Henry Gordon-Smith is my guest on episode 31 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. Henry Gordon-Smith is a sustainability strategist focused on urban agriculture, water issues, and emerging technologies. In 2011, Henry started exploring urban agriculture and launched the blog “Agritecture” to share case studies and analyses from around the world. In 2013, Henry Co-Founded the Association for Vertical Farming. In 2014, Henry responded to a global need for technology-agnostic guidance on urban agriculture by launching the advisory firm Agritecture Consulting which has now consulted on over 100 urban agriculture projects in over 20 countries. #agritech #futureoffood #verticalfarming #technology #urbanagriculture Agritecture https://www.agritecture.com/ Agritecture Designer https://www.agritecture.com/designer Agritecture Designer Contest! Use the free farm vision tool at https://design.agritecture.com/ and then share it on Twitter and tag @agr_designer to be entered in to win free access to our online commercial urban farming classes ($99 value). Entries close 7 days after this podcast on 13th October 2020. https://twitter.com/agritecture Windsor Castle with FutureIQ: https://future-iq.com/project/international-consultation-windsor-castle-uk-2018/ Direct report link: https://future-iq.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/the-future-of-urban-living.pdf Henry on social media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hgordonsmith/ https://twitter.com/theagritect https://www.instagram.com/theagritect/ Inside Ideas by One Point 5 Media & Innovators Magazine Systemic change is needed to move us on to the right side of history. Marc Buckley talks with the game-changers on a mission to get us there as fast as possible. Marc Buckley https://marcbuckley.earth/ https://linktr.ee/marcearth Inside Ideas https://www.innovatorsmag.com/inside-ideas/ Sign up for our ‘Innovate Now’ newsletter to get episodes straight to your inbox: http://bit.ly/2pMbxKo YouTube Channel Inside Ideas https://www.youtube.com/c/InsideIdeas Facebook Inside Ideas Show Page https://www.facebook.com/Inside-Ideas-with-Marc-Buckley-111274710619825/ Anchor FM Inside Ideas Show https://anchor.fm/inside-ideas Spotify Inside Ideas Show https://open.spotify.com/show/1igBKvwvCdih59bPEksBnb Apple Podcasts Inside Ideas Show https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-ideas/id1518311299 Google Podcasts Inside Ideas Show https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yNTY5NDQxNC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== 00:00 — Agritecture Urban Agriculture Vertical Farming Sustainable strategies 01:02 — Introduction of Inside Ideas guest Henry Gordon-Smith 03:40 — Paths have crossed at many events around world 05:21 — Got stuck in Oman during Pandemic 07:10 — Travel is in many ways unnecessary 08:25 — Big loss for company and pivot needed 09:34 — Digital conference series 11:20 — Giving Urban Farmers Value 12:20 — Very International and Global with Urban Farming 14:38 — Multicultural Global Citizen 20:00 — Migrant workers of food Women and Girls 21:00 — Externality of Cheap Labor around Food is a Risk 23:00 — Burning Question WTF? What’s the Future? 24:13 — Clusters or communities around human needs 25:50 — Technology and robots 26:30 — More division, More Poverty, Less Consumption 28:00 — More Virtual Reality 30:00 — Open Systems in Vertical Farming and Container Farming 31:40 — Integrating the discussion around the future of Urban Farming 32:30 — Dickson D. Despommier The Vertical Farm Book 35:00 — Vertical Farm in the Bronx 35:45 — Co-Founded the Association for Vertical Farming 37:00 — Past the hype into the realities of the space 38:00 — Sustainability is a Process 38:48 — The Methods Matters 39:20 — Agritecture Designer Tool 41:00 — Designer can take global data and give you yield 41:30 — CapEx OpEx Costs Returns for your Urban farm over time 43:00 — App tool for Smartphones 43:30 — Daily light integrated and all sorts of tools coming in future 44:30 — Agritecture Designer Contest Giveaway 46:00 — Please join the Giveaway 49:00 — CleanTech and Closed system Urban Ag Closed Systems 50:17 — Closed Environmental Agriculture 51:00 — Agriculture is not Natural it is science 52:00 — Reduction in water use 52:50 — No Pesticides and Fertilizers needed 54:00 — Greenhouses are the lowest carbon footprint 55:00 — Dream Harvest is 100% renewable 56:15 — Rainwater Harvesting 56:50 — Organic Certifications 57:40 — Agritecture provides clients with sustainability answers 58:30 — Human waste and Animal waste use in farms 59:20 — Hanging Gardens of Babylon 1:00:00 — A Lot of Hype in this industry 1:01:50 — Farming is a science let’s remove fluff 1:02:40 — Climate Induceced Refugees 1:04:00 — Started Blogging and built an Archive 1:05:10 — Traded for Experience 1:06:00 — What can you do for others 1:07:00 — Without a great team you are nothing 1:08:10 — Cash Flow is King 1:09:30 — Dreams can be connected to next steps