FICTION

Future Lab: Tomorrow’s Farm

Sourcebooks/Duopress. Aug. 2023. 20p. Board $8.99. ISBN 9781955834483.
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PreS-K–In Cordeiro’s joyful pastorals, tomorrow’s farm looks a lot like today’s farm and yesterday’s farm, with a bright red barn and chicks pecking in the yard. But the farmer is a young woman with brown skin and a straw hat who carries a tablet; drones check on her land; her smart tractors are battery-powered and driverless; tracking devices measure the health of her animals; and she takes stock of conditions via a computer console in the morning before starting her chores. The book also touches on vertical farming, in labs, with robotic arms handling most of the picking, and how hydroponics can lead to consumers eating vegetables they grow at home without soil.
VERDICT It’s a bit of a stretch to label this the future, when driverless irrigation, drones, and robots are already features in farming; but as a gentle glimpse of agriculture, why not start here?
Reviewed by Kimberly Olson Fakih , Jul 01, 2023

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