Entrepreneurship

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

Cousin Brad (Brad Squires) joins us again on the podcast to give an update on his farm, Heirloom Acres Farms, and orchard, Orangevale Fruit Co. We talk through how the farm business has involved, the focus on community building, regenerative practices, and much more!

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

Haven Baker is the Chief Business Officer and Co-Founder of Pairwise, an agtech company that has developed the world’s most sophisticated genome editing platform. Haven is the former Senior Vice President / General Manager of Simplot Plant Sciences, where he led the team that launched the innovative, non-browning Innate® potato. He holds a PhD in chemistry from Northeastern University, an MBA from Harvard University, and a BS in biomedical engineering from Yale University.

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

Michael Ott is the founder and CEO of Rantizo, an agtech startup that addresses both the field needs of farmers and the business needs of custom applicators with the platform’s combination of autonomous hardware and user-friendly software. Rantizo leverages both drone and aerial imagery technology to provide solutions to growers.

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

We are switching it up this week! Tyler interviews Tim for an in-depth conversation about Tim’s background, childhood misconduct, early career in the produce industry, transition to agtech, founding The Modern Acre, and his evolving involvement with Nuss Farms. If you like Tim, you should listen to this episode because it will make him feel good about himself.

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

Steven Dodge is the CEO and Co-Founder of Acuity Agriculture, a technology company that builds smart, wireless sensor networks for farms. Equipped with our real-time soil data, farms can optimize irrigation schedules, lower supply costs, and save hundreds of dollars per acre.

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

Greg Shewmaker is the co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer of Teak Origin, a food data company that collects actionable data to help consumers make better food decisions. Greg joins us to talk about his background in ecommerce, founding and developing the business at Teak Origin, and the role nutrient density will play in the food system. Tune in!

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

Jody Levy is the Co-Founder and Creative Director of WTRMLN WTR, the pioneer in deliciously hydrating, super healthy watermelon water. Jody joins us to share the story of founding and scaling the business, covering areas of branding, supply chain, and sales.

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

Lew Moorman is the Co-Founder of Soilworks, a Public Benefit Company on a mission to accelerate the Regenerative Food Movement by helping launch scalable, repeatable businesses that fuel the Regenerative economy. Lew’s background is in the tech industry and he shares his story about why he decided to jump into the ag industry and start investing there. Tune in to learn what’s he’s up to with Soilworks, PastureMap, and Wholesome Meats!

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

Bakur Kvezereli is the founder and CEO of Ztractor, a startup that develops Autonomous Electric Tractors (AETs) to increase farming efficiency, productivity, safety on the field while reducing production cost and environmental footprint. Ztractor has 3 models under development BearCub 24, Mars 45, and Superpolit 125. The first model BeraCub 24 is available for online pre-orders.

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

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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