Food

349: Mt. Joy – Strategy Series with Jack Richardson

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Jack Richardson is kicking off a new and improved version of The Modern Acre newsletter. After starting his career in venture banking, Jack has spent the last five years in AgTech, first at a food waste startup and now in precision technology at an Ag OEM. He’s spent most of…

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348: The Not-So-Secret Corruption of America’s Food System with Austin Frerick

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Austin is an expert on agricultural and antitrust policy. During the 2020 presidential campaign, he advised candidates Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and Pete Buttigieg on agricultural policy before ultimately serving as Co-Chair of the Biden campaign’s Agriculture Antitrust Policy Committee. He is a Fellow of the Thurman Arnold Project at Yale University,…

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341: The Food Manufacturing Guy on Challenges of CPG, Ingredient Confusion, and Anonymous X Accounts

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts The Food Manufacturing Guy is a food manufacturing CEO with extensive experience in vertically integrating a food brand. He also has built a following on X for spicy takes on the food industry while keeping his account anonymous. Tune in for his first ever podcast interview where we dive into…

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338: Maui Nui Venison – Strategy Series with Jack Richardson

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Jack Richardson is kicking off a new and improved version of The Modern Acre newsletter. After starting his career in venture banking, Jack has spent the last five years in AgTech, first at a food waste startup and now in precision technology at an Ag OEM. He’s spent most of…

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333: The Domain Name Investor That Built a DTC Onion Business

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Peter Askew is a domain name investor turned dude ranching, ranch employing, onion farmer. Tune in to hear his story and his unique approach to building VidaliaOnions.com. Links: Sponsor: This episode is presented by Local Line. Learn more HERE. Check out our interview with Cole.

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329: Acre Insights – Our Experience with Produce Box Delivery, David Friedberg’s Move to Ohalo, and Starlink-Deere Deal Thoughts

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts On this edition of Acre Insights, Tim and Tyler discuss their experience getting produce boxes through Farm Fresh to You, David Friedberg’s recent move to become CEO of Ohalo, and our thoughts on the Starlink-Deere deal. Links: Sponsor: This episode is presented by Local Line. Learn more HERE. Check out…

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320: Lundberg Family Farm’s Brita and Bryce Lundberg on Regen Ag, Marketing, and Growing a Family Business

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Lundberg Family Farms is a leading grower of organic rice and maker of best-selling packaged rice and rice snacks. We talk with Brita Lundberg, Communications Manager and Bryce Lundberg, VP of Agriculture regarding the company’s origin story, regenerative ag efforts, approach to marketing, and how they continue to innovate and…

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314: Marketing in Ag and When a Farm Should Develop Its Own Brand with Ali Cox, Founder & CEO of Noble West

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Ali Cox is an agriculture and food ingredient marketing visionary and founder of Noble West, an award-winning marketing consultancy that believes that agriculture deserves better. The company specializes in the entire agriculture ecosystem and is at the forefront of regenerative water use, upcycling, zero waste greenhouses as well as hydroponic…

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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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304: Building Carbon Neutral Dairy Products with Marcus Lovell Smith, CEO of Neutral Foods

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Marcus Lovell Smith is the CEO of Neutral Foods, the first carbon neutral food company in the United States that debuted nationally in 2021 with organic whole and 2% milk products available in more than 2,000 grocery stores from coast to coast. An accomplished leader in sustainable…

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