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How ocean farming can solve world hunger with Alora CEO Luke Young | E1698
Category: Technology
Duration: 00:40:10
Publish Date: 2023-03-14 21:21:25
Description:

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 and engineering that have propelled Alora’s innovations (11:55) and the challenges of growing at sea (21:53).

(0:00) Nick kicks off the show

(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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