Former AppHarvest President Joins Ag Tech Company
June 21, 2023 
David Lee, who previously served as president of AppHarvest, has taken on the role of CEO and Board Chair at Inevitable Tech, a business-to-business agtech platform that employs artificial intelligence, plant science, and automation, with a focus on the propagation stage.
“Inevitable creates and develops growing systems that enable farmers to manage their crops more efficiently, to enhance farmer profitability and food quality,” Lee says.
The company’s first product, the Clean Propagation system, helps ensure healthy seeds and robust seedling growth.
“Our versatile technology helps every farmer overcome the limits of propagation – high-carbon, high-cost transportation, international vendors, climate change, and adaptive pathogens that are ravaging agriculture today – all while improving yields per acre,” Lee says. “Beyond the seedling, superior plant health and environment-specific intelligence, help farmers close the gap between demand, signal, and production – improving yield, sustainability, and profits.”
Inevitable’s first client is greenhouse leafy greens grower Revol Greens. The company also has a development agreement with AppHarvest.
“Nearly 70% of vine crops consumed in the U.S. are imported, exposing them to the risks of pests and other hazards during transportation that can wipe out an entire harvest. Inevitable’s technology enables farmers to reduce costs, increase yield per acre, and mitigate growing volatility associated with climate change while shrinking the land, water, and energy footprint of crops,” Lee says.
Inevitable’s hardware and software can be used on any type of farm, from indoor hydroponic farms to open-field farming throughout the U.S.
At AppHarvest, Lee oversaw the expansion of the company’s tomato farm and the construction of three additional high-tech indoor farms with a diversified crop portfolio. He has also served as a board member at technology startups in controlled environment agriculture, consumer health, and seed technology, including Zevia and Benson Hill. He has also held leadership positions at Zynga and Del Monte.
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