DisruptiveDiner: PSF David Wechsler

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David Wechsler is also thinking differently about how we use our resources as a society. During the work week, he's a product engineer developing smart grid hardware and communication systems that help utilities deliver electricity more efficiently and sustainably. The rest of the time, he's the founder of ElectricFertilizer.com, where he's working on a chemical-free way to increase crop yields. David will share his journey towards commercializing something so disruptive, including the journey to finding partners and getting to a sustainable business for him, too.

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DisruptiveDiner:Profitably Sustainable Food

David Wechsler

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Windowfarms.com

A PARTIAL SOLUTION – TILL…

Source:  Walter  Häntzschel:  Der  Einfluß  der  Elektrizität  auf  das  Wachstum  der  Pflanzen.  In:  Erfindungen  und  Experimente.  Band  II,  W.  Herlet,  Leipzig  1906.

“...  at  the  base  of  these  giant  stones  he  measured  negaDvely  charged  ground  currents  that  interacted  with  the  posiDve  atmospheric  electric  field.  Again,  we  see  a  familiar  paJern  of  natural  energies,  combined  with  ferDlity.  “Source:    John  Burke  &  Kaj  Halberg,  Seed  of  Knowledge,  Stone  of  Plenty,  p.  104

ELECTROCULTURE IS LIKE…

©  2013  ElectricFer/lizer.com  

©  2013  ElectricFerDlizer.com  

INCREASED GERMINATION RATE

©  2013  ElectricFerDlizer.com  

©  2013  ElectricFerDlizer.com  

AND OTHERS…

RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS

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IMPROVING URBAN FOOD SAFETY

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DUE TO POLLUTION, GROUND CONTAMINATION (E.G. BROWNFIELDS), ETC.

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WHAT IS YOUR LAND’S HISTORY?

ENHANCED PHYTO-REMEDIATION

CREATING PRODUCTS FOR EASE OF USE

DisruptiveDiner:Profitably Sustainable Food

David Wechsler

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