Robert Olivier's guest appearances

Robert Olivier

Greenhorns Radio

Voices of Impact with Ryan France

Christian Family Fellowship

Mike Lewis

Joe Moore

Ann Larkin Hansen

Jason Bradford

John Kelly

Joel Salatin

Sandor Katz

Andy Schwartz

Don Baker

Tim Francis

Thanh Pham

Wes Jones

Eric Hoffman

Rachel Budde

John Crouch

OwlTail

How To Get Paid Twice To Solve The Same Problem On a tour of South America, Robert Olivier was rattled by the level of agricultural operations demolishing the rainforests around him. He was struck by the feeling that he had to change the larger narrative of the farming industry. GrubTubs was created to initiate change in the toxic landscape of the corporate farming industry. “You don’t have to slash and burn the rainforests,” Olivier said. “You can integrate our cities and farms. And that is the key to a sustainable biological community. We take food waste from restaurants and use it to create grubs to feed to chickens, pigs, and rabbits instead of importing organic soy from other countries.” As Robert found his footing in formulating and distributing the perfect “tub” for restaurants to seal in food waste, he received unanticipated, yet key advice from the logistical juggernaut, UPS. He was advised to plan everything out with pen and paper, rather than software, until his product and procedure fully formed. From that point forward, bolstered by funding from the WeWork Creator Award and MassChallenge, Robert was able start building his team and focus on scaling GrubTubs to meet Austin’s growing need. In this episode of Voices of Impact, Robert talks about solving Austin’s $5 billion food waste problem. We discuss pivoting out of an early idea, avoiding software paralysis, and getting paid twice to solve the same problem. Robert also shares that the Austin-area is losing 9 acres of farmland per day to developers, and other not-so-known facts that we need to know urgently.

How To Get Paid Twice To Solve The Same Problem On a tour of South America, Robert Olivier was rattled by the level of agricultural operations demolishing the rainforests around him. He was struck by the feeling that he had to change the larger narrative of the farming industry. GrubTubs was created to initiate change in the toxic landscape of the corporate farming industry. “You don’t have to slash and burn the rainforests,” Olivier said. “You can integrate our cities and farms. And that is the key to a sustainable biological community. We take food waste from restaurants and use it to create grubs to feed to chickens, pigs, and rabbits instead of importing organic soy from other countries.” As Robert found his footing in formulating and distributing the perfect “tub” for restaurants to seal in food waste, he received unanticipated, yet key advice from the logistical juggernaut, UPS. He was advised to plan everything out with pen and paper, rather than software, until his product and procedure fully formed. From that point forward, bolstered by funding from the WeWork Creator Award and MassChallenge, Robert was able start building his team and focus on scaling GrubTubs to meet Austin’s growing need. In this episode of Voices of Impact, Robert talks about solving Austin’s $5 billion food waste problem. We discuss pivoting out of an early idea, avoiding software paralysis, and getting paid twice to solve the same problem. Robert also shares that the Austin-area is losing 9 acres of farmland per day to developers, and other not-so-known facts that we need to know urgently.

Robert Olivier - GrubTubs

Robert Olivier, founder of GrubTubs, Inc. invents and develops all aspects of insect based technologies, from conceptual design work to prototyping and final fabrication. Currently he is engineering a bioconversion facility in Austin, TX, to transform food waste into animal feed. Olivier holds a bachelor's degree in environmental sciences and business administration from Southern Methodist University. He received the Departmental Academic Excellence Award in Geological Sciences upon graduation.

Robert Olivier, founder of GrubTubs, Inc. invents and develops all aspects of insect based technologies, from conceptual design work to prototyping and final fabrication. Currently he is engineering a bioconversion facility in Austin, TX, to transform food waste into animal feed. Olivier holds a bachelor's degree in environmental sciences and business administration from Southern Methodist University. He received the Departmental Academic Excellence Award in Geological Sciences upon graduation.

Episode 293: Robert Olivier, GrubTubs

I Will Sing of My Redeemer - Robert Olivier