The Iowa Organic Association is excited to host a webinar with Big Data in a Box and two of it's founders, Dr. Sree Nilakanta and Dr. Srini Reddy. Big Data in a Box has created a web app based program named SPIDER to help organic farmers with their record keeping. By using SPIDER farmers are able to collect data for better decision making and prepare reports for their Organic Certification. Dr.'s Nilakanta and Reddy will share their program and how farmers can best use the data that they are able to collect.

Webinar Topics:

• Data collection with the SPIDER platform
• The importance of record keeping for making farm decisions
• Using SPIDER for organic certification reporting
• And more!

About Big Data in a Box

Big Data in a Box (BDiB), a rising new agtech startup based in Ames, Iowa, aims to help small and midsize organic farmers simplify the process of achieving compliance and acquiring certification with the help of innovative technologies. 

The idea for BDiB came about by chance. It originated from an interview with an organic farmer on National Public Radio (NPR) that BDiB’s CEO and President Dr. Sree Nilakanta happened to listen to. He could sense the farmer’s frustration with the daily logs required for compliance and certification. This meticulous tracking, from seed to sale, was not only time-consuming but also reduced the farmer's productivity.

How to attend 

This webinar is free to attend. Simply register below and a link to the Zoom meeting will be emailed with your registration confirmation.