Ketel One Vodka and GQ’s $100,000 contest

(Before It's News)

Rooftop Farm idea one of five finalists

The Tomato Upstairs
Excerpt from Know Jax
Nov 19, 2012

Daniel Burstein, a local Jacksonville entrepreneur, is in the running to win a $100,000 investment from GQ and Ketel One to jumpstart his business. Daniel’s business plan was chosen from thousands of entries and now he is one of the five finalists for the GQ and Ketel One “A Gentleman’s Call” competition.

Daniel’s idea emerged when he realized how much space was wasted on his local supermarket’s roof. He began brainstorming practical uses for this under-utilized real estate and developed a solution- turn it into elevated gardens that could be used to plant, cultivate and grow produce that would be later sold in the store literally beneath its roots. This plan would create in a hyper-local supply system that would lead to cooling effects, local jobs and the reduction of automobile emissions from the transportation of goods.

See Finalists here.

• Dublin City Farm
• Seafood Is Killing You–40 Percent Imported Seafood Not Fit For Consumption: Oil, Pesticides, Antibiotics And Chemicals Poison Fish
• Empanadas Produced Without Government Inspection Recalled
• Endlessly debating agriculture
• Nibbles: Desert afforestation, Breadfruit, Sustainable tea, Biofortification, Cassava breeding, Wheat breeding, Ancient microbrewery
• Pesticides In Drinking Water Create Allergies And Weaken Food Tolerance
• Food Insecurity Higher During Holidays: If You Can, Donate To A Food Pantry
• Annual Food Policy Impact Conference Will Discuss GMOs, Regulation And Food Policy
• Ben’s Brings Lunch and Dinner to the Office or the Home for the Holidays
• Global Trend to Update Food Safety Laws Continues in the Philippines