231: Solving World Hunger thru Vertical Farming Tech – Samuel Bertram of OnePointOne

231: Solving World Hunger thru Vertical Farming Tech – Samuel Bertram of OnePointOne

Background on Sam Bertram of One Point One:

Samuel Bertram is the CEO and Co-Founder at OnePointOne, which is revolutionizing vertical farming by building the most technologically advanced cultivation platform on the planet through innovations in automation, AI, and plant science. Samuel is an entrepreneur with a background in robotics and a passion for health and human wellness. After coming to the United States to play tennis, both Samuel and his brother John cofounded OnePointOne, Inc with the desire to nourish the 1.1 billion people that began this millennium malnourished. With an incredible interdisciplinary team of 30, OnePointOne has created the most advanced vertical farming technology in the world. It is with this technology that OnePointOne will improve humanity's health through plant-based foods and medicines.

Samuel is proud to be a father of a beautiful baby girl and husband to a wonderful woman. He has a passion for the improvement of humanity through engineering and is unwaveringly dedicated to improving the health of humanity.

Time-Stamped Show Notes:

[1:21] Samuel Bertram is the CEO and Co-Founder of OnePointOne, which is a vertical farming technology company.
[2:36] In 2011, Sam came to the United States to play tennis and took an Engineering degree in Robotics. Sam and his brother had this idea of how they can make a big difference in society in the shortest amount of time, which led them to vertical farming.
[4:42] Sam explains what vertical farming is all about.
[7:50] The OnePointOine technology on vertical farming is compared to the 2001 Space Odyssey monolith, which looks like a very tall domino.
[10:40] Their vertical farming center in San Jose has been operating for 18 months.
[15:19] In order to make vertical farming less expensive, OnePointOne has to use robots and automation technology.
[18:36] Eating the OnePointOne leafy green products is a much better experience compared to the products that you can find in the grocery store.
[20:40] Sam talks about the vertical farming cost of production.
[25:33] In the OnePointOne facility, it takes a variety of different environmental set points to grow the optimal plant.
[28:33] According to Sam, traditional outdoor farming is in big trouble.
[35:42] Sam shares a little bit of farming and agriculture history in the US.
[40:17] The discussion shifts to the topic of malnourishment in the whole world.
[45:50] It was the middle of 2016 when Sam and his brother began talking about what they can do to solve this huge problem of malnutrition and world hunger.
[50:59] Nuclear power was very high on Sam’s list of making a huge difference in the shortest amount of time.
[52:47] Some of Sam’s areas of interest include food production, nourishment, pharmaceuticals, nuclear power, economics, and governance.
[53:57] When it comes to finding the biggest problems in the world and the solutions, Sam recommends going to Bjorn Lomborg, who is the head of the Copenhagen Consensus Center.
[59:17] Sam thinks that the government is the worst run business in the entire world.
[1:06:32] More discussion on government and capitalism.

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Key Point from the Interview:

“The product that you’re getting in the shelf has been designed to be as resilient as possible, to last through all of these environmental challenges, rainy days, cold days, hot days, a supply chain of 2,000 miles long. The product that we’re growing inside of our facility has been optimized for quality, so when you eat it, it is truly a significantly different experience.”

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