Only the Paranoid Thrive: Clayton Mooney on Vertical Integration, AI Tools, and the Future of Local Food

In a world where the value of information is dropping by the day, the farmers and food entrepreneurs who embrace AI tools will have a decisive edge. Clayton Mooney makes this case clearly — and backs it up with how Clayton Farms uses data, customer feedback, and technology to refine their growing systems and business model. This episode covers everything from using ChatGPT for farm projections to why he believes the future of food is already here, just unevenly distributed.