#70 Avalo: Using AI To Build A New Deal For American Farmers

Going Direct Conversations · Jul 7, 2026 · 1h 9m

I sit down with Mariano Alvarez and Brendan Collins, co-founders of Avalo, to talk about how they are using their plant breeding technology to rebuild the US cotton supply chain from the seed up.

We get into how they’re able to sell seeds to farmers at half the market price, why they contract with them to buy the cotton back before a single seed goes into the ground, and the long-term goal of bringing smaller farms back to America.

Enjoy.

Recording date: June 11, 2026

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

05:09 What Plant Breeding Actually Is

06:50 Current Cotton Supply Chain

10:31 Avalo’s Rapid…