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S2E25: Sam Norton - Seawater Agriculture: Tapping into the Earth’s Largest Resource
Vertical Farming Podcast
English - February 20, 2021 06:41 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MBBusiness Education How To Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Episode Summary
Join Harry Duran, host of Vertical Farming Podcast, as he welcomes to the show Founder of Heron Farms, Sam Norton. It is the mission of Heron Farms to create a sustainable agricultural system and restore the marsh using earth’s most abundant resource: seawater. In this episode, Harry and Sam talk all about sea beans, Sam’s fact-finding mission to Bangladesh to learn more about how seawater crops are grown, and the work Heron Farms is doing with other brands to help rebuild salt marshes across the globe.
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Key Takeaways
03:22 – Harry welcomes to the show Sam Norton, founder of Heron Farms, who speaks to his passion for environmental studies and what inspired him to get involved in AgTech
10:07 – Sam discusses why he chose to focus on seawater agriculture, the startup competition he entered and won and the mission of Heron Farms
15:17 – Mentors who have motivated and inspired Sam 20:30 – Sam speaks to the various challenges that he faced when moving to indoor farming
23:47 – The most eye-opening part of Sam’s trip to Bangladesh
26:35 – Sam shares some of the tech stack he’s utilizing with Heron Farms and the skillset necessary to succeed in AgTech
30:18 – Sam discusses some of the benefits and nutritional value of sea beans
34:35 – Marketing challenges with sea beans
38:28 – What Sam would do differently in building his team if given the chance
41:52 – Sam talks about the work he’s doing with Dalai Sofia
45:13 – How Sam has grown as a first-time CEO, what excites Sam most about the future and a tough question Sam has had to ask himself recently
49:19 – Harry thanks Sam for joining the show and let’s listeners know where they can connect with him
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Episode Summary
Join Harry Duran, host of Vertical Farming Podcast, as he welcomes to the show Founder of Heron Farms, Sam Norton. It is the mission of Heron Farms to create a sustainable agricultural system and restore the marsh using earth’s most abundant resource: seawater. In this episode, Harry and Sam talk all about sea beans, Sam’s fact-finding mission to Bangladesh to learn more about how seawater crops are grown, and the work Heron Farms is doing with other brands to help rebuild salt marshes across the globe.
Episode Sponsor
Key Takeaways
03:22 – Harry welcomes to the show Sam Norton, founder of Heron Farms, who speaks to his passion for environmental studies and what inspired him to get involved in AgTech
10:07 – Sam discusses why he chose to focus on seawater agriculture, the startup competition he entered and won and the mission of Heron Farms
15:17 – Mentors who have motivated and inspired Sam 20:30 – Sam speaks to the various challenges that he faced when moving to indoor farming
23:47 – The most eye-opening part of Sam’s trip to Bangladesh
26:35 – Sam shares some of the tech stack he’s utilizing with Heron Farms and the skillset necessary to succeed in AgTech
30:18 – Sam discusses some of the benefits and nutritional value of sea beans
34:35 – Marketing challenges with sea beans
38:28 – What Sam would do differently in building his team if given the chance
41:52 – Sam talks about the work he’s doing with Dalai Sofia
45:13 – How Sam has grown as a first-time CEO, what excites Sam most about the future and a tough question Sam has had to ask himself recently
49:19 – Harry thanks Sam for joining the show and let’s listeners know where they can connect with him
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