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Alex Tyink

Alex Tyink is the co-founder of Fork Farms and inventor of its ground-breaking farming technology and methods.
He is a former opera singer with 10 years of leadership experience in the social service sector, who works to inspire vast food system change across communities.
Tyink began his urban agriculture career in Brooklyn, New York, where he first worked on rooftop gardens and then started building indoor growing systems of his own for educational and food security purposes.
This eventually led to the development of Fork Farms’ intellectual property, the Flex Farm, an indoor, mobile hydroponic farm, that can grow 25 pounds of leafy greens in less than a month and in just nine square feet of space.
After relocating back to Wisconsin, Tyink worked as program director at Goodwill Industries of North Central Wisconsin and as director of innovation and programs for Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin.
In 2023, Fork Farms was included on the Inc. 5000 list and the FoodTech 500 list.
The company currently has three patents with a series of others pending.
Tyink is passionate about empowering communities through accessible food production.

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