Coffee, chocolate, oranges, berries, and a lot more foods are at risk of becoming harder to grow and even outright scarce as climate change worsens—oh and existing agriculture has lots of negative climate impacts. What if we could make high-quality, sustainable food accessible to everyone? In this episode of Everybody in the Pool, Molly Wood speaks with Gilwoo Lee, founder and CEO of Zordi. Zordi is an ag-tech company that combines greenhouses, robots, and AI to create autonomous food-growing environments that address the challenges of climate change and food security.
In This Episode, We Cover:
- The origins and mission of Zordi
- How Zordi’s technology combines greenhouses, robots, and AI for sustainable farming
- The environmental and economic benefits of local, automated food production
- Challenges and breakthroughs in indoor farming
- The future of Zordi's technology and its potential impact on global food systems
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