Entrepreneurship

258: Connecting Brands and Farmers through Outcomes-Based Regenerative Agriculture with Chris Kerston, Co-CEO of Land to Market

Chris Kerston is the Co-CEO of Land to Market, the world’s first outcomes-based verified regenerative sourcing solution. They support brands and producers who are leading the way in giving the land a voice and working to improve soil health, water, biodiversity and ecosystem function.

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256: Food Safety Data Innovation with Erik Westblom, Co-Founder & CEO of Provision

Erik Westblom is the Co-Founder and CEO of Provision, and agtech startup that makes cloud software to streamline food safety and QA. Clients can build simple digital templates that expedite recordkeeping, with automatic schedules, rules, and alerts that increase compliance.

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253: Financing Regenerative Organic Transitions with Brandon Welch, Co-Founder and CEO of Mad Capital

Listen on Apple Podcasts or Everywhere Else Brandon Welch is the Co-Founder and CEO of Mad Capital. Beginning in 2019, he formulated the idea for the Perennial Fund and has led all efforts from whitepaper creation to financial modeling, fundraising, portfolio management to building the team. In 2021, he led the close of $10M into the Perennial Fund I from…

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251: Building Tech for Carbon Markets with Troy Carter, CEO and Co-Founder of Earthshot Labs

Troy Carter is the CEO and Co-founder of Earthshot Labs, a startup building the technology and expert guidance to develop and finance nature based carbon projects globally. Their mission is to restore nature at the planetary scale. Seizing the unprecedented opportunity of the carbon market, Earthshot is building the technology and operational capacity to scale carbon credits globally in alignment with regenerative principles.

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249: John Deere Acquisition, Scaling Autonomous Tractors, and Product Market Fit with Igino Cafiero, CEO and Co-founder of Bear Flag Robotics

Igino Cafiero is the Co-founder and CEO of Bear Flag Robotics, which was acquired by Deere & Co in August 2021 and is now run as an independent subsidiary. Bear Flag Robotics is developing autonomous farming technology. Growers can orchestrate a fleet of autonomous equipment directly from their smartphone or tablet, allowing them to realize productivity gains and reduce their operational expenses.

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245: Fractionalized Farm Ownership in an Emerging Market with Oscar Baracaldo, CEO and Co-Founder of Farmfolio

Oscar Baracaldo is the CEO and Co-Founder of Farmfolio, an agtech platform that has come together to fulfill a single mission ― To Evolve Agribusiness Ownership. This simple and compelling mission has guided the company to create some of the most meaningful operations in the country of Colombia, for Farmfolio, and for farm owners across the globe.

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

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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240: A Nuanced Deep-Dive into Regenerative Ag with David Leon of Farmer’s Footprint and Biome Capital

David Leon is an impact-oriented executive whose experience spans early stage venture building in funds, tech, non-profits, and consumer brands. He’s a co-founder and Partner at Biome Capital (a regenerative ag real asset fund) and a co-founder and Executive Director at Farmer’s Footprint (a non-profit accelerating the universal adoption of regenerative agriculture).

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238: Developing Natural Ingredients to Reduce Food Waste with Natasha Dhayagude, Co-Founder & CEO of Chinova Bioworks

Natasha Dhayagude is the CEO and Co-founder of Chinova Bioworks, who has developed a revolutionary clean-label preservation technology extracted from white button mushrooms for use in food and beverage applications.

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235: Growing Ancient Grains to Develop a Consumer Product with Claire Smith, Founder and CEO of Teffola

Listen on Apple Podcasts or Everywhere Else Claire Smith is the founder and CEO of Teffola, a CPG company that exists to create bold, fresh, and innovative granola for the health-aware consumer. They do this by creating whole-food plant-based snacks sourcing at least one ingredient per product from their 7th generation family farm. Connect with Teffola Website |…

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