Listen on Apple Podcasts or Everywhere Else Join our Closed Facebook Group HERE If you are just getting into farming or need some inspiration for thinking creatively in agriculture, this is the episode for you. Brad Squires joins us to talk about how he transitioned out of the tech industry, where he helped build an…
Read MoreListen on Apple Podcasts or Everywhere Else Join our Closed Facebook Group HERE If you’ve wanted to learn more about hydroponics and how the technology can fit into your business, this is the episode for you. We talk with Joe Swartz, Vice President of Sales with American Hydroponics, or AmHydro. He has over 30 years…
Read MoreListen on Apple Podcasts or Everywhere Else Join our Closed Facebook Group HERE In this episode, we talk to Jay Hill, who grew his family’s 10 acre hobby farm into a 17,000 acre farming operation today. Jay talks about his journey from a 16-year-old who knew he wanted to build the farm to how he…
Read MoreListen on Apple Podcasts or Everywhere Else Join our Closed Facebook Group HERE Trent Meyer is the Executive Vice President of DOT Technology, which is reimagining the future of farming through autonomous technology. Trent shares the story of how he unknowingly ended up working for the top-secret project under the vision and leadership of DOT’s…
Read MoreListen on Apple Podcasts or Everywhere Else In this episode, we talk with Casey Cox, a 6th-generation farmer from Georgia (yes, 6th!). Casey decided to come back to the family peanut, sweet corn, and timber farm after going away to college and discusses the challenges she’s faced as well as her early successes. Casey is…
Read MoreListen on Apple Podcasts or Everywhere Else Charles Baron, VP of Product and Co-founder of Farmers Business Network, talks with us about the values of the company that has disrupted the ag industry with price transparency. FBN is a company based around a network of farmers that leverages data to provide valuable insight and market…
Read MoreListen on iTunes HERE Listen on Google Play HERE Jack Zech, a fourth-generation farmer, talks about coming back to his family farm after several years moving up the ladder of a large clothing company. We discuss what he learned through managing retail stores and overall strategy for Uniclo and what motivated him to leave corporate…
Read MoreListen on Apple Podcasts or Everywhere Else Margaux Alvarez, a 5x CrossFit Games athlete, shares how she has built a successful wine business around her personal brand. We cover everything from how she grows her own grapes to the winemaking process to all of the regulatory challenges of the alcohol industry. She has scaled her…
Read MoreListen on Apple Podcasts or Everywhere Else In this episode, we dive into the beverage business, SAP!, with co-founders Chas Smith and Nikita Salmon. SAP! offers sparkling water that’s flavored with maple and birch sap, straight from Chas and Nikita’s home state of Vermont. We discuss their upbringing in Vermont and how the maple industry…
Read MoreListen on Apple Podcasts or Everywhere Else In episode 6, we talk with Alli Cecchini, Executive Director of First Generation Farmers, a non-profit organization dedicated to the education and training of the next-generation of organic farmers. Alli grew up on her family’s asparagus farm and eventually came back and convinced her parents to let her…
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