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Mountains of FarmBots are heading out the door

Over the last three weeks we've been working hard in the FarmBot warehouse to do the final QA checks and packaging for all 350 FarmBot kits. While the process has taken longer than we hoped for, we're certain it will be...

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March Software Update

Check out what's new with the FarmBot software stack since last month: We now have over 70 awesome crop icons made for common garden vegetables. Simply drag and drop plants into the farm designer to see for yourself! Have a...

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Erlang Factory 2017

We sent our core FarmBot OS software engineer, Connor Rigby, to the Erlang Factory 2017 conference in San Francisco. Here's what he had to say about the experience: Erlang and Elixir factory was the first time they included "Elixir" in...

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Be a part of the FarmBot mini documentary series!

NOTE: This newsletter was sent to our first production batch customers only. It is cross-posted here for posterity. Dear Early FarmBot Adopters, We would like to invite you to become a part of FarmBot history, featuring your story in one...

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We've started shipping!

Dear FarmBot supporters, Today, the final day of February, we are incredibly excited to let you know that we started shipping out the first batch of 350 FarmBot Genesis kits! This moment has been three and a half years in the making for...

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Please verify your shipping address

NOTE: This blog post was sent as an email newsletter to all of our 1st batch customers only. We have cross-posted it here for posterity. Hi FarmBot supporter, As mentioned in our general newsletter a few hours ago, we expect...

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February Hardware Update 2

Over the last few weeks our warehouse has started to fill up. We've added large work tables, push carts, packaging materials, and several tons worth of FarmBot parts! Just today we received all of the metal plates, plastic pieces, motors,...

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February Hardware Update

Over the last few weeks all sorts of FarmBot parts have started shipping to us! Some have come by plane, others by boat or truck. We've received a few pallets worth so far but we anticipate another 15 pallets worth to...

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January Software Update

Check out what's new in the FarmBot software world: New Status Ticker We completely rebuilt the logs and status ticker, combining them into one dropdown located at the top of the app. Now you can see what your FarmBot is...

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Production Update

About a month ago we wrapped up the final changes to the FarmBot hardware design, reviewed the final sample components, and gave the go-ahead to our partner factories and suppliers to produce 350 FarmBot kits. As of this writing we have...

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2016 Wrapup

Now that 2016 has come to a close, we're looking back on what we've accomplished over the last 12 months. In the beginning of the year FarmBot successfully grew over a dozen different vegetable crops. During this time we shot...

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