# Addressing Climate Change in Agriculture with Plasma Technology with Daniel White, Co-Founder and CEO at Clean Crop Technologies

- Show: [Hardware to Save a Planet](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet)
- Published: 2024-02-01
- Length: 42m
- Episode: 45
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet/2024-02-01-addressing-climate-change-in-agriculture-with-plasma-technology-with-daniel-whit
- Listen: https://podcasts.fame.so/e/183697wn-daniel-white-addressing-climate-change-in-agriculture

## Summary

Daniel White, Co-Founder and CEO of Clean Crop Technologies, explains how his company uses high-voltage cold plasma to treat seeds and food, aiming to reduce agricultural waste and improve crop yields. White details the company's pivot from addressing post-farmgate contamination in commodities like peanuts to focusing on seed treatment, where they have conducted 38 field trials across 15 crops to demonstrate yield improvements and disease reduction. He discusses the business model, which currently operates as a tolling service to generate cash flow while developing hardware for direct integration into seed processing lines, and highlights the challenges of scaling hardware startups from prototype to volume production.

## Chapters

- [0:03](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet/2024-02-01-addressing-climate-change-in-agriculture-with-plasma-technology-with-daniel-whit#t=3) Introduction: Daniel White and Clean Crop Technologies
- [1:47](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet/2024-02-01-addressing-climate-change-in-agriculture-with-plasma-technology-with-daniel-whit#t=107) White's Background in Global Agriculture and Climate Risks
- [6:40](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet/2024-02-01-addressing-climate-change-in-agriculture-with-plasma-technology-with-daniel-whit#t=400) Identifying the Problem: The 99 Grower Issue and Contamination
- [10:27](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet/2024-02-01-addressing-climate-change-in-agriculture-with-plasma-technology-with-daniel-whit#t=627) Pivoting to Seed Treatment and Field Trials
- [15:37](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet/2024-02-01-addressing-climate-change-in-agriculture-with-plasma-technology-with-daniel-whit#t=937) Quantifying Food Waste and the Impact of Seedborne Pathogens
- [19:16](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet/2024-02-01-addressing-climate-change-in-agriculture-with-plasma-technology-with-daniel-whit#t=1156) Business Model: Tolling Services and Target Customers
- [25:06](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet/2024-02-01-addressing-climate-change-in-agriculture-with-plasma-technology-with-daniel-whit#t=1506) Replacing Thermal and Chemical Treatments with Plasma
- [28:16](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet/2024-02-01-addressing-climate-change-in-agriculture-with-plasma-technology-with-daniel-whit#t=1696) Building a Technical Team as Non-Technical Founders
- [31:50](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet/2024-02-01-addressing-climate-change-in-agriculture-with-plasma-technology-with-daniel-whit#t=1910) The Hardware Startup Ecosystem and Scaling Challenges
- [36:18](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet/2024-02-01-addressing-climate-change-in-agriculture-with-plasma-technology-with-daniel-whit#t=2178) Hardware Design, Vision, and Future Outlook

## Topics

- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)
- [Starting a product company](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/starting-a-company)
- [Validation & product-market fit](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/validation-and-product-market-fit)
- [Energy & climate tech](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/energy-and-climate-tech)
- [Direct-to-consumer & e-commerce](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/direct-to-consumer)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Clean Crop Technologies (company)
- Cargill (company)
- Iowa State (other)
- Mass Challenge (other)
- IGEN (company)

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