340: Kimbal Musk - From Tech To Chef, Making Real Food Accessible, Indoor Farming

Kimbal Musk (IG: @kimbalmusk) is chef, restauranteur, and philanthropist. His personal mission is to pursue an America where everyone has access to real food. Kimbal has been named a Global Social Entrepreneur by the World Economic Forum.

He is the co-founder and executive chairman of three businesses: The Kitchen Restaurant Group, Big Green, and Square Roots. The Kitchen Restaurant Group serves real food at every price point, Big Green builds outdoor Learning Garden classrooms, and Square Roots builds urban farms in climate-controlled shipping containers.

Kimbal is on the board for Tesla and SpaceX.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Growing up in South Africa and how Kimbal developed his passion for cooking
• Taking a stand against apartheid
• Moving to Canada at age 18 to attend Queen's University
• The painting business that sparked Kimbal's entrepreneurial career
• Starting the internet company Zip2 with his brother, Elon
• Learning to cook at the French Culinary Institute in NYC
• Enjoying the best of both worlds: tech by day, cooking by night
• Kimbal recalls his 9/11 story
• Volunteering to help feed the firefighters after 9/11
• Travelling across America in a Euro van with his wife & dog
• Establishing the farm-to-table movement in Colorado
• Bringing the community together through food you can trust
• The challenge & excitement of creating a new menu daily
• Form connections and trust with local farmers
• The accident that changed Kimbal's life
• The impact of teaching children through a learning garden
• Empowering young urban farmers to grow real food
• Converting old shipping containers into indoor farms
• Farming is critical to our future
• Climate change is the biggest challenge in conventional farming
• Indoor farming will help eliminate food waste
• The process of changing conventional farms to organic
• Eat real food

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Related links:

Kimbal Musk's website

Follow Kimbal Musk on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter

Maye Musk - A Woman Makes A Plan (book)

Elon Musk

French Culinary Institute (now called ICC)

The Kitchen Restaurant Group

Square Roots

Big Green

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