🌿Vertical Farming Podcast - Season 12!

1. 🧐 What if I told you mushrooms could change your life? Meet John James Staniszewski, a man whose journey from nightclubs to fungi is nothing short of transformative. 🍄✨ #MushroomMystery @TheFungitarian 🧵👇

"Dynamic lighting was something that I was vaguely familiar with. I knew there were a lot of changes in LEDs, and the one thing I knew I didn't want to do is just be a box pusher." - Andrew Volpetti #VerticalFarmPod verticalfarmingpodcast.com/s12e180

"I think a lot of the hype bubble, which did pop, and everyone using that trough of disillusionment graph ad nauseam, I think it was good to see. And I think everyone is appreciating it more." - Andrew Volpetti #VerticalFarmPod verticalfarmingpodcast.com/s12e180

10/ All of it leads to bigger questions: How do we bring food to deserts? How do we empower growers to be caretakers of their land and their communities? Should everyone stash a packet of organic seeds, just in case? #VerticalFarming #IndoorAg #SustainableFarming #CEA

9/ The plot thickens with rebates—a labyrinth where knowledge is power. Navigating state-by-state, provider-by-provider mazes can make lights nearly free (with labor and downtime factored in), if you know the tricks.

1/ Harry Duran welcomes Andrew Volpetti, Business Development Director for North America at Red Horticulture, fresh from the energy of Indoor Ag Con. But this year, something’s in the air. The hype? Deflated. The mood? Somber, yet… hopeful. #VerticalFarming

Vertical farming in MENA is scaling fast. T57 can connect growers, buyers, and logistics into one AI-native food corridor to power this shift. @VerticalFarmPod #AgTech #FutureOfFoodTrade #T57

"The containerized solution that we could put together was able to produce 850 pounds a day, which, if you look at the industry, you can feed 30 cows, 35 horses, and stuff like that..." - Joaquin Gonzalez #VerticalFarmPod verticalfarmingpodcast.com/s12e179

"At the end, you have to have horses, you have to have a trainer and all this stuff, and it was something that from there I transitioned to another sport because it was too expensive..." - Joaquin Gonzalez #VerticalFarmPod verticalfarmingpodcast.com/s12e179

10/ That’s when he crossed paths with Elusis Feed—a European firm with 40 years in the hydroponic game, able to scale up to feed tens of thousands of animals. Joaquin brought this powerhouse technology stateside, opening the door to industrial transformation.

9/ The real twist: even the best container farms could only feed so many animals. Joaquin realized—most American ranchers needed scale, not just innovation. Eight containers? Not practical. The search continued.

🧵1/ You ever meet someone whose whole life feels like a riddle—every piece of their story another clue? That’s what happened when I dove into the latest episode of the Vertical Farming Podcast with Joaquin Gonzalez, Chief Expansion Officer at Elusis Feed. #VerticalFarming