RedSea, an agri climate tech company in the Middle East and advancing commercial farming in hot climates globally, is pioneering sustainable food production in harsh desert environments, further reducing the carbon and water footprint by 90 percent.
According to Ryan Lefers, co-founder and CEO at RedSea, the company is achieving this through proprietary technologies that encourage resource savings, extend growing seasons, and bolster local, regional, and global food yields and supply chains.
“Nearly 2 billion people live in hot and arid areas of the planet, and providing a solution that helps improve the sustainability of cultivation in these regions will help to sustainably feed a global population estimated to grow to 10 billion by 2050,” said Ryan adding that the firm’s employed technologies span from the roof of a greenhouse down to the crop roots, reducing energy and water consumption.
RedSea’s proprietary Technologies or platforms include the iyris SecondSky transparent heat-blocking covering materials for protected agriculture; Kairos Intelligent Solutions, which includes Coretex intelligent agriculture monitors as well as a unique saline water cooling module; and Volcano Genetics resilient tomato rootstocks. The iyris SecondSky cover blocks excess heat radiation, reducing energy usage by as much as 40% and water consumption by up to 30% (in hydroponic systems).
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