Entrepreneurship – Page 10

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

September 21, 2021

Praveen Penmetsa is the co-founder and CEO of Monarch Tractor, an agtech company developing an electric, driver-optional compact tractor. Praveen has nearly two decades of hands-on experience in translating creative visions into products for startups to Fortune 50 companies alike. He co-currently serves as founder and CEO of Motivo Engineering, a product-engineering firm with clients in the Mobility, Energy, AgTech, and Aerospace sectors.

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

August 17, 2021

Matt Crisp is the CEO and Co-Founder of Benson Hill, a food technology company founded in 2012 with a mission to deliver food made better from the beginning. Through our CropOS® technology platform, which combines data science, plant science and food science, we are leveraging the natural genetic diversity of plants to deliver seed innovation that enables healthier, better tasting, more sustainable and more affordable food and ingredient options.

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

August 10, 2021

This week we talk to two agtech founders – Jake Joraanstad, the CEO and co-founder of Bushel, and Jesse Vollmar, the CEO and co-founder of FarmLogs – about the recent news of Bushel acquiring Farmlogs. Bushel is an independently owned software company and leading provider of software technology solutions for growers, grain buyers, ag retailers, protein producers and food companies. Farmlogs is an agtech startup that provides farm management software designed to help run a more efficient, more profitable farm.

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183: Understanding Regenerative Agriculture with John Kempf

August 3, 2021

John Kempf is an entrepreneur, speaker, podcast host and teacher. He is passionate about the potential of well managed agriculture ecosystems to reverse ecological degradation. In addition to being a grower, John is the founder of Advancing Eco Agriculture, Crop Health Labs, Ozadia, and the Regenerative Agriculture Academy. He hosts the Regenerative Agriculture Podcast, where he interviews top growers and scientists about the principles and practice of implementing regenerative agriculture on a large scale.

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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

July 20, 2021

Another edition of Acre Insights! This week we are talking about the drought crisis on the West Coast and the impact on farmers there, the shutting down of Abundant Robotics and what that means for agtech startups, and finally we discuss some challenges we are seeing in the co-packing space, specifically for farmers trying to develop a brand. Tune in!

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

July 13, 2021

Bob Powell is the founder and CEO of Brightmark, a global leader in waste solutions that takes a holistic approach to tackling the planet’s most pressing environmental challenges with imagination and optimism for the future. Brightmark enables programs specifically tailored to environmental needs in order to build scalable project solutions that have a positive impact on the world and communities in which they live and work.

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

June 29, 2021

Paul Gambill is the CEO and Co-Founder of Nori, a carbon removal marketplace on a mission to reverse climate change by removing enough carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to lower the overall concentration of CO2 below 300 parts per million. Paul joins us to talk about how they are leveraging blockchain technology to build the business and develop their own cryptocurrency.

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

June 15, 2021

Alexander Reichert is the co-founder and CEO of AgVend, a digital commerce platform in the agriculture industry. AgVend’s tools constructively power the omnichannel experiences for ag retailers, distributors, and manufacturers. Alexander joins us the podcast to talk about founding AgVend, evolving the business model, disruption vs. innovation, and much more. Tune in!

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

May 25, 2021

Jeff Dunn is the Chairman and CEO of Bolthouse Farms, a farm and consumer brand focused on carrot production and healthy beverages. Jeff was the CEO of Bolthouse for 6 years before helping sell the business to Campbell’s Soup Company in 2012. In a twist of events, Campbell’s sold the company back to Jeff last year.

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

May 18, 2021

Michael Bosworth is the CEO of Next Generation Foods which was established in 2006 to market and distribute locally grown foods in Northern California. Next Generation Foods’ seeks to shorten the supply chain, increase traceability and transparency of the local food system and promote foods grown by local family farms.

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