Designing Tomorrow's Harvest: AI and a New Era of Crop Engineering | Scott Jackson | TEDxFargo

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In a world grappling with climate extremes, soil depletion, and food security demands, we can no longer rely solely on traditional breeding. Scott Jackson, founder of the Institute for Crop Design at the University of Georgia, shares how AI-powered modeling, precision genome engineering, and next-generation plant breeding are ushering in a new era of intentional crop design. Drawing from decades of experience—from sequencing legume genomes to leading R&D teams in the seed industry and now building disruptive solutions at UGA—he demonstrates real-world examples. This talk explores the design-build-test-learn cycle that accelerates innovation, turning data, biology, and breeding into tools for resilient, high-value crops. Discover how we move from selecting nature’s offerings to designing the abundant, sustainable food systems of tomorrow. Scott Jackson is a plant geneticist, agricultural innovator, and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Synthetic Biology at the University of G

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