Commercial Indoor Vertical Farming...Commercial Indoor Vertical Farming Lisa Newman Chief Operations...
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We are focused on transforming agriculture by
building and operating environmentally
responsible farms around the world
to nourish our communities with
safe, nutritious, and delicious food.
Mantra
Farming Locally. Globally.
Automated GH with hybrid plant movement
system
• container based system
• overhead X, Y, Z crane
Adjacent Imaging Facility + Headhouse
• transfer robots singulate plants onto
conveyance
• RGB imaging
Lisa J. Newman, Ph.D.
• Chief Operations Officer, AeroFarms
• Head of Controlled Environments Department, DuPont Pioneer
• Postdoc research on plant growth and development at UC Berkley, CA
• Ph.D. in Plant Sciences, University of Oxford
• MSc. in Molecular Biology
Operations Management │ Research & Development │ Technology Integration
DuPont Pioneer Controlled Environments - 2008
Expertise in Scaling ProductionHigh Throughput Indoor Growing│ Greenhouse Automation│ Track & Trace Capabilities│Software Integration
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April Agee Carroll, Ph.D.Vice President R&D
Solutions-Focused Science Leader
Director of Phenomics, Purdue UniversityField and controlled environments phenomics infrastructure
$15MM field phenotyping facility, Indiana Corn & Soybean Innovation Center
$6.25MM automated controlled environments imaging facility
Industry and academic collaborations, generating >$5M
Vice-Chair, Intl Plant Phenotyping Network and founding Chair, North American Plant Phenotyping Network
Research and Technology Development Lead,
Controlled Environments, DuPont Pioneer
Automated production and phenotyping facilities, $38MM & $32MM
Program leader for two biotech trait development pipelines
Ph.D. plant cell biology and genetics with distinguished
professor Natasha Raikhel at UC Riverside, CA
Automated high-throughput confocal microscopy system
Real Time Monitoring – All of The Time
Research & Development
Machine Vision
Head of Operations
Sr. Systems Engineer
Food Safety
PLC Engineer
Sales
Farmer
Plant Manager
Logistics Manager
Packaging Manager
MechanicFinance
Quality Control
Receiving
Shipping
Redefining Agriculture
Major Food Service and Retail Partners
Leading the Way
Finalist
Great Financial Partners To Expand
*Red represents urban cities with more than 1 million population
