Los Angeles Agriculture Innovation Conference to Focus on Sustainable Agriculture Investment and Entrepreneurship

Los Angeles, CA, September 11, 2012 --(PR.com)-- To sustainably meet the food needs of a world population forecast to peak at 9 billion by 2050, a budding crop of entrepreneurs, small businesses, farmers and impact investors are endeavoring to re-imagine a more sustainable, healthy and profitable future for agriculture – from investment in and development of high-tech farms that utilize the latest hydroponic and aquaponic technology to grow food cleanly, efficiently and without chemicals to urban farming models that seek to bring scalable food production back to cities.

To explore this flight to sustainable innovation in agriculture, please join Seedstock, a social venture that promotes innovation and sustainability in agriculture, on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 from 8am – 7pm for the Sustainable Agriculture Innovation Conference at the UCLA Anderson School of Management in Los Angeles.

The Conference will highlight and focus on the economic opportunities as well as the environmental and societal benefits of embracing, developing and investing in sustainable agriculture practices, technologies and startup companies.

The event will examine topic areas ranging from urban agriculture, scalable sustainable agriculture solutions and local food systems to vertical farming, investment in sustainable ag, the role of digital technology in agriculture and more. The conference will also boast an Agripreneur Fast Pitch Competition in which a select group of sustainable agriculture entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to pitch their ideas to a group of investors.

Lunch will feature farm-to table fare generously provided by Tender Greens.

Confirmed Speakers:

Colin Archipley - Archi's Acres
Adam Dell - Austin Ventures
Don Nishiguchi - Whole Foods Market
Erik Oberholtzer - Tender Greens
Rachel Surls - UC Cooperative Extension
Thaddeus Barsotti - Farm Fresh to You
Dan Allen - Farmscape
Martin Anenberg – FreshPoint
Paul Matteucci - U.S. Venture Partners
John Bailey - Top 10 Produce
Erika Block - Local Orbit
Melanie Cheng - FarmsReach
Jesse DuBois - Farmscape
Sam Earle - Local Food Systems
Diane Friend - Horsepower
Dan Gibbs - Home Town Farms
Casey Houweling - Houweling's Tomatoes
Miguel Jardine - Vermisoks
David Jeromin - Golden Mean Capital
Nicola Kerslake - Nevada Institute of Renewable Energy Commercialization
David Rosenstein - EVO Farm
Rickey Smith - Urban Green

Register Here: http://seedstockwest.eventbrite.com