Announcing AgTech Meetup with Farm Hack, AeroFarms, Agrilyst + More

AgTech innovation is on fire. From vertical farming and aquaponics to open-source farming and farm management, there is a growing crop of startups using data and technology to make food production more sustainable, efficient and profitable.

Meet some these innovators at our next Food+Tech Meetup on Tuesday, January 12, and get an inside look at their business models, products, challenges and lessons learned.

There will also be networking and nibbles. More info coming soon!

Calling All Farmers

Are you a farmer who’s worked with AgTech products or services? We’d love to have you present about your experience. Email nina[at]foodtechconnect[dot]com if you’re interested.
 

AgTech Meetup Details

• Where: LMHQ in Manhattan
• When: Tuesday, January 12 from 6:30 – 9:30 PM
• RSVP: Space is limited, so make sure to RSVP here.

Schedule

• 6:30 – 7:15: Networking + Snacks
• 7:15 – 8:45: Presentations + Q&A
• 8:45 – 9:30: More Networking

Confirmed Presenters

Jason Green – CEO & Co-founder, Edenworks– Edenworks is creating the future of farming: data-driven urban food infrastructure. It designs, builds, and operates a network of automated rooftop aquaponic farms, providing organic and sustainable seafood and produce to local food service businesses.

Gabe Blanchet – Co-founder & CEO, Grove – Grove builds beautiful products to make local, healthy food accessible to everyone on the planet.

Margaret Gifford – Adviser, Farm Hack – Farm Hack is a worldwide community of farmers and allies that build and modify our own tools. Farm Hack is for those who embrace the long-standing farm traditions of tinkering, inventing, fabricating, tweaking, and improving things that break. Farm Hack is a participatory and cumulative project that invites people to join. Check out its movie.

Marc Oshima, Co-Founder + CMO, AeroFarms – AeroFarms is on a mission to combat our global food crisis with technology. We do this by building, owning and operating indoor, vertical farms that grow safe, nutritious food in a way that is respectful to the planet and the communities in which we grow.

Allison Kopf – Founder + CEO, Agrilyst – Agrilyst is the intelligence platform for indoor farms, and helps greenhouse operators run their operations more efficiently by pulling in data from sensors in the greenhouse and information about crop yields and other metrics.