The Playbook With David Meltzer
The Playbook With David Meltzer
David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com
The Farming Upgrade No One Saw Coming
18 minutes Posted Dec 12, 2025 at 5:00 am.
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In today’s episode, I sit down with entrepreneur Jonathan Destler, founder and CEO of Opti-Harvest, to talk about how light and data are reshaping the future of agriculture. Jonathan shares how decades of scientific research turned into a simple but overlooked solution that helps growers boost yields, cut costs, and reduce environmental impact. We get into why big ag is at a crisis point, why sunlight has been agriculture’s biggest blind spot, and how Opti-Harvest aims to make more food from the same land. We also talk about mission versus profit and what it takes to build technology that actually scales.