Robert Saik

Robert Saik has more than forty years of experience as a Professional Agrologist, entrepreneur, and international agriculture consultant, working with clients ranging from Nigeria's Minister of Agriculture to Bill Gates. A Distinguished Agrologist and self-described agriculture futurist, he has founded more than fifteen companies across farming, agri-retail, distribution, media, and agricultural technology, including the Agri-Trend and Agri-Data group of companies, which was acquired by Trimble. He was named Canadian Agri-Marketer of the Year in 2014, and his TEDx talk, Will Agriculture Be Allowed to Feed 9 Billion People?, has been viewed more than 150,000 times. In Food 5.0, he takes readers from the muscle era of farming to a future in which the convergence of sensors, robotics, and machine learning makes sustainable agriculture achievable.