Above Food Corp. (Above Food), a first-of-its-kind, vertically integrated, plant-based food company, announced the appointment of David Friedberg to the company’s Innovation Advisory Council.
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Friedberg is Chairman and CEO of The Production Board (TPB), which is solving Earth’s most fundamental problems by reimagining global systems of production across food, agriculture, biomanufacturing, human health, and the broader life sciences. Based in San Francisco, TPB builds new businesses from scratch based on emerging scientific discoveries, partners with exceptional talent, and provides them with the capital, infrastructure, and market insights needed to deliver at least a 10x improvement in the cost, energy, time, or carbon footprint of conventional systems.
Prior to founding TPB, Friedberg founded The Climate Corporation in 2006, where as CEO he led the company from founding through its acquisition in 2013. The Climate Corporation helps farmers around the world sustainably improve their productivity with digital tools that provide analytics and insights, ultimately improving on-farm decisions. Earlier in his career, Dave held several roles at Google, including as a founding member of the Corporate Development group.
“We could not be more thrilled to have Dave join our exemplary Innovation Advisory Council amongst other agriculture, tech and investment leaders,” said Lionel Kambeitz, CEO and Executive Chairperson of Above Food. “We are at a critical time in the company’s growth, and Dave brings a strong mission alignment and bias to action in transforming the global agriculture industry.”
The Production Board purchased the largest North American supplier of quinoa, Northern Quinoa Production Corp. (NorQuin), in 2014, of which Above Food acquired last month. Friedberg, who serves on numerous boards as director and advisor, will help Above Food ramp up innovations in products, manufacturing, facility management, high-capacity operations and more.
“I’m 100% aligned with Above Food’s vision to help build a robust global food system,” Friedberg said, “and I’m looking forward to offering my experience to accelerate the team’s scale up.”