Farmers are the heroes in this story. 1 billion people in the world are involved in sustaining our food system. The individual decisions of these stewards affects whether the land they manage emits or captures greenhouse gases.

Put yourselves in their shoes... where the decision made in any given year make you part of the climate problem or part of the climate solution. Hear from a startup that's using natural microbiology and digital technologies to help farmers make the best possible decisions, unlocking the inherent potential in the land to capture carbon. It's deploying an imaginative combination of modern big data and AI tech with age old regenerative agriculture practices. The measurable feedback both simplifies the decision-making process and shifts incentives to reward tangible results. This tech is already actively capturing carbon on acreage and ready to deploy at gigaton scale. Geoffrey von Maltzahn is an inventor, entrepreneur, and founder of life science companies solving important challenges in healthcare, nutrition, and agriculture.

Geoff is an inventor on over 200 patent applications and patents, co-author of 20 peer-reviewed publications, and recipient of over 20 awards and honors, including the prestigious Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for invention and innovation.

As a general partner at Flagship Pioneering, his startups that have achieved over $10 billion in public and private market capitalization. These ventures are pioneering somatic genomics, gene writing, generative biology, carbon farming and plant microbiome products, engineered and cell-specific gene therapies, and the first human microbiome therapeutics.

Geoff's serves as CIO for Indigo, a company working across the supply chain with a mission of harnessing nature to help farmers sustainably feed the planet with natural microbiology and digital technologies. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx