Leaders on a Mission
Discussions with leaders with a clear mission of creating a healthier world in today’s most innovative startups across FoodTech, AgTech (Agritech), Synbio, Sustainability, Climate Tech, and Clean Tech. Learn more about precision fermentation, cellular agriculture, alternative proteins, crop protection, biologicals, protein expression systems, carbon capture, plant health, precision agriculture, bioinformatics, human nutrition and what it takes to successfully scale your business in this budding sector.
Leaders on a Mission
Unlocking Soil’s Power to Fight Climate Change
What if the key to reversing climate change lies right beneath our feet?
In this episode, EarthOptics CEO Lars Dyrud reveals how cutting-edge soil tech is transforming sustainable agriculture and carbon sequestration.
With a background in space science and a mission to decode Earth’s carbon secrets, Lars shares how data-driven insights and soil science are revolutionizing farm profitability and climate resilience.
Discover how soil DNA, machine learning, and high-resolution mapping can create sustainable farming solutions—and profitability. If soil carbon holds the answers, EarthOptics is asking the right questions.
Check out this episode to find out how this company are taking sustainable farming to the next level.
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Get an exclusive insight into how these leaders started up their journey, and how their cutting edge products will make a real impact.
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Timestamps:
00:54 – From space science to soil
03:42 – Discovering the carbon mystery
06:33 – Why soil carbon matters
09:55 – Massive measurement leap
11:08 – Data-driven agronomy goals
13:25 – Unlocking soil health insights
17:04 – Aligning profit and sustainability
20:49 – Supply chain climate impact
24:33 – Why data beats guesswork
28:35 – Milestones and growth
32:19 – Merger synergy and tech gains
38:18 – World’s largest soil DNA database
41:00 – Startup scaling challenges
Useful links:
EarthOptics’s website:https://earthoptics.com/
EarthOptics’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/earthoptics/
Lars Dyrud’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lars-dyrud-0a125816/
Leaders on a Mission website: https://cs-partners.net/podcasts/
Simon Leich’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/executive-talent-headhunter-agtech-foodtech-agrifoodtech-agritech/