201. Building the crossroads of biomedical engineering
28 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
She’s the 19th president of Indiana University and the institution’s first female leader. Today ...
200. Disrupting the coffee industry
21 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How are coffee and cryptocurrency related? In the case of this week’s guest, the more you consume,...
199. Durable, differentiated growth
14 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Brad Chambers’ career is rich in entrepreneurial ventures – from launching and selling a landsca...
198. A slice of food innovation
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What came first, the chicken or the pizza? This week, they come together. We are joined by founder o...
197. Good food, better health
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In a time where hunger is still a critical issue in the United States, Elevance Health is stepping u...
196. Powering the agbiosciences
24 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Power is a critical component of growing and scaling economies. This week we are joined by Brian And...
195. Hydrogen + high horsepower
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Cummins made news recently with the announcement that they would partner with Buhler Industries, Inc...
194. Bringing big ideas to life
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
He’s an entrepreneur turned venture capitalist and today, he’s on the podcast. Christopher “To...
193. BONUS: AgriNovus at The White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition + Health
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, AgriNovus had the privilege of an invitation to The White House Conference on Hunger, Nut...
192. Growing Indiana’s agtech talent pipeline
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
AgTech is Indiana’s fastest growing agbioscience innovation platform and to continue that growth, ...
191. Shrimp, shipping containers + sustainability
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There’s a new kid in town and he’s using artificial intelligence to grow shrimp in shipping cont...
190. Soybeans + mulch = smulch
19 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Purdue University students competed earlier this year with one objective: who can create the best in...
189. BONUS: Taranis’ recent fundraise brings new growth opportunities
14 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Taranis recently announced a $40M Series D fundraise to fuel growth, focus on global expansion and i...
188. Conquering on-farm complexity
12 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Indiana Corn Marketing Council and Indiana Soybean Alliance serve producers across the state, includ...
187. Solving real problems with biologicals
29 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mick Messman spent some time in Indiana early in his career and as CEO of DPH Biologicals, he is bac...
186. Connecting food + human health
22 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Teri Willey’s impressive career has touched many college campuses in our state, and well beyond. T...
185. A new partnership in animal health
15 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
United Animal Health has long been a leader in animal nutrition and now, they are looking to the fut...
184. A front-row seat to Indiana’s agbiosciences
08 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Melissa Proffitt’s career in law spans many industries, but agbioscience stands out to her. This w...
183. Introducing the winner of our HungerTech Challenge
01 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
AgriNovus issued a challenge to the tech community this year: unlock free delivery access to those p...
182. Serving communities + creating change
25 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Purdue University has been hosting the 4th cohort of The Mandela Washington Fellowship with agbiosci...
181. The intersection of human + animal health
18 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How does a medical doctor with decades of helping women conceive children apply their experience and...
180. A powerful engine for workforce innovation
11 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When her career started as a basketball coach, one could argue it was foreshadowing a future in Indi...
179. Applying innovation to SNAP
27 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With 11% of the United States population using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) bene...
178. BiomEdit betting on microbiome science
20 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Microbiome science is a fast-growing field and Indiana is home to a new company focused on innovatio...
177. Bringing aeroponic greens to Indiana
13 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Living Greens Farm announced in March that they would invest $70M to establish operations in Indiana...
176. The future of food science innovation
06 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Whether it’s 3D printers in food or personalized nutrition, the way consumers eat is continually e...
175. BONUS: Building an economy of the future
31 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's a bonus episode! AgriNovus hosted a panel discussion at Indiana's first Global Economic Summit ...
174. Thought leadership + fast cars
23 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For the first time ever, Indiana Economic Development Corp (IEDC) will host a Global Economic Summit...
173. BONUS: AgriNovus announces HungerTech Challenge with $25K prize for innovators
17 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a bonus episode! This week, we are joined by our very own Senior Director of Innovation, Geof...
172. Modern crop protection making an impact
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Corteva Agriscience announced Indianapolis would become its global headquarters in March, making the...
171. Bringing seed innovation to its best
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Farmers make decisions every day and while variables change year in and year out, one thing remains ...
170. What happens to innovation after it’s created?
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Inspired by the senses at a young age, Matt Rubin has taken that curiosity to a new level ...
169. Gen-z charting their agbioscience course
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Clean resumes. Companies with strong values. Transparency and communication. These are a few things ...
168. Personalized medicine from the ground, up
18 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Earth Week! Farmers work tirelessly to be good stewards of the land and innovation enables the...
167. BONUS: The epicenter for animal health innovation
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The silver shovels were out this week as Elanco broke ground on their new global headquarters west o...
166. Egg-celerating innovation in Indiana
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Byproduct feed for chickens. Solar panels to power facilities. MPS Egg Farms recently announced a pa...
165. Giving food entrepreneurs a system of success
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A new tech platform is giving artisan food entrepreneurs the opportunity to manage their business in...
164. Starting entrepreneurs early
28 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Earlier this year, Ivy Tech announced the launch of their Garatoni School for Entrepreneurship and I...
163. Innovating for critical challenges in our food system
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From a fractured supply chain to an increasing desire from consumers to be more connected to the foo...
162. Bionutrients: Indiana’s latest agbioscience collaboration
14 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hello Nature and MPS Egg Farms recently announced plans to partner on a $50M Indiana-based specialty...
161. Functional food vs. healthy food
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What exactly is functional food and how is it different than eating healthy? This week, we are joine...
160. Market shift meets opportunity for Indiana entrepreneur
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Mitch Frazier is joined by Jennifer Crandall, Founder and CEO of Safe Food En Route. ...
159. Innovating genetic detection in grain
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Innovation in genetic detection is giving farmers a better opportunity to claim premiums on their no...
158. Investing in disruption
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How disruptive does innovation need to be to shift markets and gain the attention of investors? On t...
157. Evolving innovation in animal health
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Do you know if your pet has looked out the window more or less lately? Innovation isn’t far off fr...
156. Better bees, if you please
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For crops like almonds, bee pollination is a critical first step in their growing season. Now, agtec...
155. Data science closing the gap on farmer uncertainty
24 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In a world where watches remind us to stand or breathe or our bank notifies us of suspicious activit...
154. A look ahead for the agbiosciences
17 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's a new year, new us! Welcome to season 5 of Ag+Bio+Science. On this week's episode, our panel mo...
153. The future is now: AgriNovus at CES 2022
10 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On display at CES (Consumer Electronics Shows) last week was more than just another wave of agtech i...
152. Navigating The Great Resignation
13 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Great Resignation: you've heard of it and in all likelihood, you (or someone you know) has parti...
151. From coal mining to community development
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
An Indiana company is up-cycling former coal mining sites to create sustainable community developmen...
150. gBETA Agbioscience: a really impressive group of founders
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's the most wonderful time of the year! You heard that right -gBETA Pitch Night is coming up soon....
149. Creating soybean innovation for a better planet
15 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
She's a third-year student at Purdue's College of Veterinary Sciences AND she recently won a competi...
148. Creating a community for entrepreneurs
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology is home to some of Indiana's best and brightest talent -- an are...
147. Making southwest Indiana an agtech hub for specialty crops
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Southwest Indiana is known for its melon production. Now they want to be known for agtech in special...
146. Small school making giant impact in agbioscience
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Young talent finding their way to the agbioscience sector doesn't just happen - it takes boots on th...
145. Family, innovation and starting with “why?”
18 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It started in 1937 with three acres of hybrid seed corn offered by Purdue University and today, it i...
144. Insects: the next alternative protein source
11 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Scientists at IUPUI, the IU School of Medicine and two other U.S. universities have been awarded a $...
143. Indiana entrepreneur automating the almond industry
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A once aspiring fashion designer, Anna Haldewang is now the founder and CEO of InsightTRAC based in ...
142. Introducing the 2021 Producer-Led Innovation Challenge Winner
27 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Team Regrow, the winners of the 2021 Producer-Led Innovation Challenge, designed to inspire inn...
141. Robotics + giving consumers seed to shelf traceability
20 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What if one day you purchased a bottle of wine from the store and a label on that bottle could trace...
140. Field Atlas, one year later
13 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Happy 1st birthday to Field Atlas! On this week's episode of the podcast, Mitch Frazier, president a...
139. AI and the evolution of animal fertility
30 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For animal breeding and reproduction, the needle hasn't moved much in recent years...until now. On t...
138. Innovation: the only thing that will never stop is change
23 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Inari is a huge agbioscience success story in 2021, with new funding and partnerships being announce...
137. Betting on a winning horse
16 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's been a busy summer for Owl Manor Medical as the Indiana-based company's equine horse care produ...
136. Agtech: start with the problem and work backward
09 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
To create a solution to a problem or a problem for a solution? That is the question...with an obviou...
135. Ready for robots: Purdue NW project will streamline labor practices
02 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Northwest Indiana is experiencing a big wave of innovation and a key piece of that comes from the ca...
134. Inspiring innovators to bring great ideas forward
26 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Indiana's agbioscience sector is unmatched in bringing innovative minds together to solve critical i...
132. Getting the data right for Carbon markets
12 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
AgriNovus Indiana President and CEO Mitch Frazier chats with Kip Tom, U.S. Ambassador + CEO of Tom F...
131. Attention innovators: we’ve got a $25K data challenge for you
28 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
AgriNovus recently launched a $25,000 innovation challenge to the tech community to solve a critical...
130. Investing in animal health innovation
21 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Indiana's animal health + nutrition sector is fast-growing and ripe for innovation and collaboration...
129. Bring on the biosensors: combatting bovine respiratory disease
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A Purdue researcher has received $1.4 million in funding for his groundbreaking work to produce a bi...
127. Let us talk about lettuce
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Many innovations in agtech come down this principle: how can we do more with less and protect our na...
126. A job board for the agbiosciences
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Employers in the agbioscience sector now have the opportunity to reach high-level talent through the...
125. Connecting gen-z with agbioscience employers
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We put gen-z on a panel and asking them what you REALLY want to know: what are you looking for in an...
124. IU + Purdue collaborate on new joint ag law degree
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
While normally foe in the athletic arena, these two schools are teaming up for something big. On thi...
123. Butler students finding their fit in agbioscience
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Field Atlas ambassadors are the agbioscience voice on campus, connecting their peers to opportunitie...
122. Job outlook good for college graduates in agbioscience
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A recent report released by USDA and Purdue University shows strong opportunity for college graduate...
121. Indiana agtech startup strikes partnership with John Deere
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
By the time Steve Booher founded Smart Guided Systems, he had already launched and sold four other b...
120. More than money: math majors discovering agbioscience
05 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When Morgan Sparks became a Field Atlas Ambassador, she knew she would be helping other students con...
119. Purdue Research Foundation making an impact through discoveries
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Purdue University was named 3rd nationally in startup creation by IP Watchdog Institute last year, a...
118. People, robots, machinery: making AI easy for producers
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There's a new kid in town and they brought their robots with them. On this week's episode of the pod...
117. AgReliant’s Seed Academy diversifying agbioscience talent
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What if college you had the opportunity to go back and start your higher education in step with a pr...
116. Man vs. machine: fighting food waste with agtech
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Food waste is a global issue -- the United Nations reports $1 trillion in wasted food across the wor...
115. How a food bank can improve health outcomes
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Inside INdiana Business Host Gerry Dick sits down for a one-on-one discussion with Gleaner...
114. Introducing Field Atlas Ambassadors
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Inside INdiana Business Host Gerry Dick sits down with University of Notre Dame students a...
113. The First Producer-Led Innovation Challenge Winning Team
15 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Inside INdiana Business host Gerry Dick sits down for a discussion with Paul Ousterhout and Keith Ho...
112. Innovative technology changing waste to clean water + fertilizer
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Inside INdiana Business Host Gerry Dick sits down with Cheri De Jong of Natural Prairie Da...
111. COVID19 study provides analysis of Indiana’s food supply chain
01 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we have a special discussion for our podcast from the Ernst and Young + AgriNovus COVID-19...
109. Loving science + loving food = a perfect match for the agbiosciences
07 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From plant to final product, students at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology are rolling up their sl...
108. New study shows $39 billion comes from Indiana agbiosciences
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
AgriNovus Indiana recently released a new report, Innovative Agbioscience in Indiana: 2020 Assessmen...
107. Agbioscience entrepreneurs are going for it in 2020
16 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There has been an uptick in entrepreneurial activity this year, paving the way for more startup crea...
106. Producers shape new innovations in agbioscience
09 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As the agbioscience sector routinely introduces new innovations, the question should always be asked...
105. Career advice: let your dreams swerve and merge
02 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
While in college, Adrienne Woodward could have sworn her career would lead her down an equestrian pa...
104. FFA Blue Room spotlights new innovations + careers
26 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Along with most other large events in 2020, the National FFA Convention is providing a virtual exper...
103. Innovative environments = good ideas, people + capital
19 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
AgriNovus Indiana recently wrapped its 3-week Hackathon series with Forbes. Among those involved was...
102. IU research: cutting-edge specialties focused on agbioscience
12 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In a time where life has slowed drastically in some aspects, research at Indiana University is as bu...
101. Field Atlas: students exploring the unexpected in agbioscience
05 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s episode 100! This week, Gerry Dick with Inside INdiana Business is joined by Melissa Rekeweg,...
100. Forbes AgTech+ Hackathon: creating disruption + new ideas
28 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This month, AgriNovus and IEDC team up with the Forbes Under 30 List and leaders in Indiana’s agbi...
99. Collaboration: a strong part of Indiana’s DNA
21 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The largest rural broadband testbed in the nation is in the early phases of development here in Indi...