ETHINKSTL-085-Gibron Jones HOSCO Foods | Uplifting Community Health and Wealth with Urban Farming
Joining us today is Gibron Jones, founder of HOSCO Foods. The acronym stands for Holistic Organic Sustainable Co-Operative. HOSCO features hydroponics (growing plants in water), aeroponics (growing plants in the air) and aquaponics (hydroponic plants supplied with nutrients from fish waste) systems. He aims to provide co-operative members with complete farming skill sets that will enable them to work in a variety of food-related fields, with the eventual goal of owning their own co-operative business. In this episode: - Gibron has been named an “AgriTech genius”. He shares how he acquired these talents and knowledge. - Gibron's experience and skill in block chain technology, agronomy, and biotechnology. - The plans to develop a sustainable infrastructure for the North St. Louis community. - Where did his passion for this work start? - Gibron shares about the influence and inspiration of Will Allen. - What does Gibron hope to inspire? - Will hip-hop be incorporated in his strategy? - He is passionate about this work. In a previous article he was quoted saying, “We are in a dire situation as it relates to our food.” Learn about the urgency and the breadth of the story of the future our food. - The tenets of Gibron's company focus: FOOD PRODUCTION, JOB TRAINING and COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT - What kinds of partnerships are needed to sustain his vision? How did he establish the ones he has? - What have some of the biggest challenges been? - How does Gibron approach and manage risk? - What is his advice for the people he is training to start and run their own businesses? - Off the script question: Why does he still have a MySpace Page? Learn more: Company Website Company Facebook Company Twitter Company Instagram