date:Jul 19, 2019
A new tool to more efficiently harvest the Monterey County's $143 million spinach crop might bring relief for farmers who have been struggling to find enough workers .
The spinach guard, developed by Harvest Moon Automations Inc., looks like nothing so much as a series of piano keys, splayed mere inches above the ground. It attaches to the front of a harvester, sticking just a few feet out in front of the machine.
When the tiny cameras positioned above the keys sense irregularities in the spin