Regenerative Ag – Page 8 – The Modern Acre

198: Helping Consumers Make Better Food Decisions through Nutrient Density with Greg Shewmaker, Co-Founder of TeakOrigin

November 16, 2021

Listen on Apple Podcasts or Everywhere Else Greg Shewmaker is the co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer of TeakOrigin, a food data company that collects actionable data to help consumers make better food decisions. Greg joins us to talk about his background in ecommerce, founding and developing the business at TeakOrigin, and the role nutrient density will play in…

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194: Building a Successful Biologicals Company with Co-CEO’s, Scott Uknes and Eric Ward

October 19, 2021

Scott Uknes and Eric Ward are the co-founders and co-CEO’s of AgBiome, a biotechnology company that is focused on discovering, developing, and commercializing innovative biological and trait products for crop protection. Scott and Eric join the podcast to talk about their journey starting the company together and how they have successfully scaled and launched their first product, Howler. They also share how they make being “co-CEO’s” work leading their team. Don’t miss this one!

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191: Healthy Snacks and a Transparent, Regenerative Supply Chain with Kristy Lewis, Founder of Quinn Snacks

September 28, 2021

Kristy Lewis is the founder and CEO of Quinn Snacks, a CPG company reimagining classic snacks by bringing real ingredients and transparency back to the snacks you love. Kristy joins the podcast to tell us about the founding story, Quinn’s focus on their farmer-partners, their approach to regenerative ag, how they have scaled, and much, much more. Tune in!

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190: The Acceleration of Electric Tractor Adoption with Praveen Penmetsa, Co-Founder and CEO of Monarch Tractor

September 21, 2021

Praveen Penmetsa is the co-founder and CEO of Monarch Tractor, an agtech company developing an electric, driver-optional compact tractor. Praveen has nearly two decades of hands-on experience in translating creative visions into products for startups to Fortune 50 companies alike. He co-currently serves as founder and CEO of Motivo Engineering, a product-engineering firm with clients in the Mobility, Energy, AgTech, and Aerospace sectors.

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189: Robotic Weeder Product Development with John Mey, Director of Product at Carbon Robotics

September 14, 2021

John Mey is the Director of Product at Carbon Robotics, an agtech startup pioneering the next revolution in agriculture through the deployment of innovative technology and hardware. Carbon Robotics’ first product, the Autonomous Weeder, is purpose built to tackle one of the industry’s biggest problems: weed control.

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183: Understanding Regenerative Agriculture with John Kempf

August 3, 2021

John Kempf is an entrepreneur, speaker, podcast host and teacher. He is passionate about the potential of well managed agriculture ecosystems to reverse ecological degradation. In addition to being a grower, John is the founder of Advancing Eco Agriculture, Crop Health Labs, Ozadia, and the Regenerative Agriculture Academy. He hosts the Regenerative Agriculture Podcast, where he interviews top growers and scientists about the principles and practice of implementing regenerative agriculture on a large scale.

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180: Solving Renewable Energy Problems in Ag with Bob Powell, Founder and CEO of Brightmark

July 13, 2021

Bob Powell is the founder and CEO of Brightmark, a global leader in waste solutions that takes a holistic approach to tackling the planet’s most pressing environmental challenges with imagination and optimism for the future. Brightmark enables programs specifically tailored to environmental needs in order to build scalable project solutions that have a positive impact on the world and communities in which they live and work.

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178: Using Crypto To Solve Carbon Market Problems with Paul Gambill, CEO and Co-Founder of Nori

June 29, 2021

Paul Gambill is the CEO and Co-Founder of Nori, a carbon removal marketplace on a mission to reverse climate change by removing enough carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to lower the overall concentration of CO2 below 300 parts per million. Paul joins us to talk about how they are leveraging blockchain technology to build the business and develop their own cryptocurrency.

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174: Acre Insights – Is Regenerative Ag Losing Its Buzz? Plus Ag Cryptocurrency, Bowery Funding, and Nuss Farms Update

June 1, 2021

We are finally back with another edition of Acre Insights. This episode we discuss if regenerative agriculture is losing it’s buzz as well as some of the negative press it has received. Plus, we cover cryptocurrency in ag, Bowery’s latest funding round (and some concerns with indoor farming), and the latest happenings with Nuss Farms. Tune in!

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168: The Latest in AgTech SPAC’s, Carbon Markets, Indoor Farming & More with Vonnie Estes, VP of Technology of PMA

April 20, 2021

Vonnie Estes is the Vice President of Technology of the Produce Marketing Association. Vonnie joins us for the second time to give some updates and insights into some hot topics within agriculture. We talk through the recent merger of PMA and United Fresh, the latest in carbon markets, agtech exits including SPAC’s, indoor farming, and seeing a Rivian in the wild! This episode has it all.

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