OpenAg is privileged to have a variety of individuals and organizations who advise and support our efforts. A PDF version is available for download below.
MEDIA LAB ADVISORS
Howard Shapiro, research affiliate, MIT Media Lab Open Agriculture Initiative; chief agronomist of Mars Candy Company
Kent Larson, research affiliate, MIT Media Lab Open Agriculture Initiative; principal investigator, Media Lab City Science group
Joi Ito, Director of MIT Media Lab
Mitchell Baker, research affiliate, MIT Media Lab Open Agriculture Initiative; executive chairwoman of the Mozilla Foundation and of Mozilla Corporation
Nicholas Negroponte, Co-founder of MIT Media Lab
Michael Ferrari, research affiliate, MIT Media Lab Open Agriculture Initiative; director, Portfolio Investment Strategy at Point72 Asset Management; former head of data science, The Weather Company
Terry Garcia, research affiliate, MIT Media Lab Open Agriculture Initiative; Chief Science Officer of National Geographic
Toyoki Kozai, research affiliate, MIT Media Lab Open Agriculture Initiative; emeritus/pisiting professor, Chiba University; president, Japan Plant Factory Association
EXTERNAL ADVISORS
Chris Higgins, General manager, Hort Americas
Dickson Despommier, Emeritus professor of Microbiology and Public Health, Columbia University
MEDIA LAB SPONSORS
PHILANTHROPIC SPONSORS
GETTY SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
MATERIAL AND TECHNOLOGY DONATION
RESEARCH
ALUMNI SPONSORS
Unilever
IDEO
Lee Kum Kee
Target
ALUMNI STAFF, RESEARCHERS & CONTRIBUTORS
Ann Marie Gardner, founder, Modern Farmer
Gordon Brander
Tinashe Chagwedera
Valentina Chamorro
Doug Chambers
Nakeisha Gervais
Rei Goffer
Daniel Goodman
Zach Green
Lauren Hitchings
Sophia Jaffe
Danielle Kaidanow
Logan Martin
Nikhil Punwaney
Camille Richwoman
Tim Robertson
Jordan Rogoff
Rachel Seebach
Mario Siller
Carson Smuts