Agtech - So What? · 2026-06-10 · 37 min
What if one of agriculture’s most controversial “waste problems” is actually its most overlooked opportunity? Daniel Carson is an entrepreneur based in New Zealand, who wants to transform the beef industry from the ground up by directly addressing the challenge of what happens to non-replacement dairy calves. Through his startup, Miti , Daniel is building a new model that grows these calves into “young beef” and turns them into value-added protein products. But the product itself is only part of the story. It’s also a demonstration of a new production and supply chain system that’s designed to better align with global demand for lean protein and lower emissions. Daniel explains how this system leverages existing biological advantages from fast-growing dairy animals, built-in traceability, and shorter production cycles, to create a lower-emissions protein source. But despite strong fundamentals at the farm level, scaling the model runs into a familiar agtech barrier: the cost of infrastructure. Processing systems, supply chains, and industry incentives are all designed around large, premium carcasses.
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