AMERICA IS 90 DAYS FROM EMPTY GROCERY SHELVES

We assume the grocery store will always have food.

Kendell Lang believes that assumption is far more dangerous than most people realize.

After witnessing firsthand what happens when critical infrastructure and food supply chains fail, he's building a radically different model—one designed to make communities more food-independent while making regenerative agriculture economically viable.

In this episode of The AI Edge Podcast, Louis Fernandes sits down with Kendell Lang, CEO of mOrganic Holdings, for a fascinating conversation about food security, agriculture, technology, AI, carbon markets, and what it will take to build more resilient communities.

Ken's mission can be summarized in one sentence:

“We are making healing the planet the most profitable business in the world.”

His journey to that mission is deeply personal.

After his late wife was diagnosed with glioblastoma in 2001, Ken began questioning what he understood about food, health, plants, medicine, and the systems surrounding them. That experience ultimately became part of a much larger mission around food security and the legacy he wanted to leave his children and grandchildren.

In 2016, Ken moved from San Diego to Puerto Rico, where approximately 95% of consumed food was being imported, according to his account. Hurricane Maria later demonstrated just how quickly interconnected systems can break when electricity, water, transportation, agriculture, and supply chains fail simultaneously.

Today, he's applying those lessons in Hawaii through mOrganic.

But this isn't simply farming.

Ken describes an ecosystem combining controlled-environment aquaponics, regenerative soil systems, agroforestry, livestock, renewable energy, sensors, real-time data, blockchain infrastructure, carbon measurement, and AI.

In this conversation:

• Why Ken believes food security must become hyperlocal
• What Hurricane Maria taught him about fragile infrastructure
• How mOrganic achieved 52 consecutive weekly harvests in Puerto Rico
• Why billion-dollar vertical farming companies can still fail
• How regenerative agriculture can become profitable
• Why Ken believes carbon markets need better measurement
• How sensors, blockchain and AI fit into modern agriculture
• Why food security increasingly intersects with national security
• How technology can amplify human expertise instead of replacing it
• Why Ken believes environmentalism and capitalism can work together

Kendell Lang is an entrepreneur, real estate developer, agricultural innovator, and CEO of mOrganic Holdings.

Ken brings decades of experience spanning sophisticated real estate development, controlled environments, agriculture, infrastructure, and capital markets. During the conversation, he describes developing more than 12 million square feet of real estate, helping take two companies public, and advising another before turning his focus toward food security and regenerative agriculture.

His mission:

Make healing the planet the most profitable business in the world.

Connect With Kendell Lang

LinkedIn: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/kendelllang/

mOrganic Holdings: morganic.ag
Company LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/morganically/