Podcast appearances and mentions of urban seed

When you plant vegetable and flower seeds in your garden, do you ever think about where exactly those seeds came from? Could you even imagine certified-organic seeds being collected from a one-acre farm in the middle of the second-largest city in California? That’s exactly where my guest this week, seed grower and farmer Brijette Peña, trials, breeds and produces the Certified Organic seeds for her business, San Diego Seed Company.

The values of giving are deeply rooted in the texts, traditions and practices of many faiths, and many of the world’s biggest aid organisations are faith-based. In this episodes we look at how faith-based aid differs from secular aid, and how much those differences matter. Australia is becoming more and more secular, but the majority of the country’s biggest charities are faith-based. We ask what happens when faith conflicts with what is best for poor or developing communities and we’ll consider if faith-based aid take the pressure off the governments in developed countries to contribute to ODA.Tim Costello is Chief Advocate at World Vision Australia and is one of Australia’s most sought-after voices on social justice issues, leadership and ethics. He has spearheaded public debates on gambling, urban poverty, homelessness, reconciliation and substance abuse. He has been instrumental in ensuring that the issues surrounding global poverty are on the national agenda. Tim was ordained as a Baptist Minister in 1984 and he established a vibrant and socially active ministry at St Kilda Baptist Church. He has served as Mayor of St Kilda, Minister at the Collins Street Baptist Church and as Executive Director of Urban Seed, a Christian not-for-profit outreach service for the urban poor.This podcast is brought to you by Cufa, an international development agency alleviating poverty across the Asia Pacific .

Rachel Wenman is a native to Las Vegas and is a serial entrepreneur. She grew up as an athlete, won a Nevada State Championship at the age of 16, and attributes her success as an executive and business owner to the team sports she participated in while growing up. Today, Rachel is the Co-Founder of Urban Seed, an organization that is changing the way food is grown and distributed around the globe. When Rachel says they are on a mission to change the world, she means it. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Graham Hill & Tim Costello discuss embracing God’s justice. The GlobalChurch Project, podcast episode 9.Tim Costello is recognised as one of Australia’s leading voices on social justice issues, having spearheaded public debates on gambling, urban poverty, homelessness, reconciliation and substance abuse. Since 2004, Tim has worked as Chief Executive of World Vision Australia where he has been instrumental in ensuring that issues surrounding global poverty are placed on the national agenda.Tim is also involved in the Community Council of Australia; NAB’s SRAC committee; the Alcohol Education Research Foundation; AMP’s Social Responsibility committee; the Make Poverty History campaign; and the National Church Leaders Problem Gambling taskforce.Prior to World Vision, Tim served as a Baptist Minister, and was the Executive Director of Urban Seed, a Christian not-for-profit outreach service for the urban poor.Tim has authored Another Way to Love, Streets of Hope: Finding God in St Kilda; Tips from a Travelling Soul Searcher; Wanna Bet? Winners and Losers in Gambling’s Luck Myth (co-written with Royce Millar); and Hope.In 2004 Tim was named Victorian of the Year; he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2005; and named Victorian Australian of the Year in 2006.

I recently spoke with Michael Devlin, adviser to Urban Seed (www.urbanseedvegas.com) We covered a variety of topics related to agribusiness and food policy. Urban Seed’s mission is to become the premier supplier of locally grown, low carbon impact, fruits, vegetables, and micro greens in the local market using proprietary and innovative technology & processes with modular, easily expandable structures which provide opportunities for unlimited growth. Their philosophy is to prioritize the “Made in the USA” concept.  Their proprietary modular system provides superior quality and larger volumes in the same footprint allowing Urban Seed to grow 30 to 50 times the amount of produce than that of traditional farming without use of chemicals or pesticides. Facilities will be as close to the customer base as possible to reduce cost of transportation & delivery which can run as much as 75% of total operating costs for traditional farm to market operations. 1) We went though a description of the traditional timeline from food to fork.  Most produce travels 1,500 miles from farm to fork. - High carbon footprint - Nutritional values falls over time - Shorter shelf life = high food waste - Lower freshness = bland taste 2) We laid out a broad gamut of food production challenges: - Burgeoning world population, - Water scarcity, - Global warming, - High pesticide use. - Lack of access to fresh produce is highly correlated to rising BMI - especially in poor communities. 3) Opportunities - Where are some of the investment opportunities in the food world? - We spend time defining the concept of urban farming 4) Finally, we describe what Urban Seed does - Farm to fork in 12 hrs - No chemicals - herbicides or pesticides - All non-GMO seeds (why is this important?) - Grown under glass with no supplemental light - very power efficient. - 30x crop yield vs traditional farming - Uses 90% less water - Extremely Profitable - Each 6,500sf greenhouse generates $1mln annual revenues and ~$500k EBITDA - Tax benefits for buildings / urban settings?Jobs?  

I recently spoke with Michael Devlin, adviser to Urban Seed (www.urbanseedvegas.com) We covered a variety of topics related to agribusiness and food policy. Urban Seed’s mission is to become the premier supplier of locally grown, low carbon impact, fruits, vegetables, and micro greens in the local market using proprietary and innovative technology & processes with modular, easily expandable structures which provide opportunities for unlimited growth. Their philosophy is to prioritize the “Made in the USA” concept.  Their proprietary modular system provides superior quality and larger volumes in the same footprint allowing Urban Seed to grow 30 to 50 times the amount of produce than that of traditional farming without use of chemicals or pesticides. Facilities will be as close to the customer base as possible to reduce cost of transportation & delivery which can run as much as 75% of total operating costs for traditional farm to market operations. 1) We went though a description of the traditional timeline from food to fork.  Most produce travels 1,500 miles from farm to fork. - High carbon footprint - Nutritional values falls over time - Shorter shelf life = high food waste - Lower freshness = bland taste 2) We laid out a broad gamut of food production challenges: - Burgeoning world population, - Water scarcity, - Global warming, - High pesticide use. - Lack of access to fresh produce is highly correlated to rising BMI - especially in poor communities. 3) Opportunities - Where are some of the investment opportunities in the food world? - We spend time defining the concept of urban farming 4) Finally, we describe what Urban Seed does - Farm to fork in 12 hrs - No chemicals - herbicides or pesticides - All non-GMO seeds (why is this important?) - Grown under glass with no supplemental light - very power efficient. - 30x crop yield vs traditional farming - Uses 90% less water - Extremely Profitable - Each 6,500sf greenhouse generates $1mln annual revenues and ~$500k EBITDA - Tax benefits for buildings / urban settings?Jobs?