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In celebration of the Spring Equinox, our talented designer Claire Dierksen (maker of all the plant icons you see in the FarmBot web app) has teamed up with Apple Design Award winning developer Ryan McLeod to launch today Every Plant, Ever, a sticker pack for iOS!...

Earlier this month we sold out of the final FarmBot Genesis XL v1.4 kits, which means we're now accepting pre-orders for Genesis XL v1.5! The new kits will have several to-be-announced improvements over v1.4, but will be the same sized devices with...

Starting today, qualified customers can purchase FarmBot now and pay over time with financing provided by Affirm. Simply click the Pre-qaulify now links underneath product prices or on the cart page to get a real-time decision of the financing terms offered. We're very excited...

Hi everyone, Here's an update of what we've been up to the last few months and where we're heading: Software Variables The vast majority of our software development efforts since October have been to build out the much-anticipated variables feature....

At FarmBot Inc, all of our functional work (hardware, software, and documentation) is licensed such that you have the freedom to: Use the work as you wish, for any purpose. Study the work, and change it so it functions as...

The importance of the README.md file in open-source software has been well known for years. But what happens when you go beyond software and begin to document your hardware, your community, and your business model too? In this talk at LCA...

With the start of the new year, we're introducing new, lowered pricing for FarmBot Genesis and FarmBot Genesis XL! Check out our website to see how you can get started with FarmBot today. Wondering what it takes to put together a...

Last month, we announced the public beta of meta.farm.bot - the documentation hub of our business itself.  Since then, we've received positive feedback that the information is interesting, relevant, and empowering to not only other business leaders, but to aspiring entrepreneurs as well....

Hi FarmBot community,This week we deployed new features to the FarmBot web app at my.farm.bot and also released v6.4.12 of FarmBot OS. In this update you’ll find a lot of small improvements that add up to a more consistent and...

At FarmBot Inc, we believe that business is a powerful agent for change, and like our products, it can be more powerful when its details are openly shared for inspection, modification, and replication by others. That's why we've committed in...

This week we posted seven new videos of our v1.4 FarmBot hardware. Watch them to get an up close look at all of the parts, learn about the differences between Genesis and Genesis XL, and see what's changed from v1.3....