vue - Can vertical farming become meaningful component to agricultural econ. | Milan Kluko | TEDxMuskegon

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. What happens when you cross environmental engineering with alternative energy and technology? You get a farmer. Watch Milan Kluko's story of taking his food ambitions to new heights. Milan Kluko has been in the environmental engineering, alternative energy, and solid waste industry as an engineering consultant, developer, vendor and technology supplier. In over three decades of experience in these roles he has gained project based experience with a wide variety of environmental, agriculture, alternative energy, composting and recycling systems beginning 1983. Throughout his career he has held senior positions with publicly traded companies as well as senior technical and management positions with national engineering and environmental services firms and has founded several companies. This experience has been developed through participation in projects as a consultant or vendor in 41 states as well as Canada, Mexico, Southeast Asia, South America, Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia, Poland, the United Kingdom, and Antarctica. Using over 30 years of project based experience across a wide technical spectrum Mr. Kluko a multi (international) patent holder founded Green Spirit Farms on 11-11-11 About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)