Entrepreneurship

305: Force of Nature’s Regenerative Model and EPIC’s Acquisition with Robby Sansom

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Robby Sansom is Co-Founder & CEO at Force of Nature, a regeneratively sourced meat company based in Austin, TX. Robby’s roots run deep in the natural food community. Previously, as CFO/COO at EPIC, Robby spent much of the last decade studying regenerative agriculture at ranches all over the…

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302: The Story of The Climate Corporation

We are excited to share the first edition of our new podcast series focused on telling the stories of ag companies. The story of The Climate Corporation spans decades, multiple name changes, acquisitions, controversy, product pivots and more. Hear about the company that David Friedberg founded and sold to Monsanto for $930 million, plus the history and future of digital agriculture.

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295: Acquired – Finding Product Market Fit in AgTech with Alain Goubau, CEO of Combyne Ag

Alain Goubau is the CEO of Combyne Ag, which builds farmer-centric grain marketing management software.

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293: Soil As A Service with Dane Hague, CEO and Co-Founder of MyLand

Dane Hague is the CEO and co-founder of MyLand, a soil health company. MyLand’s innovative and patented technology and unique Soil as a Service approach allows farmers to easily and rapidly implement regenerative agriculture practices and improve their soil health by harnessing the land’s own native ecosystem, because No Two Farms are Alike.

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292: Using AI to Solve Big Problems in the Agri-Food Supply Chain with Anthony Howcroft, CEO of SWARM Engineering

Anthony Howcroft is the CEO of SWARM Engineering. SWARM is a Software-as-a-Service platform that uses next generation cognitive computing to tackle challenges in the agri-food supply chain to save costs, reduce waste, and deliver environmental benefits.

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282: Scaling AgTech through Acquisitions and Technology with Dr. Michael Gilbert, Founder of Semios

Dr. Michael Gilbert is the founder and Chairman of the Board of Semios, the leading precision farming loT platform for tree fruits, nuts, and grapes. Michael is a natural product synthetic chemist with a PhD from University of British Columbia and a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Vienna.

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280: The Story of Maui Nui Venison – Wild, Stress-Free Meat with Founder and CEO Jake Muise

Jacob Muise is the Founder and CEO of Maui Nui Venison. Their venison comes from Axis deer, a non-native species to Hawaiʻi. Numerous and free-roaming, these deer are truly wild until the moment they humanely harvest them using 100% stress-free methods.

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277: Founding the Largest Farmland REIT with Paul Pittman, Founder of Farmland Partners

Paul Pittman is the founder and executive chairman of Farmland Partners, a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) that purchases, leases, and manages high-quality farmland throughout North America.

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274: Bridging Farm Data Through API with Bailey Stockade, CEO and Co-Founder of Leaf

Bailey Stockdale is the founder & CEO of Leaf, food and agriculture’s data infrastructure company. Bailey has worked with food and agriculture technology since 2014 as a software developer, entrepreneur, and EIR at SP Ventures’ AgTech fund. Bailey is passionate about empowering developers that are solving farming, health, and sustainability challenges through food and agriculture technology.

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273: Autonomy and Farming-as-a-Service with Craig Rupp, CEO and Founder of Sabanto

Craig Rupp is the CEO and Founder of Sabanto, a Farming-as-a-Service company that provides total turn-key agriculture services using our supervised autonomous equipment platform.

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