FoA 321: Vertical Farming in a Skyscraper with Dan Houston of AgriPlay

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AgriPlay: https://www.agriplay.com/

A4 Systems: https://a4.systems/

Joining us for today's episode is Dan Houston, president of AgriPlay.

Dan has over 17 years of experience in commercial real estate. He is a partner in a company called A4 Systems, which looks for industry issues that can use their expertise in data and technology. They have started two companies in agriculture: the first being HerdWhistle, a feedlot management system. And the second being AgriPlay which is building vertical farms in commercial real estate space. 

AgriPlay’s first big project, after their distressed environment lab where they have been testing all of this, is the Calgary Tower. Phase one is 65,000 square feed of vertical farms starting operations this coming September. But as you’re about to hear, their vision stretches far beyond this starting point. Dan claims they already have agreements with wholesale buyers of the produce and plans to expand production over the next year. 

Most of you have already heard the case for indoor farming. If not you can check out previous episodes like 71, 146, 185, 193, and 307.