Irving Fain

@ischafer Thanks Ian - really appreciate this

Been a fan of @ifain's for a long time. Lead with humility and conviction.

@tjparker This is amazing!

a couple more details

almost done 💆🏻‍♂️

@TamarHaspel @FortuneMagazine @BoweryFarming We are already looking at solar and wind options for our upcoming farms.

@TamarHaspel @FortuneMagazine @BoweryFarming @TamarHaspelo Glad you asked! @BoweryFarming sources all of our energy from certified low-impact hydroelectricity projects and as we grow, our team is committed to using 100% renewable energy to power our future farms based on location and availability.

This is the first I've seen of vertical farms using exclusively renewable energy - in a @FortuneMagazine piece by @BoweryFarming CEO @ifain . Irving, what kind of renewables do you use? The same in all locations? Does it cover all your power needs? fortune.com/2023/02/10/new…

Agriculture is the second largest contributor to global greenhouse gasses slightly behind energy and yet the technological innovation in ag is just beginning with so much potential ahead. This is critical infrastructure for our food system

When people ask why I'm optimistic about the future in what feels like a continuous onslaught of challenges, it's because of the incredible innovation that's happening in so many areas of our economy. Agriculture is a critical part of this

Today @FortuneMagazine published my Oped talking about how the federal government can help support ag innovation, growth & leadership similarly to how we've enabled so much advancement in renewable energy, EV's and other critical areas of our economy 🧵 fortune.com/2023/02/10/new…

@carolmassar @BoweryFarming Such a fun night - thanks for joining!

A fun and informative evening with ⁦@BoweryFarming⁩ …. on food deserts, climate impact, efficiency and ag and food innovation. Stay tuned.

@typesfast Such a hard food to find the ROI for me...

I forgot you can buy crabs direct from the fishing boats in SF

Good thread that's worth a read from @YQuint about the pieces that came out today on the plant-based meat industry. Yossi is well positioned to understand the challenges as well as the opportunities facing this category given his current work as well as his prior life.

@mattturck And also points to the necessity for any company, no matter how substantial the moat and advantage at the time, to continue to innovate

@mattturck The answer is yes, but the question is how durable is any moat over time.

Our industry is obsessed with moats. Yet Facebook (ultimate network effect) is being disrupted by TikTok And Google Search (ultimate brand, scale, etc) could be disrupted by ChatGPT and others Do moats actually exist?

B2B auto-generated sales emails on Thanksgiving morning 🤔🤔

@jrichlive ❤️🐶

we lost our dog Buster yesterday to cancer. rough day for the Richards family. new level of empathy from me for others who lose a beloved pet. 💔

@lazerow ❤️🐶

Tough morning waking up without this good girl …

I'm thrilled to see this type of innovation. Palm Oil is devastating on so many levels and it's ubiquitous in our everyday products. We must find a better way. Cheering for @C16Bio ! cnbc.com/2022/11/03/gat…

@scottbelsky Or else build a compelling product / api that plugs into any co data warehouse and builds a larger and larger set of cross-company info on a customer. That would push co's to want to opt-in. Basically tech-driven coalition loyalty

@scottbelsky The largest value in the status for co's is in the data itself and thus the portability tool would need to bring along all the data / personalization info which inherently requires co's to consent.

wild to me that no service has successfully made verified status portable - like airline status level, loyalty at hotels, influencer status on social platforms, whale status at restaurants, etc. this info is still siloed and belongs to the company vs. portable and owned by user

@scottbelsky There are examples of this working in the coalition loyalty model which is much more popular in Canada (i.e. AirMiles) where you can earn across partners, but ultimately the issue with portability is co's don't want that customer loyalty / data going to competitors

people would love to have their hard work or loyalty open doors, and brands would all like to know who they’re interacting with. (know anyone working on this, DM me)

Huge thanks to @joepercoco, @jackconte, @samyamiam Patrick Spence, @JoannaColes, José Neves, @AlbertSaniger, @ifain, @alexandr_wang, @ni2las, @bchesky, and @dannyrimer for all the inspiring lessons and joining me on the ‘Most Innovative Companies’ podcast 🙏