Regenerative Ag

315: Implementing Regenerative Ag FOR Farmers and Landowners with Kevin Wolz, CEO of Canopy Farm Management

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Kevin Wolz formerly led the Savanna Institute as its Co-Executive Director. In 2022, he joined Canopy Farm Management as its Chief Executive Officer. Canopy is a business launched by the Savanna Institute and Grantham Environmental Trust to expand agroforestry services in the Midwest. While CEO of Canopy, Kevin continues his contributions to…

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311: A First-Principles Approach to Farmland Investing with Ben Gordon, CEO and Co-Founder of Fractal Ag

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Ben Gordon is the CEO of Fractal Ag, a farmland investment platform that brings investors alongside farmers to drive impact and returns. Ben previously co-created Corteva Agriscience’s carbon program while also leading Business Development. His background includes experience in agriculture technology, management consulting, and private equity due diligence. Ben previously…

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306: Acre Insights – Investing into Regenerative Agriculture, VC’s Role, the Messy Middle & Other Takeaways from the RFSI Forum

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts On this edition of Acre Insights, Tim and Tyler break down their takeaways from attending the RFSI Forum last month in Denver focused on the investing landscape in regenerative agriculture. They also share some sound bites from Brian Dawson, Rosario Bennett, and Jack Richardson on their biggest takeaways as well….

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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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303: Closing Series B and AgTech Growth Lessons from MyLand’s President Peter Williams

Peter Williams is the President of MyLand and has been with the company for three years, where he focuses on strategy, corporate finance, sales and marketing.

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301: Understanding Carbon and Sustainability Commitments – Topsoil Series with Ariel Patton

This month, Tim and Tyler talk with Ariel about her latest Topsoil edition – “Beyond the carbon buzz – A framework for environmental sustainability in agriculture.”

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300: Acre Insights – Why We’re Quitting Organic at Nuss Farms and What’s Next for the Modern Acre

Episode 300 is here. Check out the new look website and Co-op. Plus, we talk about why we recently made the decision to quit organic at Nuss Farms.

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299: From Offsets to Insets – Enabling a New Value Stream for Farmers with Tom Ryan, President of Truterra

Tom Ryan is a 23-year veteran of the Land O’Lakes, Inc. federated system. Tom has held multiple leadership roles in sales, agronomy, marketing and operations across Land O’Lakes.

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298: Investing in Regenerative Ag in 2023 with Sarah Day Levesque, Managing Director of RFSI

Sarah Day Levesque is the Founder and Managing Director of RFSI – Regenerative Food Systems Investment – and has spent more than 15 years working to connect agriculture and food systems stakeholders to the information and networks they need to be successful.

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