Farmers

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

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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166: Sustainable Water Management in Agriculture & Farming with Josiah Terrell-Perica, Director of Farmland Investing at FarmTogether

Josiah Terrell-Perica is the Director of Farmland Investing at FarmTogether, a technology-enabled farmland investment platform that provides accredited investors with direct access to farmland as an asset class. Josiah joins us for the second time on the podcast to dive deep on some of FarmTogether’s recent deals, what Josiah looks for in farmland, and sustainable water management and principles. He provides an overview of both climate and market related factors to consider in farmland investing. A ton of good stuff in this one!

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165: Bringing Farming In-House with Loren Booth, President of Booth Ranches

Loren Booth is the President of Booth Ranches, a premium citrus grower located in the San Joaquin Valley of California. Their Navel oranges, Valencia oranges, Cara-Caras, Minneolas and W. Murcotts are distributed worldwide.

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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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159: The Digital Distributed Agriculture of the Future with Sonia Lo, CEO of Sensei Ag

Sonia Lo is the CEO of Sensei Ag, a market-changing agtech company transforming health by using data to redesign how food is grown. Sensei Ag was founded by Larry Ellison and Dr. David Agus. Sensei Ag helps growers make informed decisions that set new standards for food safety, quality and taste. Through the use of data and technology, they create innovative, agile growing systems that dramatically improve farm production.

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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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153: Navigating the Transition to Regenerative Agriculture with Nuss Farms

Tim and Tyler are on the other side of this episode! They share more about Nuss Farms’ transition to regenerative ag on the PMA Takes on Tech Podcast, hosted by Vonnie Estes. Tune in to hear their latest thoughts on their farm and where regenerative ag is going.

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152: Acre Insights – Our 2020 Takeaways and Lessons Learned

Tim and Tyler are back with the final episode of The Modern Acre podcast of 2020. We talk through our biggest takeaways and lessons learned from this year, including our thoughts on the ag industry, our farm, and personal takeaways. Tune in and have a great new year! Thanks for listening!

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150: Enabling Direct-to-Consumer for Farmers with Alison DiFiore, Director of Small Farm Initiatives at FruitStand

Alison Woitunski DiFiore is the Director of Small Farm Initiatives at FruitStand, which is a division of Apeel Sciences. FruitStand is an online platform that enables farmers to sell directly to customers with an emphasis on exotic fruit and unique crop varieties. Alison joins us to share about how her journey in farming ultimately led her to lead the team at FruitStand. She shares lessons learned along the way and how they are scaling the business.

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149: Bringing Context to Regenerative Agriculture with Gabe Brown

Gabe Brown is one of the pioneers of the current soil health movement which focuses on the regeneration of our resources. Gabe, along with his wife Shelly, and son Paul, own and operate Brown’s Ranch, a diversified 5,000 acre farm and ranch near Bismarck, North Dakota.

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