# Alex Tyink

> Alex Tyink is the founder and CEO of Fork Farms, a Green Bay, Wisconsin food-access technology company behind the Flex Farm, a mobile indoor hydroponic system that grows up to 25 pounds of leafy greens a month in nine square feet. A trained opera singer from Appleton who studied voice at Northwestern, he traded a New York vocal-performance career for urban farming after volunteering at a Brooklyn rooftop garden in 2010. Fork Farms now works with more than 5,000 schools, hospitals, food pantries and companies across all 50 states and dozens of countries, and closed a $2 million Series A in 2021.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Fork Farms
- **Organizations:** Fork Farms
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Attended (transferred), Lawrence University, Degree in voice and opera, Northwestern University
- **Known for:** Founded Fork Farms and invented the Flex Farm hydroponic growing system, Grew the company to 5,000+ partner schools, hospitals, food pantries and corporations, Reached all 50 U.S. states and 22 countries

## Career timeline

- **2010** — Volunteered at a Brooklyn rooftop garden feeding a neighborhood pantry; sent home with a bag of lettuce that changed his path
- **2010** — Built a hydroponic farm in his New York City apartment and sold greens to local restaurants; founded Fork Farms
- **2010s** — Developed successive generations of the Flex Farm indoor hydroponic system and moved the company to Green Bay, Wisconsin
- **2021** — Closed a $2 million Series A funding round
- **2020s** — Grew Fork Farms to more than 5,000 partner institutions across 50 states and 22 countries

## Achievements

- Founded Fork Farms and invented the Flex Farm hydroponic growing system
- Grew the company to 5,000+ partner schools, hospitals, food pantries and corporations
- Reached all 50 U.S. states and 22 countries
- Closed a $2 million Series A round (total funding ~$2.75M)
- Created more than 20 Wisconsin jobs with in-state manufacturing
- Flex Farm can grow up to 394 pounds of fresh food a year in nine square feet

## Latest updates

- **2021-09** — Fork Farms closed a $2 million Series A funding round
- **2024-03** — Featured by WEDC for expanding affordable fresh-food access from its Green Bay base

## Links

- Website: https://forkfarms.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/alextyink
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/forkfarms
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh69VLAg8xU
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/forkfarms

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Last updated: 2026-07-02