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.
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
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Workshops & Field Dialogues – farmers outline concrete challenges.
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Opportunity Platforms – cluster curates joint R&D tracks with companies and academia.
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Pilots on Real Farms – solutions are tested where it matters.
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Knowledge Sharing – results feed back to the network via events and the Agritech Connect portal.
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Scaling – proven concepts roll out to the wider market.
Contact

Gunnar Crawford
Head of Agritech Cluster
+47 934 88 841
gunnar@nordicedge.org

Jack Davies
Business Developer, Agritech
+47 408 45 968
jack@nordicedge.org