Regenerative Ag – Page 8 – The Modern Acre

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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167: Enabling Farms to Access Financing and Capital with FarmRaise Co-Founders Jayce Hafner and Sami Tellatin

April 13, 2021

Jayce Hafner (CEO) and Sami Tellatin (COO) are the co-founders of FarmRaise, a digital platform that equips producers with financial resources to build vital farming communities that are profitable, equitable, and ecologically resilient. Their simplified farm funding app applies farmers for major USDA cost-share programs in less than 20 minutes. They also track local and state funding programs as they open throughout the year and provide 1:1 support to help farms unlock more capital.

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

April 6, 2021

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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164: Funding Regenerative Ag Transitions with Dan Miller, Founder and CEO of Steward

March 23, 2021

Dan Miller is the founder and CEO of Steward, a private lender providing regenerative farmers, ranchers, fishermen, and producers the capital they need to expand and sustain their businesses. And through our innovative online platform, qualified lenders have the opportunity to join in our mission and help fund the growth of regenerative agriculture by purchasing loan participations.

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