AgTech – Page 14 – The Modern Acre

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

October 20, 2020

Tim and Tyler are back and feeling fiery. Tune in to learn why we think there should be more action and less complaining about how much farmers make for every dollar spent and why we’re trying to do something about it with our new squash boxes. We also share our thoughts on the Driscoll’s and Plenty partnership and what that indicates moving forward. Lastly, Tyler explains a hot take on Halloween decorations.

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

October 13, 2020

Arama Kukutai is a co-founder and partner at Finistere Ventures, one of the pioneering venture firms dedicated to agritech, founded in 2006. Arama has been an investor, company founder and entrepreneur in the Agribusiness sector for over 20 years.

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

October 6, 2020

Josiah Terrell-Perica is the Director of Farmland Investing at FarmTogether, a technology-enabled farmland investment platform that provides accredited investors with direct access to farmland as an asset class. Josiah joins us to dive deep into sourcing farmland for the platform and what he looks for, including land and financial criteria, operators, and crops. We also dig into farmland as an investment and the adoption of technology on the farm. Josiah also shares his thoughts on some really interesting crops that have high-demand potential. Don’t miss this episode!

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

September 29, 2020

Uri Rosenweig is the Head of Product at Trellis, a leading provider of Food System Intelligence, using AI to optimize the way millions of acres of land are transformed into consumable food. Uri brings over a decade’s experience as an agricultural innovator and expert in farm management systems and optimization. He earned his BA in economics, sociology, and political science at Bar Ilan University.

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

August 25, 2020

Adam Litle is the CEO of Sound Agriculture, a plant development company that helps producers grow more efficiently and enhance food taste, nutrition and sustainability. Adam was formerly part of the founding management team at Granular, a farm management software platform startup that was acquired by Dupont for $300M in 2017.

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

August 18, 2020

Nav Athwal is the principle of TriNut Farms and is the former CEO of RealtyShares. Nav has over a decade of experience in real estate and technology as an engineer, real estate broker, real estate and land use attorney and real estate investor. At RealtyShares, he helped to deploy close to $1B in the capital for real estate transactions valued over $3B. Nav advises FarmTogether on overall strategy.

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

August 4, 2020

John Hartnett is the founder and CEO of SVG Ventures and the THRIVE accelerator. SVG Ventures-THRIVE is a leading agri-food innovation ecosystem, comprised of top agriculture, food & technology corporations, universities and investors. With a community of over 2,000 startups from 82 countries, the THRIVE platform invests, accelerates and creates unparalleled access for entrepreneurs to scale globally.

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

July 20, 2020

Artem joins us on the podcast once again for a discussion about the current state of farmland investing. We get into the current economic climate, why sustainability is critical to investing, and the outlook of the California almond market. Tune in!

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

July 14, 2020

Jenny Du is the Vice President of Operations at Apeel Sciences, an agtech startup that develops plant-derived solutions to help organic and conventional fresh food providers increase produce quality and reduce food waste. Jenny is one of the founding team members at Apeel and shares more about how and why the company started, how it has scaled, and how it has stayed true to its mission to help solve some of the world’s toughest problems. Tune in!

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

July 7, 2020

Michael DeSa is the Founder and Managing Director of AGD Consulting, a veteran-owned, strategic advisory firm servicing the global food and agriculture investment and technology sectors.

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