He grew snapdragons, sunflowers, you name it before moving to packaging and learning how to move product on the streets of NYC like a hustler.

Ultimately, he ended up choosing to be a leaf grower because he didn’t want to be "another broke farmer."

Founding LeafGrow, he's become one of the go-to experts in a field that two and half years ago didn't even have a Wikipedia article.

That field? Controlled environment agriculture.

Danny came on CropTalk to share his first-hand experience with CEA in this first of two special episodes where we deep-dive into what it takes to "perfect" weather conditions.