As we tackle the challenge of feeding a growing population sustainably, innovation in agriculture is essential. On #InternationalWomenDay, we’re proud to recognize all the women at AeroFarms who are helping us on our mission. We asked three women across our farm operations and business teams about their career path and what #AgTech can do to #AccelerateAction for women in the industry. Here are their responses:? Joi Luck, Production Manager, B/D-Crew - Farm Operations Management? After working 20+ years in the restaurant industry, I walked away due to the pandemic. The passion for service I once felt was diminished, so I decided to try my hand at a different food service industry.? AeroFarms has been a blessing. I have reclaimed my passion for food service but from a manufacturing standpoint. Seeing the process from seed to package is amazing and something I take pride in being a part of.? I believe more women would enter the field if they knew the impact of the work we do. Educating women about the Ag Tech industry and its benefits is going to be key in ensuring the future of farming keeps evolving. Kate Torpey, Director of Business Development - Sales, Marketing, Customer Service & Logistics? I joined AeroFarms in 2019 because I was excited to work at the intersection of healthy food and technology. Prior to this, I worked for a startup that connected local farms with restaurants in NYC, and AeroFarms was one of our suppliers! When the opportunity came to join the AeroFarms sales team, it was a no brainer. AeroFarms – and more broadly, the #CEA (Controlled Environment Agriculture) industry – has seen many changes, and I’m really proud of where we are today. Continuing to elevate women into leadership positions will inspire more women to join the industry. Ag Tech is a great field for women because it offers a range of opportunities across skill sets, all of which drive innovation, promote #sustainability, and shape the future of food.? Molly Montgomery, Executive Chair and CEO? As a veteran of the produce industry, I have a passion for growing and distributing food that can nurture the body and soul. I also have respect for the hard work required to ensure produce is in stores year-round. The rising frequency of natural disasters, declining yields of crops, and continued degradation of natural resources is making this task more difficult each year. As an engineer with experience in commercializing new technologies, I was attracted to understanding how #verticalfarming could provide greater food security. At AeroFarms, we can grow microgreens in any geography or climate, while using less land and water. CEA offers career opportunities that represent the future of farming. It uniquely combines plant science, horticulture, AI, and robotics with people who share a common purpose: feeding the world. The more we can share the success of companies like AeroFarms, the more talented and passionate people will seek to join our industry.
关于我们
At AeroFarms, we grow the best tasting microgreens through our innovative indoor farms and aeroponic technology. Our team of plant scientists, nutritionists, and culinary experts select the most flavorful varietals of microgreens and perfect them in our award-winning sustainable vertical farms to bring you. Our FlavorSpectrum? of microgreens was designed to represent the breadth of flavors and varieties grown inside our indoor vertical farms. We paired each color with a specific tasting note to bring our FlavorSpectrum? philosophy to life. Across our leafy greens packaging line, you'll find that the cool blue colors represent the sweet and mellow notes, while the intense reds represent bold and zesty flavors. We invite you to take our FlavorSpectrum? journey and taste our difference. As a Certified B Corporation, AeroFarms uses the latest breakthroughs in indoor vertical farming, artificial intelligence and plant biology to fix our broken food system and improve the way fresh produce is grown and distributed locally and globally. We have built a proprietary agriculture platform to grow a wide array of products, delivering superior flavor, better quality and improved nutrition with the most sophisticated levels of traceability and food safety in our industry. The unique?way we grow indoors creates the perfect conditions for healthy plants to thrive,?allowing us to deliver the highest quality produce to our customers all year round,?while using up to 95% less water, 99% less land, 390X more productivity and zero?pesticides compared to?traditional field farming.
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https://www.AeroFarms.com
AeroFarms的外部链接
- 所属行业
- 农业
- 规模
- 51-200 人
- 总部
- Danville，Virginia
- 类型
- 私人持股
- 创立
- 2004
- 领域
- Agriculture、Aeroponics、Hydroponics、Leafy Greens、Clean Technology、Sustainable、Vertical Farming和Circular Economy
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AeroFarms员工
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Molly Montgomery
AeroFarms Executive Chairman & CEO
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Jill Vollmer
Global Brand Marketer | Product Innovator | Business Strategist | Bringing insights and ideas to CEOs and CMOs to grow consumer brands in the food &…
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Anhtuan D.
Tech | Connector | Screenplay Writer
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Dane Almassy
SVP of Sales & Marketing
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We are heading to the Southeast Produce Council conference March 6-8. Find us at Booth #108 alongside the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. AeroFarms' own Benjamin Weir and Kate Torpey will be there, ready to talk all things microgreens and CEA. See you at Southern Exposure! #sepcsouthernexposure #microgreens #aerofarms
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Looking forward to next week's conversation at Indoor Ag-Con. See you there?
Join us for an honest conversation about redefining success in vertical farming and reigniting hope for its future - Not All Hope is Lost: Vertical Farming's Future and Lessons From the Past Vertical farming has faced its share of challenges, from scaling inefficiencies to economic hurdles. Yet, these struggles offer valuable insights for building a more sustainable and impactful future. This panel brings together industry leaders, innovators, and visionaries to explore how the lessons learned from past mistakes can guide vertical farming toward a brighter horizon. We’ll discuss what worked, what didn’t, and how the industry can pivot to unlock new opportunities for profitability, scalability, and food security. Speakers include Dane Almassy, SVP of Sales & Marketing, AeroFarms, Laura van de Kreeke, Farmer, Growy, Tyler Baras, Chief Science Officer, Founder, Area 2 Farms, and Moderator Eric W Stein, Ph.D., Executive Director, Center of Excellence for Indoor Agriculture. Full conference schedule here: https://lnkd.in/gY7r2aDa #Indoorfarming #verticalfarming #controlledenvironmentagriculture #greenhouse
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The AeroFarms team is celebrating the life of Dickson Despommier, the visionary who pioneered vertical farming. His groundbreaking work reimagined agriculture, inspiring a global movement toward sustainable, urban food production. ? Thank you, Dr. Despommier, for your vision—we will continue to grow it forward. ?? https://lnkd.in/d9Qs3eQB ? #VerticalFarming #Sustainability #Innovation
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AeroFarms CEO Molly Montgomery will be speaking at FRUIT LOGISTICA in Berlin on February 5. Her session, “Can Vertical Farming Be Sustainable and Profitable – Lessons Learned,” will explore how vertical farming is shaping the future of the global food supply chain. ? As the leading supplier of microgreens to the U.S. retail market, we’re committed to innovation in agriculture. Join Molly as she discusses how vertical farming can drive both sustainability and profitability in modern farming. https://lnkd.in/gpMfNu5Z #VerticalFarming #Sustainability #FutureOfFood #Innovation #FRUITLOGISTICA #FL25
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Our Executive Chair and CEO, Molly Montgomery, is reflecting on the innovative conversations from this year’s World Economic Forum. At AeroFarms, we understand the importance of land restoration, and responsible resource use is central to our work.?#WEF #sustainability #verticalfarming
The dust has settled on Davos and this year’s World Economic Forum. I’ve been reflecting on quite a week, but a standout highlight was being invited to join the panel ‘On Firmer Ground with Land Restoration’. Land restoration and responsible resource use is central to our work at AeroFarms. The potential of innovative private sector companies to make a real impact in the space is something I was proud to have the opportunity to champion alongside Togmid Dorjkhand, Ibrahim Thiaw, Ismahane Elouafi, John Steenhuisen MP, Sir Andrew Steer and Adulatif Rashid. ???AeroFarms use 230 x less land to grow the same amount of microgreens as outdoor farming ???Because we do not use soil or pesticides, there is no soil degradation or runoff ? AeroFarms also uses 90% less water than traditional open field farming, and uses 100% renewable energy to run our farms Solutions to the challenges facing our natural world and food systems are here now. Here’s to building on the promising conversations held in Switzerland as we head further into 2025. #Davos #landrestoration #verticalfarming
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This week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, leaders are addressing global nutrition challenges amid rising resource depletion and climate volatility. AeroFarms CEO and Executive Chair, Molly Montgomery, is proud to be a part of the conversation, especially as AeroFarms announces its breakthrough patented technology for scalable, climate-agnostic vertical farming. This innovation enables year-round, sustainable production of highly nutritious greens anywhere in the world, using minimal land and water.??????? Learn more here:?https://lnkd.in/gwMFgCt2 #WEF2025 #VerticalFarming #Sustainability #Innovation
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Heading to Davos for #WEF2025? Join AeroFarms CEO and Executive Chair Molly Montgomery for her panel discussing vertical farming and climate-agnostic solutions at “Insights over Lunch: Building the Next Big Thing” on January 23. If you’re planning to attend this is one session you can’t miss.
I’m proud to announce I will be attending the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, as part of the Select Innovators Community. I’ll be there from January 20-24th to discuss the urgency of addressing the worldwide challenge of providing nutritious food sources to populations around the globe while preserving our natural resources. ? Davos is significant for bringing together leaders to accelerate progress and tackle global challenges together. The theme of this year’s annual meeting is “Collaboration for the Intelligent Age”. As the conference encourages global cooperation, I intend to share how vertical farming can enable highly nutritious microgreens to be grown in a climate-agnostic solution that uses less land and water, making fresh food more accessible worldwide. I’ll be speaking on this topic at ‘Insights over Lunch: Building the Next Big Thing’, moderated by Fast Company editor-in-chief Brendan Vaughan on January 23 (with thanks to Brendan and WEF’s Sabeen Sidiqui for the support). I will also be attending various sessions and bilateral meetings on the topic but if you’re in Davos and interested in meeting for a quick coffee, please do reach out. We’ll try to make diaries align! ? With 17 million people dying each year from malnutrition, the world needs a way to provide access to foods that are rich in vitamins and phytonutrients. At AeroFarms, we offer a patented, climate-agnostic vertical farming solution to grow highly nutritious microgreens in a variety of geographies. We have demonstrated a viable economic solution for growing microgreens at scale at our fully commercialized farm in Danville, Virginia and are in the process of planning additional farms. ? I’m excited to bring our expertise and perspective to Davos. ? #Davos #WEF #microgreens #verticalfarming #nutrition #farming #naturalresources #collaborationfortheintelligentage #innovators
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Our Executive Chair and CEO, Molly Montgomery, is thrilled to be attending the 2025 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos as part of the select Innovators community. Montgomery will attend WEF to discuss the urgency of addressing the worldwide challenge of providing nutritious food sources to populations around the globe while preserving our natural resources. She is prepared to share how vertical farming can enable highly nutritious microgreens to be grown in a climate-agnostic?environment?that uses less land and water, making fresh food more accessible worldwide. How do you see vertical farming shaping the future of food? https://lnkd.in/gyEzvPqy #WEF25 #verticalfarming?#Sustainability #CEA #Microgreens
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???We’re celebrating a year of growth and partnership with Costco Wholesale.??? Our flavorful, nutritious 6oz. Micro Rainbow Mix is available in approximately 250 Costco warehouses nationwide.? ? We’re also excited to introduce a seasonal Micro Broccoli product, featured in select locations during January’s Healthy Habits month. ? “We are thrilled to collaborate with Costco to bring our innovative, flavorful, and highly nutritious microgreens to Costco members as a new staple for a healthy eating lifestyle,” said Dane Almassy, SVP of Sales & Marketing at AeroFarms. “Costco has been a tremendous partner in building this high-growth microgreens segment within the leafy greens category. We are proud to offer Costco year-round supply of our microgreens from a farm that is weather-resilient and uses 90% less water and 230x less land than traditional field farming.” ? Read the full announcement and learn more about how AeroFarms is redefining the produce category here https://lnkd.in/gW6fxEUw #AeroFarms #SustainableFarming #Microgreens #HealthyHabits #Costco #CPG
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