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Future Farmer

Fremtidsbonden is the farmer-first innovation programme from the Nordic Edge Agritech Cluster. Together with forward-thinking growers, tech pioneers and research partners, we turn real-world challenges on Rogaland farms into smarter, greener and more profitable solutions.

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What is Fremtidsbonden?

Fremtidsbonden ( Future Farmer ) is a county-funded network that puts Rogaland farmers in the driver’s seat of agritech innovation.

  • Duration: 2023 – 2025 (with long-term ambitions)
  • Funding: Rogaland County Municipality – “Regional Facilitation Measures in Agriculture”
  • Host: Nordic Edge Agritech Cluster – Norway’s leading arena for sustainable smart-farming technology
  • Mission: Equip farmers with digital and precision-ag skills, while guiding industry to build tools that actually work in the field.

Who Can Join?

Any Rogaland farmer curious about new technology – regardless of size, sector or digital skill level. Enthusiasm beats expertise; we’ll build the know-how together.

Why Join? 

  • Influence the future of farm tech: Share challenges and co-design solutions before they reach the market.
  • Test and validate innovations: Pilot tools with partners – keep what works, drop what doesn’t.
  • Customize for your operation: Shape solutions that ease daily workloads and boost profitability.
  • Stay compliance-ready: Build skills for future demands in emissions, documentation, and data.
  • Showcase modern farming: Demonstrate to consumers and policymakers that farming leads on sustainability.
  • Expand your network: Collaborate with farmers, researchers, and suppliers to tackle shared challenges.

Focus Areas (defined by farmers)

  • Impact & Future Outlook – make sure policy and perception align with reality.
  • Efficiency – save time, cut waste, improve wellbeing.
  • Soil Management – healthier soil, resilient yields.
  • Energy – self-produced, secure and profitable power.


Each theme already feeds dedicated “opportunity platforms” such as new feeding solutions, on-farm energy, data-driven efficiency and regenerative soil health.

 How it Works

  • Workshops & Field Dialogues – farmers outline concrete challenges.

  • Opportunity Platforms – cluster curates joint R&D tracks with companies and academia.

  • Pilots on Real Farms – solutions are tested where it matters.

  • Knowledge Sharing – results feed back to the network via events and the Agritech Connect portal.

  • Scaling – proven concepts roll out to the wider market.

Contact

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Gunnar Crawford

Head of Agritech Cluster

+47 934 88 841
gunnar@nordicedge.org

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Jack Davies

Business Developer, Agritech

+47 408 45 968
jack@nordicedge.org