Unfold's rapid momentum with its new leadership and vertical farm facility

Unfold, U.S. company that combines leading seed genetics with the agronomic expertise to advance the vertical farming industry, continued its explosive momentum since its launch earlier this year by hiring new leadership. Company added VP of Genetics, VP of Plant Performance and Industry Luminary to Advisory Board.

Dan Albert was chosen as Vice President of Plant Performance and Derek Drost as Vice President of Genetics. The company also added as an advisor Daphne Carmeli, who previously roles as founder and CEO of Deliv and VP of Marketing at Netscape, and she is part of the founding team of WebMD.

According to Carmeli, Unfold is what the industry needs to take it to the next level as vertical farming space experiences exponential growth. "As an advisor to Unfold, I look forward to working with the growing team to build a truly world-class business that unlocks the potential of seed genetics," she added.

Dan Albert, founder of Farmbox Greens, and Derek Drost, an experienced ag-tech innovator, will play pivotal roles at the company. Albert's entrepreneurial experience and knowledge of indoor agriculture will be leveraged to build an innovative research and development platform that will help develop innovative solutions for the vertical farming sector. To deliver world-class germplasm that is optimized to bring value to vertical farmers and the produce industry, Drost will partner with Unfold scientists, external collaborators and customers.

John Purcell, Ph.D., CEO of Unfold, said “Our goal is to offer fresh and more sustainable products and solutions to the market as early as next year, and expertise of this team will undoubtedly help make this a reality for us.”

In addition, ACROMurray was chosen as the design-build partner, which has extensive experience working with customers in the controlled environment agriculture (CEA) space. The facility will include a research vertical farm.

Based in California, Unfold is focused on the vertical farming industry. The company combines leading seed genetics with crop growing and agronomic expertise to advance productivity, flavor and other consumer preferences. Unfold serves the vertical farming market through partnerships with vertical farming operators, technology providers and others in the produce supply chain.

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