AirSeed

<p>What happens when experts in engineering, agriculture, marine and terrestrial microbiology join forces? They develop a company that drops nutrient encapsulated seed pods from a drone, mapping out their placement using artificial intelligence and monitoring their growth using GPS. The method allows up to 40-thousand seed pods to be planted per drone in a single day. It’s an Australian company taking on climate change with simple seeds boosted with bio-technology. CEO and Co-Founder of AirSeed Andrew Walker joins me now to discuss:</p> <ul> <li>AirSeed operates in Australia and South Africa and some of the some interesting places he has seen so far.</li> <li>AirSeed’s main aim is biodiversity - which has been identified as a critical climate solution as carbon sequestration has increased.</li> <li>By using drone technology and AI, Andrew’s system is a lot more efficient than planting seeds by hand or by most machines.</li> <li>The AirSeed Drones and how they work to deliver the seeds.</li> <li>Andrew gives us a deep dive into the three-step process which gives them the capacity to plant over 40,000 seed pods per day vs the 800 which can be done manually.</li> <li>Once planted they return and identify the success, or failure which is monitored between 2-3 years.</li> <li>Plant species are tailored to the location and then encased in everything they need to survive including nutrients, minerals and microbes.</li> <li>Andrew has a background in automotive and aerospace design and shares how he came to be in this space and his passion for the environment.</li> <li>Globally, the largest land owners in agriculture and how AirSeed could be used to restore the land across agriculture both now and into the future.</li> <li>The exciting partnerships developing and, how Andrew is looking for more.</li> <li>The adoption of new technology in the space and how this is helping communities restore the impact of natural disasters.</li> <li>What Andrew loves most about this work is the people he works with, who are starting to se