AI Engineer · September 23, 2026

You’re Not Thinking Big Enough: Rebuilding Food Systems with AI Agents — Cody Menefee, Firecrawl

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Why it matters

Cody Menefee proposes an AI-assisted pasture-rotation system combining grazing knowledge, field observations and GPS-collar controls. Cameras, drones or satellite imagery could supply changing pasture conditions, while an LLM recommends moves for a farmer to accept or reject. The talk identifies unresolved data and hardware-integration needs; improved farm capacity is a project goal rather than a demonstrated outcome.

My takeaway: Map the observations, domain knowledge and hardware interfaces required for a physical workflow. Start with recommendations reviewed by the operator, and test data quality before connecting model output to equipment.

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