Women in Ag

252: Advocacy for California Winegrape Growers with Natalie Collins, Interim President of CAWG

November 29, 2022

Natalie Collins is the Interim President of the California Association of Winegrape Growers (CAWG), who exists to protect and promote the interests of California winegrape growers by providing members a unified voice, effective advocacy and strong leadership. CAWG promotes the winegrowing industry’s long-term success by advancing the adoption of sound public policies, and fostering awareness and understanding of winegrape growers’ contributions to the economy, environment and California communities.

244: Focused Venture Capital and the Venture Studio Model with Connie Bowen, General Partner of Farmhand Ventures

October 4, 2022

Listen on Apple Podcasts or Everywhere Else Connie Bowen is the founding General Partner of Farmhand Ventures, a venture studio building the future of work in specialty crop agriculture. She’s also a Venture Partner with Republic, where she collaborates across the startup ecosystem to support founders and their ideas. She is passionate about distributing knowledge and inspiring inclusive,…

238: Developing Natural Ingredients to Reduce Food Waste with Natasha Dhayagude, Co-Founder & CEO of Chinova Bioworks

August 23, 2022

Natasha Dhayagude is the CEO and Co-founder of Chinova Bioworks, who has developed a revolutionary clean-label preservation technology extracted from white button mushrooms for use in food and beverage applications.

235: Growing Ancient Grains to Develop a Consumer Product with Claire Smith, Founder and CEO of Teffola

August 2, 2022

Listen on Apple Podcasts or Everywhere Else Claire Smith is the founder and CEO of Teffola, a CPG company that exists to create bold, fresh, and innovative granola for the health-aware consumer. They do this by creating whole-food plant-based snacks sourcing at least one ingredient per product from their 7th generation family farm. Connect with Teffola Website |…

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

July 5, 2022

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!

228: Scaling a Family Ag Business Going Direct to Consumer with Nicole Atchison, CEO of PURIS Foods

June 14, 2022

Nicole Atchison is the CEO of PURIS Foods, a family-owned company founded in 1985 in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Built with intention over 30 years, PURIS’ plant-based food system benefits every link in the chain of production: flavorful and nutritious choices for people, profitable opportunities for growers, flexible ingredients for food makers, and practices that nourish soil, the environment, and life on earth. Nicole is the daughter of the founders of the company.

220: Supply Chain and Water Realities in Agriculture with Aubrey Bettencourt, President & CEO of the Almond Alliance

April 19, 2022

Fourth generation California farmer, Aubrey Bettencourt is the President & CEO of the Almond Alliance of California, the trade association for the almond industry and community, representing and advocating for the 7,600 American almond farms growing 90% of the world almonds. Aubrey also has an incredible background in public policy and natural resources.

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206: Converting US Dairy Farms into Oat Farms with Hälsa Foods Co-Founder Helena Lumme & Farmer Eric Ziehm

January 11, 2022

Listen on Apple Podcasts or Everywhere Else Helena Lumme is the President and Co-Founder of Hälsa Foods, a CPG company that produces oat milk products, focusing on clean ingredients, clean processing, and clean labels. Helena joins to share more about her journey founding the company and optimizing their marketing and supply chain. Helena is joined by Eric Ziehm,…

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199: Innovation in Food and CPG with Sarah Sha and Isha Joshi of KitchenTown

November 23, 2021

Sarah Shaw is the Director of Strategy and Isha Joshi is the Director of Product Development for KitchenTown, a scale-up facility in San Mateo, CA that gives food startups access to a commercial kitchen, product innovation lab, direct to consumer warehouse, brand partnerships program, and thriving community of makers.

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192: Successful CPG Exit and Bridging the Gap Between Ag and CPG with Jennifer Barney

October 5, 2021

Jennifer Barney is the founder of Barney Butter Almond Butter and previously led Innovation for a $700mm CPG category leader. She is an advisor and mentor to startup CPG brands and ag leaders entering the value added space. Jennifer joins us to share more about her journey founding, scaling, and exiting a CPG brand. She also dives into the current landscape of ag and CPG and her current work at 3rd & Broadway. Tune in!

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