448: Underrated veggies, hydroponic farming & the new "fast food" | Lisa Merkle, co-founder of Imagine Farms

Lisa Merkle: “I needed to calm my nervous system in order to heal.” 

Lisa, the co-founder of Imagine Farms, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss the marriage of technology and nature, plus:

- Lisa’s personal approach to well-being (~00:36)

- What inspired Lisa to start Imagine Farms (~05:23)

- What a vertical hydroponic farm looks like (~09:10)

- How you can farm more crops with less land (~13:06)

- How precision growing can make your food healthier (~14:53)

- Why vertical hydroponic farms are the future of agriculture (~17:16)

- How re-localizing the food system can help with food insecurity (~20:38)

- Why vertical hydroponic farming is the new & healthier “fast” food (~23:53)

- The most nutritious & underrated vegetables grown at Imagine Farms (~25:18)

- Daily practices to live a more environmentally conscious life (~31:28)

- How Imagine Farms produce entered Miami markets & restaurants (~36:46)

- The future of our food system (~40:43)

Referenced in the episode:

- Check out Imagine Farms.

- Watch the Imagine Farms short film.

- Watch Lisa at mbg revitalize 2017.

- Learn more about Zak The Baker.

- Learn more about Food Rescue South Florida.

- mbg Podcast episode #434, with Amy Sapola, PharmD.

- mbg Podcast episodes #331 and #39, with Paul Hawken.

- mbg Podcast episode #243, with Jesse Daystar, Ph.D.

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