North Dakota site out to create farm of the future

Carroll says project will involve unspecified millions in capital investment, and thousands of people involved, including participation from federal, state, local and private contributions. Carroll said the initiative has five strategic parts:“Ecosystem”: The project will build a community of interest, through networking events, identifying collaboration opportunities as well as gaps in the process.Innovation platform: This initiative will create or engage with a “business accelerator” company to match start-up companies with venture capital.Makerspace: This is a a kind of laboratory -- a building and some land used for hands-on creativity. Individuals, organizations, universities, corporations, or even high school students, to “prototype different applications and look for different opportunities to do autonomous activities.”Education: The Grand Farm will study the education needed for the industry and play a part in delivering it. Young people and potential workers, perhaps displaced out of disrupted industries could “upscale” skills through working a “code school,” developed by Grand Farm, to teach specialized software development.