Your Best Weekend Listen: Louis Ferro discusses the Empire State Greenhouses project at SUNY Cobleskill

Cobleskill, NY – Looking for positive and uplifting news? Tune in to an interview with Louis Ferro discussing the Empire State Greenhouses project coming to SUNY Cobleskill, and its far-reaching impact. Ferro is a pioneer in vertical farming and Managing Partner of Chobe Advisors.

The interview covers the scale of the project, the science behind it, employment potential, the exceptional community and government support it has received, and how this project can help shape the future of post-pandemic food security.

“It’s a win, win, win, win,” says Dr. Indranil Ghosh, interviewer and host of this Powering Prosperity podcast, and author of Powering Prosperity: A Citizen’s Guide to Shaping the 21st Century.

The podcast is available here.

 

This release was initially published by SUNY Cobleskill, 04/24/20

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