In 2019,  Poultry Patrol was a finalist in a worldwide contest aimed at improving the poultry industry. We competed for The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research and the McDonald’s Corporation Grant. We did not win the final prize. However, Digi Labs, a Wayzata-based tech incubator liked our project and wanted us to continue by offering us a grant. Their grant and support allowed us to build two of our working prototypes – SMR v.1 and SMR v.2.