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The Modern Acre — 459 episodes

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457: How to Raise a 3rd AgTech Investment Fund in a Down Market

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456: What is ACTUALLY Going on with Fertilizer Right Now

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455: Farm Finance App Exceeds 1M Acres in 10 Days!

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454: Building an AI-First AgTech Company with Founders of Numanac

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453: From Tillable to CamoAg - Corbett Kull on CamoAg's New Sales Intelligence App and AI Tools

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452: Unpacking What Happened to Monarch Tractor

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451: The Latest In Plant Gene Editing with Pairwise COO

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450: World Agri-Tech Takeaways + AgFunder Investment Report

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449: Should We Sell The Modern Acre?

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448: Glyphosate Exec Order and RFK Jr. MAHA (and Fitness) Backlash

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447: Selling to John Deere and Building AI Tools in Agriculture

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446: Expand Your Empire - Tim's Takeaways from the Top Producer Summit

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445: The Ugly, the Bad, and the Good of AgTech Investing in 2026

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444: Explaining Physical AI in Ag and Agtonomy's Series B Raise

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443: Introducing Yield Energy - How to Profit from Energy Flexibility in Agriculture

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442: Fireside Chat with David Friedberg at World Agri-Tech

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441: Business on Easy Mode - What We've Learned from Sam Parr

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The 2025 Acre Awards - Part 2

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The 2025 Acre Awards - Part 1

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438: A Reasonable Farmer's Take on the 2025 Season

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437: USDA and MAHA Announce $700M Regenerative Ag Fund

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436: Have We Reached Peak AgTech?

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435: Monarch Tractor Lawsuit, Fitness Check In & Content Diet

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434: Ceres AI adds an AI Agent to Their Board?!

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433: "Shark Tank" for AgTech Recap from Western Grower's Annual Meeting

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432: Lessons from Deploying $1B into Regenerative Farmland

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431: A Go-To Market Framework in AgTech

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430: Bonsai Robotics FIRA Announcement & Unpacking the farm-ng Acquisition

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429: How to Execute a Big Idea in AgTech

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428: Building Brand Loyalty with Magazines as a DTC Olive Oil Company

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427: Bootstrapping a Biological Startup

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426: Unpacking the AgTech & Biological Trends of the Past Decade

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425: "AI Farming" AgTech Company Raises $22M?!

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424: David Friedberg on What Will Win in Ag (Replay)

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423: How We Built and Launched AgList (and What's Next)

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422: How to Build an AgTech Company and Raise Capital

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421: Understanding "The Big Shrink" and Farmer Sentiment in Agriculture

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420: Turning a Legacy Retailer into a Soil Health Services Business

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419: Sweetgreen Strategy Session with Jack Richardson

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418: Rethinking Food and Ag Investments - The Quiet Trends Reshaping The Industry

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417: The Dos and Don'ts of Scaling a Biological Startup

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416: $600M CPG Exit and the Latest Protein Bar Brand

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415: Chipotle's Local Sourcing Solution (+ Local vs. Regen Debate)

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414: Function Health for Ag? Our Experience with Function Health and Takeaways in Ag

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413: An Emerging CPG Brand Acquires a Legacy CPG Brand

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412: Two Water Experts Bootstrapping a Water Insights App

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411: How EXACTLY We Are Using AI for our Businesses Today

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410: How and Why a Farmer Chooses an AgTech Solution

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409: What Everyone Needs to Know About Biologicals with Dr. Keri Carstens

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408: Wonderful Citrus' President on Evaluating AgTech and Organic

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407: Agrology CEO's Regenerative Ag Hot Takes

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406: The Untold History of the Disappearing American Farmer

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405: Talking Fitness and Agriculture with Amanda Nigg, the Farm Fit Momma

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404: The Biggest AgTech Deal in History (A Year Later)

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403: Are Cover Crops the Gateway Drug to Regenerative Ag Adoption?

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402: Aly and Niki Wente on the Wine Market and Growing the Family Business

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Shopify CEO AI Memo, Tim's Health Investment & Carbon Robotics "Lau"suit

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401: Lessons in AgTech - M&A, Product Development, Markets & More

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400: $100M Founder on Entrepreneurship, Regen Ag & Business Opportunities in Food

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399: How to Find Traction in AgTech with Dane Hague, Co-Founder & CEO of MyLand

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398: Lessons from a $3B CEO Turned Biologicals Founder with Bill Brady, Founding CEO of Kula Bio

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397: Our World Agri-Tech Takeaways and the VC Dilemma in AgTech + "Hats" Update

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396: Specialty Crops in the Midwest & Building a Hold Co with Adam DeGroot

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395: Understanding Crop Inputs - Topsoil Series with Ariel Patton

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394: Biologicals, Carbon Credits, and Mycorrhizal Fungi OH MY! with Andrew Duff of Groundwork Bio Ag

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393: "Emergency Pod" on DOGE & the USDA Cuts with Brian Kuehl

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392: An Unconventional Farmer Success Story with Arun Ohri

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391: Investing in AgTech & Farmland for Over a Decade with Clay Mitchell, Co-Founder of Fall Line Capital

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390: Understanding Commodity Prices - Topsoil Series with Ariel Patton

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389: Breaking Down Erewhon - Strategy Series with Jack Richardson

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388: We're Building the Yelp for Ag Biologicals - Introducing AgList!

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387: John Kempf on Regenerative Ag in 2025

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386: The First Startup Incubator Facility Dedicated to Ag Robotics

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385: Carbon Robotics Founder on Their $70M Raise and "Robots-As-A-Service"

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The 2024 Acre Awards - Part 2

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The 2024 Acre Awards - Part 1

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382: California Ag Outlook - Trade, AgTech, Labor, Water & Energy with Walt Duflock

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381: Netafim's Corporate Partnership Program & Digital Farming Platform

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380: Buying (Then Building) A Small Business in Ag with Cody Agee

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379: Understanding Math in Agriculture - Topsoil Series with Ariel Patton

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378: Founder of Tractor Beverage Travis Potter on His New Venture

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377: Scaling a Simple Idea into Successful AgTech with Tracey Wiedmeyer, CEO of Gripp

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376: ANNOUNCEMENT - Tyler (and Tim) Join Polaris Energy Services!

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375: The Business of Apples and the Cosmic Crisp Story with West Mathison, President & CEO of Stemilt

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374: Contrarian Thinking in AgTech & Robotics with Chris Laudando, Founder of L&A

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373: Growth Through Acquisition with Kyle McMahon, Founder & CEO of TractorZoom

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372: Focused Thinking in a Crowded Category with Guillermo Valenzuela, VP of Sales and Marketing at WiseConn

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371: Scaling a Cover Crop Seed Business with Joe Gardiner, Co-Founder of Covers & Co.

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370: Acre Insights - Our Top 10 Food & Ag Companies

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369: Manulife's COO of Farmland Services on Regen Ag, the Farm Economy, and Centralized Services

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368: The Inside Story Behind Indigo's New Focus and Drive to Profitability with Ewan Lamont

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Founder Mode, Latest Huberman Takeaways, and FBN & ADM Joint Venture

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367: The "Tom Sawyer" Approach in AgTech Venture Capital with Carter Williams, CEO of iSelect Fund

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366: Farm Credit and the Current Ag Economy with Matt Woolf and Jill Jelacich

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365: The Produce Section - Strategy Series with Jack Richardson

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364: From Blue River Technology to Founding Bonsai Robotics with Tyler Niday

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363: Wife-Inspired Business Ideas, Making Ag More Fun, and Defining Regenerative

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362: From Salesman to CEO with Dan Lindberg, CEO of Meras Water Solutions

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361: Achieving Hyper-Focus as an AgTech Startup with Lumo's Founder & CEO, Devon Wright

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360: Succession Planning in Farming - Topsoil Series with Ariel Patton

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359: The Produce Entrepreneur Steve Brazeel on Produce Boxes, Regen Ag, and Much More

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358: Marketing Technology That Pays Farmers for Social Media with Scott Nelson, Founder of Make Hay

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357: Thrive Market - Strategy Series with Jack Richardson

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356: Investing for Impact in Agriculture with Grant Mulligan of AlTi Tiedemann Global

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355: Building a Sustainable Food Waste Tech Company with Matt Aronson, CRO of Verdant Technologies

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354: Apeel's New CEO on Improving Technology and Evolving the Business Model

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353: The Case for Organic with Kelly Damewood, CEO of CCOF

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352: The Not-Your-Average-Farmer's Takes on AgTech, Regenerative, and Organic

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351: David Friedberg on Joining Ohalo Genetics as CEO, Gene Editing Technology, and AgTech Trends

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350: Choosing to be OEM-Agnostic with Tim Bucher, Founder and CEO of Agtonomy

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349: Mt. Joy - Strategy Series with Jack Richardson

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348: The Not-So-Secret Corruption of America's Food System with Austin Frerick

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347: AgTech Diligence and How to Impress AgTech VC with Michael Lavin, Managing Partner at Germin8 Ventures

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346: Farming in California's Central Valley with Jason Giannelli

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345: Enabling Soil Carbon at Scale with Chris Tolles, CEO and Co-Founder of Yard Stick

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344: Why Your Farm or Family Business NEEDS to Think About Succession Planning

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343: Acre Insights - Our World Agri-Tech Takeaways (Plus the Best Marketing Hack of the Show)

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342: Produce Pay's New CEO on Disrupting the Retail Pricing Model

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341: The Food Manufacturing Guy on Challenges of CPG, Ingredient Confusion, and Anonymous X Accounts

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340: M&A, AI, Electrification & More with Marc Kermisch, the Global Chief Digital and Information Officer of CNH Industrial

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339: How Syngenta is Thinking About The Future of Agriculture with Feroz Sheik

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338: Maui Nui Venison - Strategy Series with Jack Richardson

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337: Ag Economics 101 - The Census and California Ag with Matt Woolf of Terrain Ag

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336: The Story of The Wonderful Company

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335: Acre Insights - Are Things Getting Weird in AgTech and Farming Right Now?

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334: Working on Chipotle's Local Sourcing Program and What's Next for Local Line with Cole Jones

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333: The Domain Name Investor That Built a DTC Onion Business

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332: Understanding Precision Agriculture - Topsoil Series with Ariel Patton

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331: Rolling Up Legacy Processors with Phil Taylor, Co-Founder of Mad Ag & Mad Markets

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330: Predicting the Shelf Life of Produce with Strella's CEO & Co-Founder Katherine Sizov

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329: Acre Insights - Our Experience with Produce Box Delivery, David Friedberg's Move to Ohalo, and Starlink-Deere Deal Thoughts

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328: Blue River Founder on Deere Acquisition, Starlink Deal, and Deere's Focus on Technology

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327: Emerging Markets, Processing Technologies, & "Agrihoods" with Bobby Chang

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326: Investing in Regenerative Farmland with David Leon and Tim Luckow - Co-op Members Call Preview

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325: The Ag Dealership Model with the President of an Innovative John Deere Dealer

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324: Agribusiness M&A Integration with Joe Mosher, Founder of Mosher Consulting Group

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323: Growth Mindset in Legacy Agribusiness with Matt Nicoletti, Director of Business Development at Penny Newman Grain Company

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The 2023 Acre Awards - Part 2

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The 2023 Acre Awards - Part 1

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320: Lundberg Family Farm's Brita and Bryce Lundberg on Regen Ag, Marketing, and Growing a Family Business

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319: Realistic AgTech Valuations, Cold Plasma Tech & Going Broad and Narrow with Dan White, Co-Founder and CEO of Clean Crop

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318: Lessons from Steve Jobs, Bill Gates & Michael Dell and Building a New Autonomy Platform for Ag

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317: Understanding the Farm Team - Topsoil Series with Ariel Patton

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316: Entrepreneur Bill Camarillo on Building a Compost Business Before It Was Cool

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315: Implementing Regenerative Ag FOR Farmers and Landowners with Kevin Wolz, CEO of Canopy Farm Management

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314: Marketing in Ag and When a Farm Should Develop Its Own Brand with Ali Cox, Founder & CEO of Noble West

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312: Acre Insights - The Idea of Compounding and 2023 Farm Season In Review

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312: Pivot Bio's New CEO Chris Abbott on Scaling and Partnerships in AgTech

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311: A First-Principles Approach to Farmland Investing with Ben Gordon, CEO and Co-Founder of Fractal Ag

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310: Seana Day & Mark Brooks on Investing in AgTech - Co-op Members Call Preview

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309: AgriTourism, Hunting & More - A Different Kind of Ag Marketplace with Nic De Castro, Founder & CEO of LandTrust

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308: Private Equity Investing in Agriculture with Kevin Schwartz, CEO & Managing Partner of Paine Schwartz Partners

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307: Understanding Weeds and Their Opportunity - Topsoil Series with Ariel Patton

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306: Acre Insights - Investing into Regenerative Agriculture, VC's Role, the Messy Middle & Other Takeaways from the RFSI Forum

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305: Force of Nature's Regenerative Model and EPIC's Acquisition with Robby Sansom

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304: Building Carbon Neutral Dairy Products with Marcus Lovell Smith, CEO of Neutral Foods

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303: Closing Series B and AgTech Growth Lessons from MyLand's President Peter Williams

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302: The Story of The Climate Corporation

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301: Understanding Carbon and Sustainability Commitments - Topsoil Series with Ariel Patton

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300: Acre Insights - Why We're Quitting Organic at Nuss Farms and What's Next for the Modern Acre

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299: From Offsets to Insets – Enabling a New Value Stream for Farmers with Tom Ryan, President of Truterra

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298: Investing in Regenerative Ag in 2023 with Sarah Day Levesque, Managing Director of RFSI

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297: An AgTech Marketing Masterclass with Dan Schultz

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296: Understanding Ranching and the Challenges of the Beef Industry with Cassidy Johnston

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295: Acquired - Finding Product Market Fit in AgTech with Alain Goubau, CEO of Combyne Ag

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294: Understanding Farm-Level Data - Topsoil Series with Ariel Patton

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293: Soil As A Service with Dane Hague, CEO and Co-Founder of MyLand

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292: Using AI to Solve Big Problems in the Agri-Food Supply Chain with Anthony Howcroft, CEO of SWARM Engineering

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291: Monetizing and Modeling Regenerative Agriculture - Co-op Members Call

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290: Solving Alternative Protein with Cultivated Meat with Maria Cho, CEO of Triplebar

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289: Where Do the Crops Go? Understanding Demand - Topsoil Series with Ariel Patton

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288: Systems-Approach to Investing in Regenerative Agriculture with Stephen Hohenrieder, CEO of Grounded Capital

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287: Acre Insights - Tyler Goes Viral in Europe, Indoor Farming, CPG Greenwashing, and Kiss the Ground's New Film

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286: The Latest in California Farming with Derek Azevedo, EVP at Bowles Farming Co.

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285: Are Biologicals the Tipping Point for the Next Phase of Agriculture with Mick Messman, CEO of DPH Biologicals

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284: Scaling and Automating the Back Office with Peter Martin of Pinion and Matt Powell of Robot Accounts

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283: Leveraging AI in Business and Agriculture - Co-op Members Call

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282: Scaling AgTech through Acquisitions and Technology with Dr. Michael Gilbert, Founder of Semios

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281: FBN's AI Agronomist Experiment with Kit Barron, Head of Data Science & Analytics

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280: The Story of Maui Nui Venison - Wild, Stress-Free Meat with Founder and CEO Jake Muise

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279: Understanding Yield - Topsoil Series with Ariel Patton

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278: Sustainability at Nutrien, the Country's Largest Ag Retailer with Carson Britz

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277: Founding the Largest Farmland REIT with Paul Pittman, Founder of Farmland Partners

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276: The Business Case for Commercializing Regenerative Ag with Jessie Deelo, Founder of Deelo Consulting

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275: What is Agri FinTech? Investment, Trends, and More - Co-op Members Call

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274: Bridging Farm Data Through API with Bailey Stockade, CEO and Co-Founder of Leaf

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273: Autonomy and Farming-as-a-Service with Craig Rupp, CEO and Founder of Sabanto

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272: The Business of Farming - Topsoil Series with Ariel Patton

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271: A Fast Casual Restaurant with a Transparent, Regenerative Supply Chain with Grant Jones, Co-Founder of Mt. Joy

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270: Acre Insights - World AgriTech Takeaways: Farmers, Biologicals, Consolidation & More

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269: State of AgriTech Investing with Michael Macolino of SVG Ventures Thrive - Co-op Members Call

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268: Farming in California in 2023 with Stuart Woolf, President & CEO of Woolf Farming & Processing

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267: Enabling AgTech Innovation with AWS's Head of Worldwide Agriculture, Elizabeth Fastiggi

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266: Leaning into Seasonality - Topsoil Series with Ariel Patton

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265: Scaling an AgTech SaaS Platform with Aaron Hutchinson, President and Co-Founder of CropTrak

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264: Acre Insights - Organic Exposed? Our Experience with Organic Farming, Plus 2023 Co-op Updates

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263: Commerce for Regional Food Systems with Cole Jones, CEO and Founder of Local Line

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262: AgTech Software Solutions for Farm Accounting with Ian Harley, CEO and Co-Founder of Traction Ag

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261: Established AgTech Investment, Scale, and Distribution with Guillermo Valenzuela, VP of Sales and Marketing at WiseConn

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260: Farmer Trey Hill on Carbon Markets, AgTech, Regenerative & More!

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259: AgTech in 2023 Deep Dive with Verdant Robotics Founders Gabe Sibley and Curtis Garner

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258: Connecting Brands and Farmers through Outcomes-Based Regenerative Agriculture with Chris Kerston, Co-CEO of Land to Market

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257: Acre Insights - Tim is Joining Nuss Farms Full Time! Plus 2023 Predictions

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256: Food Safety Data Innovation with Erik Westblom, Co-Founder & CEO of Provision

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255: The Data-Driven Case for Regenerative Agriculture with Proof's Shannon Boselli and Clara Cecil

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254: Action-Oriented Research in Regenerative Ag Finance with Lauren Manning, Senior Associate with the Croatan Institute

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253: Financing Regenerative Organic Transitions with Brandon Welch, Co-Founder and CEO of Mad Capital

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252: Advocacy for California Winegrape Growers with Natalie Collins, Interim President of CAWG

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251: Building Tech for Carbon Markets with Troy Carter, CEO and Co-Founder of Earthshot Labs

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250: Acre Insights - Will Harris on Joe Rogan Podcast, Is Crypto Dead, Elon Buys Twitter & Nuss Farms Update

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249: John Deere Acquisition, Scaling Autonomous Tractors, and Product Market Fit with Igino Cafiero, CEO and Co-founder of Bear Flag Robotics

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248: Learning from the Soil through DNA Sequencing with Rob Hranac, CEO of Pattern Ag

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247: The REIT Model for Organic Farmland Investing with Iroquois Valley Farmland REIT's Bill Stoddart and Chris Zuehlsdorff

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246: Acre Insights – Our Takeaways from the RFSI Forum (Regenerative Ag Investing)

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245: Fractionalized Farm Ownership in an Emerging Market with Oscar Baracaldo, CEO and Co-Founder of Farmfolio

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244: Focused Venture Capital and the Venture Studio Model with Connie Bowen, General Partner of Farmhand Ventures

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243: Innovating the Ag Retail Model with Alexander Reichert, Co-Founder and CEO of AgVend

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242: Acre Insights - Kim K & Content Creation, USDA "Climate Smart" Grants, Patagonia Profits & More

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241: Tokenizing Agro Commodities on the Blockchain with Eduardo Novillo Astrada, CEO & Co-Founder of Agrotoken

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240: A Nuanced Deep-Dive into Regenerative Ag with David Leon of Farmer's Footprint and Biome Capital

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239: AgTech Realties and Hot Takes with Nathan Faleide, AgTech Consultant

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238: Developing Natural Ingredients to Reduce Food Waste with Natasha Dhayagude, Co-Founder & CEO of Chinova Bioworks

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237: Acre Insights - Battle of SXSW Panels on Regen Ag, Tyler's Rivian Road Trip & Nuss Farms Update

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236: Investing in Regenerative Ag in 2022 with Anthony Corsaro, Director of Business Development for RFSI

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235: Growing Ancient Grains to Develop a Consumer Product with Claire Smith, Founder and CEO of Teffola

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234: Replacing Vegetable Oils with "Cultured Oil" with Jeff Nobbs, Co-Founder & CEO of Zero Acre Farms

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233: Acre Insights - Regenerative vs. Organic Revisited and "Co-op Corner"

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232: Innovating an Established Agribusiness with Mike Hemman, CEO of Netafim

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231: Healthy Snacks and a Transparent, Regenerative Supply Chain with Kristy Lewis, Founder of Quinn Snacks

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230: Commercializing Ag Trait Technologies through Strategic Partnerships with Han Chen, Co-Founder & CEO of ZeaKal

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229: Investing in Regenerative Ag in 2022 with Pete Oberle, Managing Partner at Trailhead Capital

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228: Scaling a Family Ag Business Going Direct to Consumer with Nicole Atchison, CEO of PURIS Foods

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227: Decoding Soil Biology with Adrián Ferrero, Co-Founder & CEO of Biome Makers

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226: Building a New Model for Produce Trade and Financing with Pablo Borquez, Founder & CEO of ProducePay

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225: Enabling the Vertical Farming Industry with David Nothmann, COO of Unfold

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224: Regenerative CPG Products with Matthieu Kohlmeyer, Founder & CEO of La Tourangelle

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223: Streamlining Ag Labor with Michael Guirguis, Co-Founder & CEO of Seso Labor

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222: Integrating Permanent Crops in Regenerative Agriculture with Ethan Steinberg, Co-Founder & CEO of Propagate Ventures

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221: Farm Management Software Built for Carbon Markets with Robin Saluoks, Founder & CEO of eAgronom

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220: Supply Chain and Water Realities in Agriculture with Aubrey Bettencourt, President & CEO of the Almond Alliance

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219: Acre Insights - Web3 Use Cases in Ag, Pairwise Launches Consumer Brand & Nuss Farms Update

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218: Scaling AgTech through Acquisitions and Technology with Dr. Michael Gilbert, Founder and CEO of Semios

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217: Farmer Trey Hill on Carbon Markets, AgTech, Regenerative & More!

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216: Acre Insights - Introducing The Modern Acre Co-op

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215: Robotics as a Service with Verdant Robotics Co-Founders, Gabe Sibley and Curtis Garner

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214: Regeneratively Raised Meat and Building a Brand with Jamie Ager, Founder, Farmer, and CEO at Hickory Nut Gap

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213: Developing and Scaling Biologicals for Sustainable Agriculture with Dr. Mike Miille, CEO of Joyn Bio

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212: Regenerative Ag Supply Chains and Carbon Negative Food with Paul Lightfoot

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211: Agriculture at Microsoft with their Director of Agribusiness Industry Solutions, Barney Debnam

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210: The Power of Computer Vision in AgTech with Tom Shapland, Co-Founder and CEO of Tule Technologies

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209: A Supplement Company Focused on Regenerative Agriculture with Jordan Rubin, Co-Founder of Ancient Nutrition

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208: Reducing Pesticide Pollution with Technology with Vishnu Jayaprakash, Co-Founder and CEO of AgZen

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207: Saving the Family Farm with Bitcoin and Building a Regenerative Food Brand with Dax Hansen, Founder of Oatman Farms

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206: Converting US Dairy Farms into Oat Farms with Hälsa Foods Co-Founder Helena Lumme & Farmer Eric Ziehm

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205: Acre Insights - 2022 Predictions and Sneak Peak into Our Web3 Project

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204: Investing In and Operating Regenerative Companies with Lew Moorman, Co-Founder of Soilworks Natural Capital

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203: Regenerating Soils and Profits Using Farm Waste with Mike Woelk, CEO and Founder of Corigin

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202: Innovations in Aerial Imaging with Ashwin Madgavkar, CEO and Founder of Ceres Imaging

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201: Developing Collaborative Farm Robots Built for Autonomy with Charlie Anderson, CEO and Founder of Burro

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200: Our Dad (!!!) on Nuss Farms, California Ag, and Regenerative Agriculture

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199: Innovation in Food and CPG with Sarah Sha and Isha Joshi of KitchenTown

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198: Helping Consumers Make Better Food Decisions through Nutrient Density with Greg Shewmaker, Co-Founder of TeakOrigin

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197: Acre Insights - Tim Interviews Tyler on NFT's and Web3, Entrepreneurship, and Lessons from Tech and EV Startups

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196: Rethinking Controlled Environment Agriculture with Craig Hurlbert, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Local Bounti

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195: Direct-to-Consumer Strategy with the Farmer's Dog Co-Founder, Brett Podolsky

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194: Building a Successful Biologicals Company with Co-CEO's, Scott Uknes and Eric Ward

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193: Acre Insights - Produce Trends and the Latest on the Farm and Our CPG Journey

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192: Successful CPG Exit and Bridging the Gap Between Ag and CPG with Jennifer Barney

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191: Healthy Snacks and a Transparent, Regenerative Supply Chain with Kristy Lewis, Founder of Quinn Snacks

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190: The Acceleration of Electric Tractor Adoption with Praveen Penmetsa, Co-Founder and CEO of Monarch Tractor

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189: Robotic Weeder Product Development with Jon Mey, Director of Product at Carbon Robotics

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188: The Story of AgWorld and Farm Management Innovation with Zach Sheely, President of AgWorld

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187: Learning from the Soil through DNA Sequencing with Rob Hranac, CEO of Pattern Ag

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186: Digital Innovation in the Fresh Produce Industry with Kim Bui, Global Head, FreshCloud Infrastructure and Analytics at AgroFresh

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185: Plant-Based Meat Ingredient Breeding with Matt Crisp, CEO and Co-Founder of Benson Hill

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184: AgTech M&A with Bushel and Farmlogs Founders, Jake Joraanstad and Jesse Vollmar

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183: Understanding Regenerative Agriculture with John Kempf

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182: Oatly's Head of Sustainability, Julie Kunen

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181: Acre Insights - The Impact of the Drought, Abundant Robotics Shuts Down, and a Major Gap in Co-Packing for Farmers

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180: Solving Renewable Energy Problems in Ag with Bob Powell, Founder and CEO of Brightmark

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179: From Founding Team at Granular to CEO of Sound Agriculture with Adam Litle

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178: Using Crypto To Solve Carbon Market Problems with Paul Gambill, CEO and Co-Founder of Nori

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177: Building Resilience in the Food Supply Chain with Rhonda Bassett-Spiers, President & CEO of iTradeNetwork

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176: Innovating the Ag Retail Model with Alexander Reichert, Co-Founder and CEO of AgVend

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175: An Insiders Look At Farmland Operations With Jason Kosareff, Farmland Asset Manager at FarmTogether

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174: Acre Insights - Is Regenerative Ag Losing Its Buzz? Plus Ag Cryptocurrency, Bowery Funding, and Nuss Farms Update

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173: Selling Bolthouse Farms to Campbell's and Buying it Back with Jeff Dunn, CEO of Bolthouse Farms

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172: A Farmer Founds a Distribution Company and Retail Brand with Michael Bosworth, CEO of Next Gen Foods

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171: Streamlining Ag Labor with Michael Guirguis, Co-Founder & CEO of Seso Labor

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170: AeroFarms Goes Public Via SPAC and Rebrands with Stacy Kimmel, VP of R&D

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169: Scaling an AgTech Startup into New Markets with Israel Talpaz, CEO and Co-Founder of See Tree

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168: The Latest in AgTech SPAC's, Carbon Markets, Indoor Farming & More with Vonnie Estes, VP of Technology of PMA

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167: Enabling Farms to Access Financing and Capital with FarmRaise Co-Founders Jayce Hafner and Sami Tellatin

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166: Sustainable Water Management in Agriculture & Farming with Josiah Terrell-Perica, Director of Farmland Investing at FarmTogether

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165: Bringing Farming In-House with Loren Booth, President of Booth Ranches

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164: Funding Regenerative Ag Transitions with Dan Miller, Founder and CEO of Steward

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163: Lessons in Suburban, Community-Centric Farming with Cousin Brad of Heirloom Acres Farms

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162: Making Produce Better and Faster Through Gene-Editing Technology with Haven Baker, Co-Founder and CBO of Pairwise

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161: Acre Insights - Tyler's Regenerative Rant and Some Thoughts on Partnerships

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160: From Investing in AgTech to Founding an AgTech Startup with Michael Ott, CEO and Founder of Rantizo

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159: The Digital Distributed Agriculture of the Future with Sonia Lo, CEO of Sensei Ag

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158: Acre Insights - Tyler Interviews Tim on the Produce Industry, AgTech, and Nuss Farms

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157: Bootstrapping an AgTech Company with Steven Dodge, CEO and Co-Founder of Acuity Agriculture

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156: Next-Gen Grain Marketing with Mark Johnson, CEO of GrainBridge

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155: Sustainable, Plant-Based Crop Protection with Damian Hajduk, CTO of Crop Enhancement

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154: Standardizing Sustainable Farmland Management with Kenny Fahey, Executive Director of Leading Harvest

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153: Navigating the Transition to Regenerative Agriculture with Nuss Farms

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152: Acre Insights - Our 2020 Takeaways and Lessons Learned

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151: Helping Consumers Make Better Food Decisions through Nutrient Density with Greg Shewmaker, Co-Founder of Teak Origin

310

150: Enabling Direct-to-Consumer for Farmers with Alison DiFiore, Director of Small Farm Initiatives at FruitStand

311

149: Bringing Context to Regenerative Agriculture with Gabe Brown

312

148: Founding and Branding a CPG Company with WTRMLN WTR Co-Founder Jody Levy

313

147: Smart Farming - Automated and Connected Agriculture with Kit Barron, Head of Automation and Artificial Intelligence at FarmTogether

314

146: Investing In and Operating Regenerative Companies with Lew Moorman, Co-Founder of Soilworks Natural Capital

315

145: Founding the World's First Autonomous and Electric Tractor Company with Bakur Kvezereli, CEO of Ztractor

316

144: How to Commercialize Ag Business with David Nothmann, Chief Revenue Officer of Teramerra

317

143: Decades of Farming - Still Innovating and Passing to the Next-Generation with Mike Machado

318

142: Acre Insights - Nuss Farms Goes Direct-to-Consumer, Driscoll's/Plenty Partnership, and Tyler's Take on Halloween

319

141: AgTech Venture Capital Roundup with Arama Kukutai, Co-Founder of Finistere Ventures

320

140: Farmland Sourcing with Josiah Terrell-Perica, Director of Farmland Investing at FarmTogether

321

139: Building an Autonomous Food Supply Chain with Uri Rosenzweig, Head of Product at Trellis

322

138: Disrupting the Coffee Supply Chain through Distributed Processing with Nathan Gilliland, CEO of Bellwether Coffee

323

137: Understanding Regenerative Agriculture with John Kempf

324

136: The Latest in Vertical Farming and Breaking into Retail with Plenty Co-Founder and CSO, Nate Storey

325

135: (Not) Getting High on CBD with Lazarus Naturals CEO Sequoia Price-Lazarus

326

134: From Founding Team at Granular to CEO of Sound Agriculture with Adam Litle

327

133: A Founder and Farmer - Nav Athwal on Building a Startup, Trends in Ag, & Making Investing Accessible with FarmTogether

328

132: Tim and Tyler Talk All Things Nuss Farms Regenerative Transition on the Field Work Podcast

329

131: Acre Insights - Startup Funding Frenzy, Are Indigo and FBN Doing Too Much & Nuss Farms Featured by Farmer's Footprint

330

130: Building an Innovative Venture Fund and Accelerator with the CEO and Founder of SVG Ventures, John Hartnett

331

129: Turning a Commodity Crop into a Consumer Brand with Meryl Kennedy, Founder & CEO of 4Sisters Rice

332

128: Diving Deep on Farmland Investing in 2020 with Artem Milinchuk, Founder and CEO of FarmTogether

333

127: Solving the Food Waste Problem Through Technology with Jenny Du, VP of Operations at Apeel Sciences

334

126: International Ag Investing Strategies and Insights with Michael DeSa, Founder and Managing Director of AGD Consulting

335

125: Acre Insights - Virtual Conferences, CrossFit News, Ag Media & Our New Sponsor!

336

124: Building a Climate Friendly Food Brand and Marketplace with Julia Collins and Elaine Hsu of Planet FWD

337

123: A Founder and A Farmer - Converting US Dairy Farms into Oat Farms with Hälsa Foods Co-Founder Helena Lumme & Farmer Eric Ziehm

338

122: Global Food Security at Risk - Motivo Engineering Webinar Bonus Episode

339

121: A Farmer Starts an AgTech Company with Iftach Birger, COO and Co-Founder of Fieldin

340

120: Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Starting a Podcast with Koen van Seijen

341

119: Selling Bolthouse Farms to Campbell's and Buying it Back with Jeff Dunn, CEO of Bolthouse Farms

342

118: Acre Insights - COVID Responses, Focusing on your Competitive Advantage & Nuss Farms Update

343

117: Talking Podcasting, Sustainable Ag, and World Domination with the Hosts of the Field Work Podcast

344

116: Starting an AgTech Company with FarmTogether Founder and CEO, Artem Milinchuk

345

115: eCommerce Insights and Investing in FarmTogether with Gian Scozzaro

346

114: Farmland Investment Made Easy with David Chan, COO of FarmTogether

347

113: Vertical Farming Innovations with David Vosburg, CFO and SVP Strategy of Crop One

348

112: 7th-Generation Farmer Daniel Sell on Sharing Your Story on Social

349

111: AgTech Meets Insect Production with Beta Hatch Founder & CEO, Virginia Emery

350

110: Simplifying Farmland Investing with Carter Malloy, Founder and CEO of AcreTrader

351

109: Bringing Context to Regenerative Agriculture with Gabe Brown

352

108: Developing Organizational Courage through Sustainability with Devry Boughner Vorwerk

353

107: Acre Insights - Big Ag Gone Wrong, Tillable Controversy & Tim Reads a Book!

354

106: How to Connect on Social Media with Ryan Valk AKA @CaliforniaFarmer

355

105: Enabling Regenerative through Robotics with Clint Brauer, Co-Founder and CEO of Greenfield Robotics

356

104: Building the Next-Generation Tractor Company with Mark Schwager, Co-Founder and President of Monarch Tractor

357

103: Engaging and Empowering Women in Ag with Monica Bratuti, Co-Founder of Global Women Fresh

358

102: Developing Stakeholder Capitalism in Ag Tech with Heidi Burns of HarvestPort

359

101: Founding and Branding a CPG Company with WTRMLN WTR Co-Founder Jody Levy

360

100: Our 100th Episode and Debut of Acre Insights

361

99: Climate Corp's Chief Commercial Officer John Raines on Digital Farming

362

98: 2019 Recap in Global Trade with Richard Owen, PMA's VP of Global Membership and Engagement

363

97: Venture Capital Focused on Ag IT with Seana Day of Better Food Ventures

364

96: Transitioning to Regenerative on the Farm with Derek Axten

365

95: Verifying Regenerative with Nutrient-Density Testing with Dr. Jill Clapperton, Founder of Rhizoterra

366

94: Outcome-Based Approach to Regenerative Agriculture with Sara Harper, Founder of Grounded Growth

367

93: Cousin Brad Back on the Podcast! Building an Ag Experience 2.0

368

92: Scaling an Ecommerce Business in Ag with Chiles Wilson, Founder of Branch to Box

369

91: Launching a Direct-to-Consumer Farm Business through Branding with Dave Kohl, Founder of Joolies

370

90: How to Execute a Marketing Rebrand in Ag with John Bourne, VP of Marketing at Ceres Imaging

371

89: How to Gain Quick Traction Through Collaboration with the Co-Founder of Global Women Fresh, Julie Escobar

372

88: An Inside Scoop Into Ag Media with Paul Schrimpf of Meister Media

373

87: Building an Innovative Venture Fund and Accelerator with the CEO and Founder of SVG Ventures, John Hartnett

374

86: Horizontally Integrated Farming with the CEO of ZZ2, Tommie Van Zyl

375

85: Growing and Developing Next-Generation Talent in Agriculture with Alicia Calhoun

376

84: Technology and Food Safety in the Produce Industry with PMA's Chief Science & Technology Officer, Bob Whitaker

377

83: Insight into the Digital Farming Revolution with Chris Paterson of Xarvio and BASF

378

82: Regenerative Ag, Direct-to-Consumer, Social Media & Food Labeling with Primal Pastures Founder and Pasturebird CEO, Paul Greive

379

81: Founding a Successful Food Company in an Exploding Category with Caulipower CEO, Gail Becker

380

80: Finding Your Voice in Agriculture and Fighting for Farmers with Ryan Jacobsen, CEO of the Fresno County Farm Bureau

381

79: Powering the Vertical Farming Industry with Intelligent Growth Solutions' CEO, David Farquhar

382

78: Leveraging Technology to Disrupt Outdated Processes with ImpactVision's Founder & CEO, Abi Ramanan

383

77: Restoring Food as Medicine with Brightseed Co-Founder, Sofia Elizondo

384

76: Founding AgFunder and the State of Food and Ag Tech with Michael Dean

385

75: Employee #1 of Impossible Foods, Nick Halla, on Scaling into Retail and International

386

74: Machine Learning for Commodity Markets with the Founder and CEO of DecisionNext, Mike Neal

387

73: Industrial Hemp Farming and CBD Products with Paul Clift of Nikkal Farms

388

72: Forbes AgTech Summit Spotlight! Using Drones for Orchard Monitoring with Aerobotics CCO, Andrew Burdock

389

71: Driving Sustainability Across Millions of Acres with Molly Toot of Land O'Lakes SUSTAIN

390

70: Direct-to-Consumer Strategy with the Farmer's Dog Co-Founder, Brett Podolsky

391

69: Behind the Scenes with The Modern Acre

392

68: Creating Regenerative Agriculture Partnerships with Grounded Growth's Founder, Sara Harper

393

67: Managing the Farm Using Technology with Agworld's President, Zach Sheely

394

66: World Ag Expo Spotlight! Improving Farmers Yields with Fieldin

395

65: Tracing and Tracking Produce with Blockchain Technology with Gary Loh, Founder of DiMuto

396

64: Adopting Robotic Technology on the Farm with David Jones

397

63: Ag Entrepreneurship with Danny Royer, Founder of Great Valley Oak

398

62: How to Scale an Ag Marketplace with Tillable's Founder and CEO Corbett Kull

399

61: Helping Farmers Solve the "Food Waste" Problem with Christine Moseley, Founder and CEO of Full Harvest

400

60: How to Market Your Business with Tim Young of Small Farm Nation

401

59: Agri-Tech Innovation with Vonnie Estes, PMA's VP of Technology

402

58: Urban Agriculture: Industry Insight and Building a Business with Henry Gordon-Smith

403

57: Scaling Up a Farm and Ag Business with Doug Brunner

404

56: Connecting with the Dairy Industry Through Social Media with Tara Vander Dussen (AKA New Mexico Milkmaid)

405

55: Farm Equipment Auctions in the Palm of Your Hand with TractorZoom CEO, Kyle McMahon

406

54: Decentralizing the Poultry Industry with Porter Road's Founder James Peisker

407

53: Tapping Into the Maple Market & Surviving Shark Tank with SAP! Co-founders

408

52: Reinventing Grain Marketing with FarmLead's CEO, Brennan Turner

409

51: Transforming Planting through Microbial Genetics for Agriculture with Pivot Bio's Sarah Bloch

410

50: Top 6 Takeaways from the Podcast + Epic Giveaway!

411

49: Building The Largest Ag Exposition with Jennifer Fawkes of the World Ag Expo

412

48: The New Way to Analyze Soil DNA with Trace Genomics Co-Founder, Poornima Parameswaran

413

47: How to Disrupt a Niche in Agriculture Using Deep Learning with Aquabyte's CEO, Bryton Shang

414

46: Software for the Farm of the Future with Eamon Flood of Granular

415

45: AgTech Startups with HarvestPort CEO, Brian Dawson

416

44: Helping Farmers Maximize Profits with FarmLogs CEO, Jesse Vollmar

417

43: Using Social Media to Build Your Business with Jay Hill

418

42: Blockchain for Food and Agriculture with Ripe.io CEO and Co-Founder, Raja Ramachandran

419

41: Next-Generation Farming with Owyhee Produce General Manager and Owner, Shay Myers

420

40: The Farm Operating System of the Future with Bowery Farming's Head of R&D, Henry Sztul

421

39: Helping Innovators Build the Future of Food with AgThentic's Founder, Sarah Nolet

422

38: Addressing the (Bee) Labor Shortage with Drones with Plan Bee Founder & CEO, Anna Haldewang

423

37: Empowering Next-Gen Leaders in Urban Farming with Square Roots Founder and CEO, Tobias Peggs

424

36: From Brewing to Malting Beer with Admiral Maltings Founder, Ron Silberstein

425

35: Engineering Solutions for the Future with Chris Laudando of Motivo Engineering

426

34: Building a Platform for Food and Ag Startups with Nina Meijers from FoodBytes! by Rabobank

427

33: Marketing with a Purpose with Tim Young of Small Farm Nation

428

32: Side Hustling with Alexandra Rae Danell of Harvest Joy Design

429

31: The Power of Automation with Bear Flag Robotics CEO, Igino Cafiero

430

30: AgFunder Co-Founder & CEO, Rob Reclerc on AgriFood Tech Venture Capital Investment

431

29: Solving the Water Problem with SWIIM System

432

28: Rethinking Pet Food with The Farmer's Dog Co-Founder, Brett Podolsky

433

27: A Look Inside Bowles Farming Company with Curtis Garner

434

26: Maximizing A 20-Acre Flower Farm with Adam and Jenn O'Neal

435

25: LIVE from the Forbes AgTech Summit

436

24: Coffee Direct from Farm to Consumer with Vega Coffee Co-Founder, Noushin Ketabi

437

23: Fruit Subscription Service with Branch to Box's Chiles Wilson

438

22: 3D Ocean Farm Aquaculture Startup with CEO Roger Bason

439

21: Starting a Business Online with FarmHer's Marji Guyler-Alaniz and Lexi Marek

440

20: Small Robot Company's Big Vision with Founders Ben Scott-Robinson and Sam Watson Jones

441

19: AgTech Startups with HarvestPort CEO, Brian Dawson

442

18: Urban Agriculture: Industry Insight and Building a Business with Henry Gordon-Smith

443

17: Inside CA Olive Ranch's Operations with Logan Jennings

444

16: Developing Seeds to Maximize Flavor with Row 7 Seeds Co-Founder, Michael Mazourek

445

15: Turning 10 Acres Into an Ag Experience with Brad Squires

446

14: Expanding Into Hydroponics with AmHydro VP, Joe Swartz

447

13: Using Social Media to Build Your Business with Jay Hill

448

12: Autonomous Tractor Driving with DOT Technology EVP, Trent Meyer

449

11: Water Conservation, Peanut Farming, and Netflix With Casey Cox

450

10: Bringing Price Transparency to Agriculture with Farmers Business Network Co-Founder, Charles Baron

451

9: Coming Back to the Family Farm with Jack Zech

452

8: Building an Ag Business Around Your Passion with CrossFit Games Athlete, Margaux Alvarez

453

7: Tapping Into the Maple Market & Surviving Shark Tank with SAP! Co-founders

454

6: Organic Farmer Training & Community Building with Alli Cecchini

455

5: Agricultural Education with CA FFA President, Luke O'Leary

456

4: Helping Farmers Maximize Profits with FarmLogs CEO, Jesse Vollmar

457

3: Ag Financing & Investing through Crowdfunding with Austin Maness

458

2: Climbing Everest and Managing Ag Supply Chains with John Stenderup

459

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