Norfolk, England.
Marshmen harvest reed for thatched roofs in Ranworth on the Norfolk Broads today. The reed is cut, threshed, and bundled and tied ready for drying and delivery to thatchers.
Rowan Nichols and Paul Eldridge were part of the 2006 Broads Authority Reed and Sedge Cutters Apprentice scheme brought in due to dwindling numbers of traditional cutters. They were later joined by their friend Lawrence Watts, and have worked together ever since.
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Reed cutters on the Norfolk Broads keeping the rural tradition alive supplying reeds to make thatched roofs.
Reed Harvest, Ranworth Broad, Norfolk, England.
Marshmen harvest reed for thatched roofs in Ranworth on the Norfolk Broads today. The reed is cut, threshed, and bundled and tied ready for drying and delivery to thatchers.
Rowan Nichols and Paul Eldridge were part of the 2006 Broads Authority Reed and Sedge Cutters Apprentice scheme brought in due to dwindling numbers of traditional cutters. They were later joined by their friend Lawrence Watts, and have worked together ever since.
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Reed cutters on the Norfolk Broads keeping the rural tradition alive supplying reeds to make thatched roofs.
Reed Harvest, Ranworth Broad, Norfolk, England.
Marshmen harvest reed for thatched roofs in Ranworth on the Norfolk Broads today. The reed is cut, threshed, and bundled and tied ready for drying and delivery to thatchers.
Rowan Nichols and Paul Eldridge were part of the 2006 Broads Authority Reed and Sedge Cutters Apprentice scheme brought in due to dwindling numbers of traditional cutters. They were later joined by their friend Lawrence Watts, and have worked together ever since.
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Reed cutters on the Norfolk Broads keeping the rural tradition alive supplying reeds to make thatched roofs.
Reed Harvest, Ranworth Broad, Norfolk, England.
Marshmen harvest reed for thatched roofs in Ranworth on the Norfolk Broads today. The reed is cut, threshed, and bundled and tied ready for drying and delivery to thatchers.
Rowan Nichols and Paul Eldridge were part of the 2006 Broads Authority Reed and Sedge Cutters Apprentice scheme brought in due to dwindling numbers of traditional cutters. They were later joined by their friend Lawrence Watts, and have worked together ever since.
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Reed cutters on the Norfolk Broads keeping the rural tradition alive supplying reeds to make thatched roofs.
Reed Harvest, Ranworth Broad, Norfolk, England.
Marshmen harvest reed for thatched roofs in Ranworth on the Norfolk Broads today. The reed is cut, threshed, and bundled and tied ready for drying and delivery to thatchers.
Rowan Nichols and Paul Eldridge were part of the 2006 Broads Authority Reed and Sedge Cutters Apprentice scheme brought in due to dwindling numbers of traditional cutters. They were later joined by their friend Lawrence Watts, and have worked together ever since.
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Reed cutters on the Norfolk Broads keeping the rural tradition alive supplying reeds to make thatched roofs.
Reed Harvest, Ranworth Broad, Norfolk, England.
Marshmen harvest reed for thatched roofs in Ranworth on the Norfolk Broads today. The reed is cut, threshed, and bundled and tied ready for drying and delivery to thatchers.
Rowan Nichols and Paul Eldridge were part of the 2006 Broads Authority Reed and Sedge Cutters Apprentice scheme brought in due to dwindling numbers of traditional cutters. They were later joined by their friend Lawrence Watts, and have worked together ever since.
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Reed cutters on the Norfolk Broads keeping the rural tradition alive supplying reeds to make thatched roofs.
Reed Harvest, Ranworth Broad, Norfolk, England.
Marshmen harvest reed for thatched roofs in Ranworth on the Norfolk Broads today. The reed is cut, threshed, and bundled and tied ready for drying and delivery to thatchers.
Rowan Nichols and Paul Eldridge were part of the 2006 Broads Authority Reed and Sedge Cutters Apprentice scheme brought in due to dwindling numbers of traditional cutters. They were later joined by their friend Lawrence Watts, and have worked together ever since.
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Reed cutters on the Norfolk Broads keeping the rural tradition alive supplying reeds to make thatched roofs.
Reed Harvest, Ranworth Broad, Norfolk, England.
Marshmen harvest reed for thatched roofs in Ranworth on the Norfolk Broads today. The reed is cut, threshed, and bundled and tied ready for drying and delivery to thatchers.
Rowan Nichols and Paul Eldridge were part of the 2006 Broads Authority Reed and Sedge Cutters Apprentice scheme brought in due to dwindling numbers of traditional cutters. They were later joined by their friend Lawrence Watts, and have worked together ever since.
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Reed cutters on the Norfolk Broads keeping the rural tradition alive supplying reeds to make thatched roofs.
Reed Harvest, Ranworth Broad, Norfolk, England.
Marshmen harvest reed for thatched roofs in Ranworth on the Norfolk Broads today. The reed is cut, threshed, and bundled and tied ready for drying and delivery to thatchers.
Rowan Nichols and Paul Eldridge were part of the 2006 Broads Authority Reed and Sedge Cutters Apprentice scheme brought in due to dwindling numbers of traditional cutters. They were later joined by their friend Lawrence Watts, and have worked together ever since.
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Reed cutters on the Norfolk Broads keeping the rural tradition alive supplying reeds to make thatched roofs.
Reed Harvest, Ranworth Broad, Norfolk, England.
Marshmen harvest reed for thatched roofs in Ranworth on the Norfolk Broads today. The reed is cut, threshed, and bundled and tied ready for drying and delivery to thatchers.
Rowan Nichols and Paul Eldridge were part of the 2006 Broads Authority Reed and Sedge Cutters Apprentice scheme brought in due to dwindling numbers of traditional cutters. They were later joined by their friend Lawrence Watts, and have worked together ever since.
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Reed cutters on the Norfolk Broads keeping the rural tradition alive supplying reeds to make thatched roofs.
Reed Harvest, Ranworth Broad, Norfolk, England.
Marshmen harvest reed for thatched roofs in Ranworth on the Norfolk Broads today. The reed is cut, threshed, and bundled and tied ready for drying and delivery to thatchers.
Rowan Nichols and Paul Eldridge were part of the 2006 Broads Authority Reed and Sedge Cutters Apprentice scheme brought in due to dwindling numbers of traditional cutters. They were later joined by their friend Lawrence Watts, and have worked together ever since.
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Reed cutters on the Norfolk Broads keeping the rural tradition alive supplying reeds to make thatched roofs.
Reed Harvest, Ranworth Broad, Norfolk, England.
Marshmen harvest reed for thatched roofs in Ranworth on the Norfolk Broads today. The reed is cut, threshed, and bundled and tied ready for drying and delivery to thatchers.
Rowan Nichols and Paul Eldridge were part of the 2006 Broads Authority Reed and Sedge Cutters Apprentice scheme brought in due to dwindling numbers of traditional cutters. They were later joined by their friend Lawrence Watts, and have worked together ever since.
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Reed cutters on the Norfolk Broads keeping the rural tradition alive supplying reeds to make thatched roofs.
Reed Harvest, Ranworth Broad, Norfolk, England.
Marshmen harvest reed for thatched roofs in Ranworth on the Norfolk Broads today. The reed is cut, threshed, and bundled and tied ready for drying and delivery to thatchers.
Rowan Nichols and Paul Eldridge were part of the 2006 Broads Authority Reed and Sedge Cutters Apprentice scheme brought in due to dwindling numbers of traditional cutters. They were later joined by their friend Lawrence Watts, and have worked together ever since.
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Reed cutters on the Norfolk Broads keeping the rural tradition alive supplying reeds to make thatched roofs.
Reed Harvest, Ranworth Broad, Norfolk, England.
Marshmen harvest reed for thatched roofs in Ranworth on the Norfolk Broads today. The reed is cut, threshed, and bundled and tied ready for drying and delivery to thatchers.
Rowan Nichols and Paul Eldridge were part of the 2006 Broads Authority Reed and Sedge Cutters Apprentice scheme brought in due to dwindling numbers of traditional cutters. They were later joined by their friend Lawrence Watts, and have worked together ever since.
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Reed cutters on the Norfolk Broads keeping the rural tradition alive supplying reeds to make thatched roofs.
Reed Harvest, Ranworth Broad, Norfolk, England.
Marshmen harvest reed for thatched roofs in Ranworth on the Norfolk Broads today. The reed is cut, threshed, and bundled and tied ready for drying and delivery to thatchers.
Rowan Nichols and Paul Eldridge were part of the 2006 Broads Authority Reed and Sedge Cutters Apprentice scheme brought in due to dwindling numbers of traditional cutters. They were later joined by their friend Lawrence Watts, and have worked together ever since.
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Reed cutters on the Norfolk Broads keeping the rural tradition alive supplying reeds to make thatched roofs.
Reed Harvest, Ranworth Broad, Norfolk, England.
Marshmen harvest reed for thatched roofs in Ranworth on the Norfolk Broads today. The reed is cut, threshed, and bundled and tied ready for drying and delivery to thatchers.
Rowan Nichols and Paul Eldridge were part of the 2006 Broads Authority Reed and Sedge Cutters Apprentice scheme brought in due to dwindling numbers of traditional cutters. They were later joined by their friend Lawrence Watts, and have worked together ever since.
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Reed cutters on the Norfolk Broads keeping the rural tradition alive supplying reeds to make thatched roofs.
Reed Harvest, Ranworth Broad, Norfolk, England.
Marshmen harvest reed for thatched roofs in Ranworth on the Norfolk Broads today. The reed is cut, threshed, and bundled and tied ready for drying and delivery to thatchers.
Rowan Nichols and Paul Eldridge were part of the 2006 Broads Authority Reed and Sedge Cutters Apprentice scheme brought in due to dwindling numbers of traditional cutters. They were later joined by their friend Lawrence Watts, and have worked together ever since.
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Reed cutters on the Norfolk Broads keeping the rural tradition alive supplying reeds to make thatched roofs.
Reed Harvest, Ranworth Broad, Norfolk, England.
Marshmen harvest reed for thatched roofs in Ranworth on the Norfolk Broads today. The reed is cut, threshed, and bundled and tied ready for drying and delivery to thatchers.
Rowan Nichols and Paul Eldridge were part of the 2006 Broads Authority Reed and Sedge Cutters Apprentice scheme brought in due to dwindling numbers of traditional cutters. They were later joined by their friend Lawrence Watts, and have worked together ever since.
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Reed cutters on the Norfolk Broads keeping the rural tradition alive supplying reeds to make thatched roofs.
Reed Harvest, Ranworth Broad, Norfolk, England.
Marshmen harvest reed for thatched roofs in Ranworth on the Norfolk Broads today. The reed is cut, threshed, and bundled and tied ready for drying and delivery to thatchers.
Rowan Nichols and Paul Eldridge were part of the 2006 Broads Authority Reed and Sedge Cutters Apprentice scheme brought in due to dwindling numbers of traditional cutters. They were later joined by their friend Lawrence Watts, and have worked together ever since.
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