Atlanta, GA (July 26, 2019) — Rubicon today announced its latest ‘Town Haul’ podcast is now live, with AppHarvest Founder and CEO Jonathan Webb. Working from within Appalachia in Kentucky, AppHarvest is combining conventional agriculture techniques with technology innovation to build what the company calls the “Farming Now” movement.
On the Rubicon® ‘Town Haul’ podcast, Jonathan discusses his history in energy development and innovation, his thinking around agriculture development (and how this ties back to sustainability, and how the Netherlands played a role in the science and technology behind AppHarvest.
AppHarvest is building some of the largest greenhouses in the United States, with its first being a 60-acre facility in Morehead, Kentucky. The company will grow non-GMO, pesticide-free tomatoes and cucumbers year-round using 90 percent less water than traditional farming, thanks to a 10-acre rainwater retention pond and sophisticated circular irrigation systems. Per AppHarvest, from its location within Appalachia, the company is within a day’s drive of nearly 70 percent of the U.S. population, reducing diesel use in transportation by 80 percent compared to foreign imports trucked to the East Coast.
Per the company, AppHarvest investors include Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, led by AOL Co-Founder Steve Case, and best-selling author of “Hillbilly Elegy,” J.D. Vance. ValueAct Capital’s ValueAct Spring Fund led AppHarvest’s recent Series A financing round.
For more information on AppHarvest, visit https://appharvest.com or connect with them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram.
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Rubicon is a technology company that powers a digital marketplace, provides a suite of SaaS products for waste, recycling, and smart city solutions, and collects and analyzes data for businesses and governments worldwide. Using technology to help turn businesses into more sustainable enterprises and neighborhoods into greener and smarter places to live and work, Rubicon’s mission is to end waste in all of its forms by helping its partners find economic value in their waste streams and confidently execute on their sustainability goals. The company is a Certified B Corporation, affirming that Rubicon meets the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance. Through its technology, Rubicon is transforming the entire category of waste and recycling. With more than 1.5 million service locations worldwide, Rubicon is headquartered in Atlanta, GA, and has core teams in New York, NY, San Francisco, CA, St. Louis, MO, and Tinton Falls, NJ. Rubicon has been named a Great Place to Work™ in 2018 and 2019 and was awarded as one of Glassdoor’s “Top Ten Companies with Seriously Impressive Benefits” in 2018. Learn more about Rubicon at www.rubiconglobal.com.
