Name: Insights: Using Data to Operate Hydroponic Farms
Uploaded: 2020-03-25
Duration: 2 min 10 s
Description: SENSEI’s Daniel Gruneberg explains how his company sees the future of agriculture. (March 2018)

[MUSIC PLAYING] DANIEL GRUNEBERG: McKinsey put out this study recently. And they said that agriculture is the least digitized industry of all industries. But that's rapidly changing. Last year, there was about $3 billion invested in new technology. So now ag tech has been born and is top of mind, because it's enabling us to escape to scale farming more sustainably. So that said, what's Sensei up to? Well, we are building a global network of hydroponic farms. For those of you who aren't as familiar, a hydroponic farm as one where you grow fruits and vegetables directly in water beds with nutrients in a climate controlled environment. So this can be a greenhouse or a building. And you have sensors and software that climate control the environment to create the ideal conditions for plants to thrive. Now, our first farm is on the island of Lanai, which is in Hawaii. Now, this is a state that imports 85% of its food and where, on average, it takes about 10 days for food to get to the islands. So it's degrading that entire time. As part of our mission, we are looking to make our operation fully sustainable. So we use about 1/10 of the water as compared to conventional farming. We use no harmful chemicals. And I'm happy to say that we are a partnered with Tesla to provide solar energy at our facilities. But there's a bit more to our farm. So the conversation in hydroponics today has mostly been around nutrition per acre-- or yield per acre. So how much yield can we get per square foot? Sensei's focus is different. We focus on nutrition per acre. So to properly nourish the world, we're collecting and analyzing data on all the fruits and vegetables that go in our facilities, then creating a continuous feedback loop to then help us better understand how to make food closer to the way that nature intended it. And so from black trefelli tomato panette we'll grow all the way to komatsuna mustard greens. We'll reproduce the best of the best. And then we'll tell you the exact nutritional breakdown at the time of harvest. Because we believe that you deserve to know what you're eating. With that said, our door is wide open to collaborate. We're just getting started. And thank you so much. [SOUND EFFECTS]

Insights: Using Data to Operate Hydroponic Farms

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SENSEI suggests the future of agriculture.

Using Data to Operate Hydroponic Farms

SENSEI’s Daniel Gruneberg explains how his company sees the future of agriculture. (March 2018)

Mackenzie put up to study recently, and they said that agriculture is the least digitized industry of all industries, but that's rapidly changing. Last year, there was about $3 billion invested in new technology. Now AG tech has been born in a top of mind because it's enabling it to scale farming more sustainably. So that said, What? Sensitive to well, we are building a global network of hydroponic farms. For those of you who aren't as familiar. Ah, hydroponic farm is one where you grow fruits and vegetables directly in water beds with nutrients in a climate controlled environment that could be a greenhouse or a building. And you have sensors and software that climate control the environment to create the ideal conditions for plants. Now our first farm is on the island of Lanai, which is in Hawaii. Now. This is a state that imports 85% of its food and where on average it takes about 10 days for food to get to the island. So it's degrading that entire time assed part of our mission. We are looking to make our operations fully sustainable, so we use about 1/10 of the water is compared to conventional farming. We use no harmful chemicals, and I'm happy to say that we are partners. Tesla's to provide solar energy at our facility but there's a bit more to our farm. So the conversation in hydroponic today has mostly been around nutrition for Acre, our yield breaker. So how much yield can we get? Per square foot senses focuses different. We focus on nutrition per acre. So to properly nourish the world, we're collecting and analyzing data on all the fruits and vegetables that grow in our facilities, then critic, creating a continuous feedback loop to then help us better understand how to make food closer to the way that nature intended it. And so from black, definitely tomatoes submit will grow all the way to come up through. The mustard greens will reproduce the best, the best, and then we'll tell you the exact nutritional breakdown, the time of harvest, because we believe that you deserve to know what you're eating. But that said, our door is wide open to collaborate. We're just getting started and thank you so much