Entrepreneurship

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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137: Understanding Regenerative Agriculture with John Kempf

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

Nate Storey is the co-founder and CSO at Plenty, a vertical farming startup on a mission to bring the freshest, cleanest, most craveable produce to people everywhere. Nate joins us to talk all things vertical farming, including the latest developments in the industry, traditional vs. indoor ag, nutrient density, and more! He also shares the founding story of Plenty and the latest in the company’s high-profile journey, including their retail partnership with Albertsons.

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

Sequoia Price-Lazarus is the founder and CEO of Lazarus Naturals, a leading CBD manufacturer. Sequoia joins the podcast to talk all things CBD. We cover how the company started, regulatory hurdles, a saturated market, farming operations, branding, and more!

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

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

Tune in for this BONUS episode! We are re-airing an interview we did on the Field Work podcast talking about The Modern Acre, Nuss Farms, and our transition to regenerative agriculture. Hope you all enjoy!

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

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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