How To Fix The Broken Food System Before It’s Too Late | SMARTKAS In Conversation With Spencer Lodge

Spencer Lodge is a serial entrepreneur in Dubai and across the Middle East. His podcast features industry experts from different sectors about their journeys and lessons. In this episode, he talks to SMARTKAS’ CEO Dr. David Meszaros on how SMARTKAS tackles fruit and vegetable production for the fast-growing population in the face of climate change.

SMARTKAS’ AI-powered smart farms can be placed in urban areas, around which the majority of the growing population is going to be centered. This will cut on the cost of transport for any food export-import industry.

Spencer and David also discuss many other important aspects of SMARTKAS’ business model, including a 28-day cycle in harvesting strawberries, no pesticides, 95 % less water, electricity generated through renewable sources, and even the potential to partner up with a mega-polluter to upcycle their waste as a power source for the smart farm.

00:00 Intro
01:06 What is SMARTKAS?
02:06 Where did the idea come from?
03:04 What is food security?
05:19 Logistics
07:45 How does a smart farm work?
13:22 Water positive system
13:53 Looking at Geopolitical profiles
14:41 Is SMARTKAS a threat?
15:46 Big numbers
16:48 What to do with leftover land?
17:20 Soil erosion
19:14 Pesticides
20:15 Birds
21:46 Davids history
23:48 What makes SMARTKAS unique? A.I. robotics and business
26:52 Competitors
28:02 Why Brazil?
28:47 What countries are we in?
29:05 Partners and offtakers
30:47 Lessons learned along the way
33:12 Lessons from pandemic
34:44 Who’s your inspiration? Gymshark
37:50 Future goals
38:36 End

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