AeroFarms: Breakthrough Vertical Farming For The Betterment Of Humanity

Amanda Christensen, ideaXme guest interviewer and strategy executive at Cubaka interviews Marc Oshima, co-founder and chief marketing officer at AeroFarms.

AeroFarms is a Certified B Corporation. They use the latest breakthroughs in indoor vertical farming, artificial intelligence and plant biology to fix our broken food system and improve the way fresh produce is grown and distributed locally and globally. Their objective is to solve both current and future food challenges by producing high quality safe produce using the latest science and technology.

The interview chapters:

00:00 Welcome to another episode of ideaXme.
00:54 What inspired you to create AeroFarms?
03:44 How do we grow the best plants possible for the betterment of humanity?
04:58 We are able to grow with ninety five percent less water.
05:02 We are able to grow with zero pesticides.
08:38 We are working in other categories such as pharmaceutical, neutroceutical and thinking of how we can help these companies solve their supply chains.
13:07 What's next for AeroFarms?
13:56 The facility in Abu Dhabi.
17:21 The Food Bank New York City.
19:23 If there was any one individual that you could meet throughout the sands of time who would that be and why?
19.52 Someone like Charles Darwin.
20:20 Thank you for moving the human story forward.

AeroFarms Transforming Agriculture

Since 2004 AeroFarms have been transforming agriculture with people and planet in mind. They have built a proprietary agriculture platform to grow a wide array of products, delivering superior flavour, better quality and improved nutrition with the most sophisticated levels of traceability and food safety in our industry.

AeroFarms' Vision

Understand plant biology to be great farmers and solve broader problems in agriculture
Serve communities by leading with brand and providing access to high-quality, consistent, and safe products. Protect the environment for future generations, growing more while using less

Marc Oshima's biography:

Marc is Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of AeroFarms, a leading clean- technology company that builds and operates responsible, state-of-the-art indoor vertical farms around the world, enabling local production and transforming agriculture. A Certified B Corporation, AeroFarms has been recognized by Fast Company as one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for Food and by Inc. as one of the Top 25 Disruptive Companies.
An award-winning marketer with an extensive background in retail, branding, and media, Marc is also passionate about increasing access to healthy food and has led the marketing for major food retailers. Marc has been recognized by Eating Well magazine as one of the 2018 American Food Heroes. With his B.A. from Columbia College and M.B.A. from Columbia Business School, Marc is also Board Co-Chair of Chefs Collaborative, a 25 year old non-profit improving our sustainable food systems, and a member of the United Fresh Produce Marketing & Merchandising Council.

Links Marc Oshima:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcoshima
https://twitter.com/oshimagoodfood?lang=en
https://www.aerofarms.com

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