Farmers

112: 7th-Generation Farmer Daniel Sell on Sharing Your Story on Social

Daniel Sell (AKA Farmer Dan) is a 7th-generation farmer from Texas and partner of Sell Family Farms. Dan joins us on the podcast to share more about his journey as a farmer and how has shared that story on social media.

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109: 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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106: How to Connect on Social Media with Ryan Valk AKA @CaliforniaFarmer

Ryan Valk is a 5th-generation farmer and operator at the Valk Ranch in Oakdale, California. His operation is focused on almond production and also includes a poultry farm.

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96: Transitioning to Regenerative on the Farm with Derek Axten

Listen on Apple Podcasts or Everywhere Else Derek Axten is the owner of Axten Farms based in Saskatchewean, Canada. He joins us to discuss how his farm transitioned to regenerative practices, including what’s worked and challenges they’ve faced along the way. This is the perfect conclusion to our mini-series on regenerative agriculture. Tune in! Connect…

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93: Cousin Brad Back on the Podcast! Building an Ag Experience 2.0

Listen on Apple Podcasts or Everywhere Else Cousin Brad (Brad Squires) comes back on the podcast to update us on his suburban family 10-acre farm that he started a few years ago (check out his first episode here). Brad shares some key business insights on what’s worked on the farm, including their go-to-market approach for…

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92: Scaling an Ecommerce Business in Ag with Chiles Wilson, Founder of Branch to Box

Listen on Apple Podcasts or Everywhere Else Chiles Wilson is the founder and general manager of Branch to Box, a business-to-business ecommerce business that provides fresh fruit and snack delivery to company offices. This is Chiles’ second time on the podcast, because his first appearance was so good! This time we dig in deeper to…

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91: Launching a Direct-to-Consumer Farm Business through Branding with Dave Kohl, Founder of Joolies

Listen on Apple Podcasts or Everywhere Else Dave Kohl is the founder of Joolies, a California based farm and CPG brand producing Medjool date products. Dave and his family founded the original date farm two decades ago and recently launched Joolies. He shares more about the company’s origin and how they strategically built the brand…

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88: An Inside Scoop Into Ag Media with Paul Schrimpf of Meister Media

Listen on Apple Podcasts or Everywhere Else Paul Schrimpf is an award-winning journalist who has covered the agriculture market since 1998. He is Group Editor of the Agribusiness Group at Meister Media Worldwide, with full editorial responsibility for CropLife®, CropLife IRON, and PrecisionAg® Professional. Paul shares his story of joining Meister and his perspective on the…

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86: Horizontally Integrated Farming with the CEO of ZZ2, Tommie Van Zyl

Listen on Apple Podcasts or Everywhere Else This is the third episode in a 4-part series sponsored by PMA! Tommie Van Zyl is the CEO of ZZ2, a South African produce grower, packer, and shipper. Tommie has helped develop and scale the business, which supports both the South African and global markets. He dives into…

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83: Insight into the Digital Farming Revolution with Chris Paterson of Xarvio and BASF

Listen on Apple Podcasts or Everywhere Else Chris Paterson is the North America Lead for Xarvio, the digital farming arm of BASF. Chris has been involved with agronomy and agribusiness across North America for 25 years, and for the past ten years has been directly involved with the development of new business applications and value…

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