In today’s conversation, I sat down with Matthew & Quint Redmond - and learned that Quint is also Matthew - Matthew Cook Redmond the 5th as it were - and I can safely say that it’s the first time I’ve been in a room with a 5th and a 6th of a family name.
Quint is the Co-Founder and CEO of Agriburbia (https://agriburbia.com/) - along with his wife Jennifer - which began as a leading-edge consultancy in the area of sustainable real estate development. Helping people and agriculture live together, so to speak, and enabling high-efficiency food production in urban and suburban environments - built into the development plan! Their mission is to help create and integrate 30 million successful urban and suburban farmers.
Matthew the 6th is leading their design and technology division, and is likely their future CEO. He has been incorporating automations and AI to help their systems provide optimal production - and is supporting an intentional pivot from a pure consultancy to a product-based company.
Their E.A.T. Systems - Environmentally Augmented Trellises - are particularly impressive and offer many advantages for growing high-value crops. Their systems provide enough support to keep plants productive and protected from frost - but don’t require the energy consumption or permitting or infrastructure of greenhouse-type systems - think kinda like clothesline gardens but with support and water and cameras and frost protection built in!
I love local food AND local business - and Agriburbia hits both those buttons for me. I learned so much in this conversation - and am inspired to grow even more food in my backyard! So - please enjoy, as I did, and be inspired by, as I was - my conversation with Matt & Quint Redmond of Agriburbia.