BV33: Chris Edden: The birth of Josie Coffee 

BV32: C.E.O Wayne Ford: Vertical Patch: Uncle Bills Gross Liss tomatoes: an inspirational crop.

Being able to grow something and share it with people.

Past experiences and how they set Wayne up for success.

The environmental risks of running a property.

How sustainability reporting generated an interest in shaping environments and social impacts.

“What can we do to continually improve what we do?” - a question worth asking.

What advice would you give your own sons when starting business?

“It really comes down to the opportunities that present themselves.”

“Look at where you are and what stage of life you’re in and always be open to opportunities. Explore them, go into it with your eyes open and try before you buy.”

What are the costs, timing and earning potential of business opportunities?

“Everyone thinks they’ve got a unique product.”

Don’t be afraid to ask the big fish and see if you can collaborate.

“If you don’t think you can get on from day one, it’s unlikely that ship will turn around.”

“There has got to be a level of mutual respect and ability to think like and work with these people.”

“It’s ok to ask someone what they can help you with. Try to always explore that.”

Wayne’s answer to Owens question: The dawn.

Wayne’s question: I love the whole idea of paying it forward so If you were to think of your best mentoring moment, what would it be?

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BV31: C.E.O Wayne Ford: Vertical Patch: Making partnerships with the right people:

Making partnerships with the right people.

The people involved in upper business: Accountants, marketing, HR, Finance, Management.

“You can’t ask for a vertical farmer to work. People just say what’s that?”

Making partnerships with universities.

The effort involved in internship.

How do you find the right partner in business?

What you learn meeting at industry events.

“We’ve generally found through the industry that people are generally keen to help out.”

“A big part of farming is: You’ve got to diversify. You’ve got to be thinking, how can I diversify.”

How farming changes over time.

“One of the biggest problems in farming is energy”

Building extra energy sources for farms.

Make sure you connect others too.

“Give back is one of the major morals in partnership.”

“It’s important to network and connect with people who can do the jobs that either A: Your knowledge is lacking in or B: You just simply don’t have the time for.

Industry partnerships.

Can you grow hemp in a hydroponic set up?

Broad acre farming of hemp in clothing.

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BV30: C.E.O Wayne Ford: Vertical Patch – Hydroponics, Robotics and unit economics in vertical farming.

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What is hydroponics?

Controlled environment agriculture.

Monitoring plants with photo imagery.

Collaborating with universities to fuel growth.

Using 96% less water to grow crops.

Downsides to vertical farming.

Robotics in vertical farming.

Unit economics making a return on investment.

Which are the best vegetables to grow in vertical farms.

Using hemp as a plant medium and other suitable mediums.

Growing rare plants in protected environments.

Making international partnerships.

Where vertical patch began.

The mechanism of isolation in business causing the push for partnership.

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BV29: C.E.O Wayne Ford: Vertical Patch- The future of urban farming.

What is vertical farming and how is it useful in urban environments?

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Reducing travel time and lowering energy costs for fresh produce.

Avoiding impactful weather conditions.

“Vertical farming is to supplement regular farming not to replace it.”

How one amazing tomato inspired a business and life course.

What vertical farms look like.

How Vertical Patch grows more in less space.

Unlikely symbiotic collaborations with cryptocurrency data centres.

Carbon credits and how farms might get them.

Unidirectional membranes.

The power of opportunistic introductions.

Why indoor farming requires less chemicals.

Why vertical farming isn’t perfectly organic but close. (You need to grow in soil)

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BV27: Owen Hancock: Booger Bullet in depth and Owen’s inspirations.

-Check out our Instagram giveaway.

-How you can work with Owen in the design of your own board.

-How an addiction to chickens inspires art.

-The dimensional reasoning of the Booger Bullet. And the real inspiration for it’s dimensions.

-The materials of the Booger Bullet and why they work.

-The paradoxical value of simplicity in complicated works.

-Discovering new waves through board sales.

-Denmark, Israel and other unknown surf locations.

-The worlds most travelled and stamped postal box.

-Taxed, identifiable, flying objects: TIFO’s

-Entering surf communities through product.

-The parasitic nature of the bullet: “Once it goes somewhere it’s like a parasite. It finds a suitable host and just festers until it can duplicate.”

-Why The Booger Bullet has a 3 month wait list.

-Production rates and quality of boards and their change over time.

-Dave Kelly: “You won’t get it on the next one. Don’t let it go until you’re 100% on it.”

-“Be creative but to a time constraint.”

-“Being creatives good and all but if you never finish anything then it’s not worth shit”

-“A lot of creatives never finish shit because it’s hard to let go of things.”

-“If I did half of what he (Dave Kelly) was doing I'd be like ah look at me”

-“You start admiring people and then years down the track you realise you’re just like them.

-A teacher taught Owen that “There’s always a better way of doing it”

-“No one like not knowing what to do so the first time you see a resolution for the problem you jump on it.”

-John Prior: Owen’s tafe teacher.

-“It’s not until you take a step back or take a deep breath or go for a walk that you realize that there is a completely different way to do something.”

-Putting things down and sinking into the power of the subconscious mind.

BV26: Owen Hancock: Body surfing, Owen Surf Craft & the Booger Bullet. 

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