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OpenAg Advisors and Sponsors

by Hilary Sargent

Dec. 9, 2016

OpenAg is privileged to have a variety of individuals and organizations who advise and support our efforts. A PDF version is available for download below. 

MEDIA LAB ADVISORS

Howard Shapiro, research affiliate, MIT Media Lab Open Agriculture Initiative; chief agronomist of Mars Candy Company

Kent Larsonresearch affiliate, MIT Media Lab Open Agriculture Initiative; principal investigator, Media Lab City Science group

Joi Ito, Director of MIT Media Lab

Mitchell Bakerresearch affiliate, MIT Media Lab Open Agriculture Initiative; executive chairwoman of the Mozilla Foundation and of Mozilla Corporation

Nicholas Negroponte, Co-founder of MIT Media Lab

Michael Ferrariresearch affiliate, MIT Media Lab Open Agriculture Initiative; director, Portfolio Investment Strategy at Point72 Asset Management; former head of data science, The Weather Company

Terry Garciaresearch affiliate, MIT Media Lab Open Agriculture Initiative; Chief Science Officer of National Geographic

Toyoki Kozairesearch affiliate, MIT Media Lab Open Agriculture Initiative; emeritus/pisiting professor, Chiba University; president,  Japan Plant Factory Association 

EXTERNAL ADVISORS

Chris Higgins, General manager, Hort Americas

Dickson Despommier, Emeritus professor of Microbiology and Public Health, Columbia University

MEDIA LAB SPONSORS

Ferrero

Welspun

PHILANTHROPIC SPONSORS

General Mills

GETTY SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

Google

Marin Community Foundation

National Geographic

Pentair

Stella McCartney

Basque Culinary Center

MATERIAL AND TECHNOLOGY DONATION

Dosatron International

Heliospectrum

ILS Lighting

Indoor Harvest

JR Peters

Method 7

Mozilla Foundation

Seed Savers Exchange

Smithers Oasis

RESEARCH

Cinvestav Guadalajara

Culinary Institute of America

Michigan State University

ALUMNI SPONSORS

Unilever

IDEO

Lee Kum Kee

Target

ALUMNI STAFF, RESEARCHERS & CONTRIBUTORS

Ann Marie Gardner, founder, Modern Farmer

Gordon Brander

Tinashe Chagwedera

Valentina Chamorro

Doug Chambers

Nakeisha Gervais

Rei Goffer

Daniel Goodman

Zach Green

Lauren Hitchings

Sophia Jaffe

Danielle Kaidanow

Logan Martin

Nikhil Punwaney

Camille Richwoman

Tim Robertson

Jordan Rogoff

Rachel Seebach

Mario Siller

Carson Smuts

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