Sam Bertram is the Founder and CEO of OnePointOne, an agtech startup that is developing aeroponics vertical farming technology to grow fruits and vegetables more efficiently. Picture this as a warehouse packed with robotics, internet of things and AI systems to automate farming operations and to optimize plant growth

In this episode, Sam walks us through:

• the origin story of OnePointOne from a university prototype to getting first funding
• the vertical farming technology and the plants it can viably grow
• the environmental impact of conventional farming and how can vertical farming mitigate some of this huge footprint
• the challenges ahead to scale vertical farming: bringing down unit economics cost and developing new farm financing models

Enjoy the show!

To learn more about OnePointOne: https://www.onepointone.com/

To learn more about the philosopher referenced by Sam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z5-P9v3F8w&ab_channel=JustinBieberVEVO