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Feb. 10, 2023

S7E84: Tobias Peggs / Square Roots - Exploring the Maturity of Indoor…

Episode Summary In this episode of the podcast, Harry Duran interviews Tobias Peggs, the CEO & Co-founder of Square Roots, a leading vertical farming company. Tobias shares the company's innovative approach to creating a more...

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Feb. 3, 2023

S7E83: Henry Ernst / Control Union - Continuous improvement & Driving…

Episode Summary Henry Ernst currently occupies the role of Assessment Manager at Control Union UK Ltd, an organization that specializes in sustainability in agriculture, fisheries, textiles, plastics, timber, biofuels, and fo...

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Jan. 27, 2023

S7E82: Tristan Fischer / Fischer Farms - A Looming Food Crisis, Susta…

Episode Summary Tristan Fischer has been involved in sustainable energy and sustainable food for over twenty years. He has been the Chairman or CEO of numerous companies, including Fischer Farms, a vertical farming/hydroponic...

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Jan. 20, 2023

S7E81: Tim Hade / Scale Microgrid’s - Tackling Climate, Energy, & Hun…

Episode Summary Tim Hade is Co-founder and COO of Scale Microgrids, an organization that builds and invests in the world’s most cutting-edge microgrid solutions. Today, Harry and Tim discuss the importance of making our energ...

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Jan. 13, 2023

S7E80: Dr. Isaac Berzin / Vaxa Life’s - The Complexity of Algae & A Q…

Episode Summary Dr. Isaac Berzin is the Founder and CTO at Vaxa Life, an organization that is developing sustainable algae-based feed and food ingredients. He was named one the 100 most influential people in politics, busines...

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Jan. 6, 2023

S7E79: Tom Adamczyk / Planted Detroit’s - Biosecurity, Vertical Farmi…

Episode Summary Tom Adamczyk is the Founder & CEO at Planted Detroit, a beyond-organic farm that grows nutrient-packed greens and micros in a sustainable & controlled environment. Today, Harry and Tom discuss the origins of P...

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Dec. 19, 2022

S6E78: Brandy Keen / Surna’s - From Cannabis to Controlled Environmen…

Episode Summary Brandy Keen is the Co-founder & Senior Technical Advisor at Surna, an organization that designs, engineers and manufactures application-specific environmental control and air sanitation systems for commercial,...

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Dec. 13, 2022

S6E77: Nadun Hennayaka / GAIA Project Australia - Creating a More Sym…

Episode Summary Nadun Hennayaka is the Founder and CEO at GAIA Project Australia, an organization with a vision to combine the most developed technologies to produce sustainable food & electricity to every human on this plane...

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Dec. 5, 2022

S6E76: Magdalena Szawarska / Nangatech’s - Growing Smarter & More Sus…

Episode Summary Magdalena Szawarska is the Co-Founder and CEO of Nangatech, an organization that designs the most effective nanogas technology to boost the productivity of farming. Today, Harry and Magdalena talk about the st...

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Nov. 28, 2022

S6E75: Eric Lang / ZipGrow’s - Fixing the Broken Food Model Through E…

Episode Summary Eric Lang is the President and co-founder of ZipGrow, an organization that educates, equips, and empowers local farmers to grow better food for their communities using their patented ZipGrow technology. Today,...

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Nov. 18, 2022

S6E74: Dr. Christian Toma / Kalera - Improving the Food System & The …

Episode Summary Dr. Christian Toma is the Founder and Chief Science Officer (CSO) at Kalera, a technology-driven vertical farming company that is delivering sustainable ultra-clean, nutrient-dense produce year-round. Kalera i...

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Nov. 12, 2022

S6E73: David Ahmed / Hexafarms - Normalized Difference Vegetation Ind…

Episode Summary David Ahmed is the Founder and CEO of HexaFarms, an Ag-Tech Startup that develops software for vertical-farming systems. They harvest data and leverage the potential of AI to identify optimal growth conditions...

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Nov. 4, 2022

S6E72: Allison Kopf / iUNU - Augmented Reality & AI in CEA: The Inter…

Episode Summary Allison Kopf is the Chief Growth Officer at iUNU, a software development company that’s building the future of the controlled environment agriculture (CEA) industry through their AI-driven LUNA platform that e...

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Oct. 28, 2022

S6E71: Consolidation, Hybridization & Regenerative Agriculture with A…

Episode Summary Henry Gordon-Smith is the Founder of Agritecture, a global leader in urban agriculture consulting services. Today, Harry welcomes Henry back to the show for Round 2 where Henry talks all about his recent trave...

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Oct. 21, 2022

S6E70: Plant Genetics, First-Time CEO Challenges, & Improving the Equ…

Episode Summary Keenan Pinto is the founder and CEO of Nordetect, a real-time nutrient analysis product with cloud-connected hardware and accessible software that allows farmers to test their own soil samples and see results ...

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Oct. 14, 2022

S6E69: The Intersection of Emerging Technology In Agriculture & Energ…

Episode Summary Eric Eisele is an entrepreneur, environmentalist and CEO of Growflux, a horticultural tech company offering automation and cloud technologies aimed at resource efficiency and yield expansion for indoor farms, ...

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Oct. 7, 2022

S6E68: Modernizing & Democratizing Vertical Farming in Greece with Ch…

Episode Summary Founder and CEO of CityCrop, Christos Raftogiannis, joins the show to share his passion for agriculture, how the Indoor AgTech industry has evolved in Greece, and the challenge of assembling a team to take on ...

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Sept. 30, 2022

S6E67: Using Agriculture & Storytelling to Make a Positive Difference…

Episode Summary Founder and Chief Content Director of From Farms to Incubators, Amy Wu joins the show today to share her mission of highlighting women in food, farming, and farmtech, especially women of color. Amy is an entre...

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Sept. 27, 2022

S6E66: Creating Sustainable Solutions for Climate-Resilient Agricultu…

Episode Summary Co-Founder at Ekonoke, Inés Sagrario, joins the show to share her eclectic background, including her time at The Cluster Competitiveness Group, and the work she’s currently doing at Ekonoke, a sustainable indo...

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Aug. 9, 2022

S5E65: Helping Indoor Farms Grow More Sustainably, My Startup Journey…

Episode Summary Founder and CEO of VegBed, Albert Lin joins the show today to share the work he’s doing to create a better and easier way to use growing medium for the hydroponic community. Albert speaks to his experience as …

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July 29, 2022

S5E64: Growing AgTech by Supporting Small Farming & Farming as a Serv…

Episode Summary Founder and CEO of HRVSTS, Ali Daniali joins the show today to share his engineering background, the origin story of HRVSTS and the importance of supporting and promoting small farming both domestically and ab...

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July 25, 2022

S5E63: Diversifying & Being of Service to the AgTech Industry with Ni…

Episode Summary Founder and CEO of Contain and recurring guest, Nicola Kerslake joins the show today to discuss three exciting and innovative areas of AgTech she and her team at Contain are focusing on currently. Nicola touch...

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July 15, 2022

S5E62: Building A Future Together: From The Air Force to Pioneering T…

Episode Summary Founder and CEO of Vertical Future, Jamie Burrows is a passionate leader with extensive knowledge of the indoor AgTech space. Vertical Future is the world’s leading vertical farming technology and research com...

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July 8, 2022

S5E61: Social Entrepreneurism, Water Intelligence & Being a Change fo…

Episode Summary Founder and CEO of KETOS, Meena Sankaran joins the show to discuss her passion for leveraging disruptive technologies to make an impact as a social entrepreneur. KETOS is a vertically integrated water intellig...

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