One fifth of the world's irrigated land today is salinated in some way, and as each day goes by, that is increasing. So we've had a huge amount of inbound interest from people experiencing this salinization to try and find a seed that would work in these environments. Currently, there is no other seed on the planet that can actually survive these environments and still produce the yield that they would if salt wasn't there.
Alora CEO and Co-Founder Luke Young joins Molly to discuss ocean agriculture and the ability to grow crops offshore (1:17). They discuss the progression of engineering that has propelled Alora’s innovations (11:55) and the challenges of growing at sea (21:53).
(0:00) Intro!
(1:17) Alora’s mission and technological advancements
(5:46) Mitigation and adaptation
(7:58) The first taste test
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(11:55) Alora’s progression and timeline
(16:26) Designing infrastructure and engineering fertilizer
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(21:53) Challenges of growing on the ocean
(26:14) Alora’s Business Model
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(30:10) Salt tolerance
(35:17) Alora’s Customer and cost of development
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