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Commercial

Indoor Vertical Farming

Lisa NewmanChief Operations OfficerLisa.Newman@AeroFarms.com

We are focused on transforming agriculture by

building and operating environmentally

responsible farms around the world

to nourish our communities with

safe, nutritious, and delicious food.

Mantra

Farming Locally. Globally.

Automated GH with hybrid plant movement

system

• container based system

• overhead X, Y, Z crane

Adjacent Imaging Facility + Headhouse

• transfer robots singulate plants onto

conveyance

• RGB imaging

Lisa J. Newman, Ph.D.

• Chief Operations Officer, AeroFarms

• Head of Controlled Environments Department, DuPont Pioneer

• Postdoc research on plant growth and development at UC Berkley, CA

• Ph.D. in Plant Sciences, University of Oxford

• MSc. in Molecular Biology

Operations Management │ Research & Development │ Technology Integration

DuPont Pioneer Controlled Environments - 2008

Expertise in Scaling ProductionHigh Throughput Indoor Growing│ Greenhouse Automation│ Track & Trace Capabilities│Software Integration

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April Agee Carroll, Ph.D.Vice President R&D

Solutions-Focused Science Leader

Director of Phenomics, Purdue UniversityField and controlled environments phenomics infrastructure

$15MM field phenotyping facility, Indiana Corn & Soybean Innovation Center

$6.25MM automated controlled environments imaging facility

Industry and academic collaborations, generating >$5M

Vice-Chair, Intl Plant Phenotyping Network and founding Chair, North American Plant Phenotyping Network

Research and Technology Development Lead,

Controlled Environments, DuPont Pioneer

Automated production and phenotyping facilities, $38MM & $32MM

Program leader for two biotech trait development pipelines

Ph.D. plant cell biology and genetics with distinguished

professor Natasha Raikhel at UC Riverside, CA

Automated high-throughput confocal microscopy system

Real Time Monitoring – All of The Time

Research & Development

Machine Vision

Head of Operations

Sr. Systems Engineer

Food Safety

PLC Engineer

Sales

Farmer

Plant Manager

Logistics Manager

Packaging Manager

MechanicFinance

Quality Control

Receiving

Shipping

Redefining Agriculture

Major Food Service and Retail Partners

Leading the Way

Finalist

Great Financial Partners To Expand

*Red represents urban cities with more than 1 million population

Lisa Newman

Chief Operations Officer

Lisa.Newman@AeroFarms.com

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