This conversation centered around future of food and farming, with founders investors and experts swapping ideas on new tech tough challenges and ways to build businesses that really change things.

What stood out:

• Real change takes teamwork, no single tool will fix food and ag.

• Banks and investors can push for greener farming by making money easier to get for climate-friendly farms.

• Regulations help but great startups can thrive even without new rules.

• AI and robots can solve real headaches for farmers but making sales is tough unless the problem is urgent.

• Not every success here needs to be backed by big VCs; patient funding grants and creative deals matter too.

The Ripple crowd agreed: good ideas need more than enthusiasm, they need to fit the real world and bring folks together from growers to banks.