Farm to Future
Episodes
#27 - How a Helicopter Mechanic Created an Ocean-Safe Hair Care Line with Kayla Pearson, Founder of Surf Soap
13 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kayla Pearson is a surfer, hairdresser, helicopter mechanic, and the Founder of Surf Soap (@surf_soap), an ocean-safe hair care and skincare company. ...
#26 - Slowing down the Hustle with Michelle Favin, Artist and Painter
06 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Is it possible to pursue art and achieve financial stability? That’s a question that Michelle Favin is beginning to answer. Michelle is an artist ba...
#25 - From Rejection to Making Chandeliers for Disney and Mattel with Nicole Ketchum, Founder of Hey Girl Decor
29 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes what you need is the lemonade factor. In other words, the ability to turn a sour situation into something sweet. Here’s an example. In...
#24 - Building a Million-Dollar Jewelry Brand with Allison Claire
22 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When you first start your business, not everyone will believe in you. But that’s okay, because the only person that needs to believe in what you’r...
#23 - How an Event Planner Created an Travel-Friendly, Color-Matching Dry Shampoo with Laura Armstrong
15 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The best products often come from a frustrated consumer.Laura Armstrong was an event planner who traveled a ton for work and struggled to find the rig...
#22 - Building a Food Brand from Scratch to 70 Stores with Claire Smith, Founder of Teffola
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What’s the first step to building a thriving business? Well, easy — getting started. But that can be scary. Whether it’s quitting your day job,...
#21 - My Startup Journey: Eating Acorns and Designing Better Classrooms
13 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
To cap off Season 1, Severin from Episode 4 comes back to interview me, Jane Z.! We take a trip down through my multi-leg journey of entrepreneurship,...
#20 - Working on the Ebola Response with Vivienne Walz, Public Health Evaluator
06 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Vivienne Walz is a former Health Scientist at the CDC who worked on the 2018 Ebola Outbreak response in the DRC, where she focused on analyzing commun...
#19 - From Teaching to EdTech with Mark Pan, People Partner at Newsela
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Pan is the Director of HR & Business Strategy at Newsela, an EdTech platform that delivers news-related content to students at different read...
#18 - What the Heck is Human-Centered Design? Designing Solutions in Sub-Saharan Africa with Carly James, Anthropologist and Design Researcher
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Carly James is the Executive Director of Global Development at ThinkPlace Global, a strategic design thinking firm that tackles the UN's Sustaina...
#17 - Building a Bollywood-based Fitness Movement with Shahil Patel, CEO & Founder of BollyX
16 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Shahil Patel (@shahilbollyx) is the Co-Founder and CEO of BollyX, a Bollywood-based fitness class that’s grown into a global movement. BollyX has be...
#16 - Ironman Triathlons and UX Design with Chi Pham, Google.org Fellow and MPH Candidate
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Chi Pham is a UX Designer at Google, a Masters of Public Health candidate at UC Berkeley, and an Ironman triathlete. Chi empowers over 120,000 women t...
#15 - Why do people suffer? Death, Faith, and Medicine with Neurology Resident Dr. John Rhee
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. John Rhee is a neurology resident at Mass General Brigham at Harvard Medical School and the co-founder of the podcast and platform The Hippocratic...
#14 - Building a Platform for Asian Millennial Stories with Natasha Jung, Founder & Executive Producer of Cold Tea Collective
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Natasha Jung is the Founder of Cold Tea Collective (@coldteacollective), a new media platform for stories from Asian millennials in Canada and the U.S...
#13 - From Spinal Cord Injury to Multi-Million Dollar Startup with Ryan Chen, Co-Founder of Neuro
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Chen is the Co-founder of Neuro (@neurogum), a company that makes functional gum and mints to energize, calm, and focus your mind. On paper, Ryan...
#12 - From Child Star to Married at 19 with Dani Calleiro (formerly Dani Cimorelli)
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dani Calleiro (@consciouscalleiro), formerly known as Dani Cimorelli, is a 20-year old YouTube Creator and former pop star. Dani grew up in a house of...
#11 - Creating a Digital Magazine for Korean Stories with Harriet Kim & Mirae Lee, Co-founders of Choa
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Harriet Kim and Mirae Lee are the Co-founders of Choa Magazine (@choamagazine), an online platform for Korean diasporic stories. Harriet is a photogra...
#10 - Building The Real-Life Sims with Stephen Sun, Architect and CEO/Co-founder of DIG
26 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Sun is a Licensed Architect and CEO/Co-founder of Development Integration Group, or DIG. His team is building an AI-based “digital architect...
#9 - Solo Hitchhiking, Cycling, and Couchsurfing through the Middle East and Central Asia with Marsha Jean
19 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Marsh Jean (@themarshajean) has been solo traveling the world since she was 18. In the past five years, she’s done things many would consider nuts —...
#8 - From Walt Disney to Mental Healthcare with Jero Beccar, CEO & Co-Founder of Hyka Therapeutics
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jero Beccar is an entrepreneur and filmmaker from Buenos Aires. After getting his B.A. in Visual and Media Arts at Emerson College, he worked for Warn...
#7 - Glowing Up Through Travel with Digital Nomad, Dancer, and Blogger Viola Wang
05 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Viola Wang (@theblessingbucket) is best known for her travel blog, where she shares gorgeous photography alongside practical tips for travelers on a b...
#6 - How to Become an Astronaut with Pilot, Gymnast, and Biomechatronics PhD Daniel Levine
22 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Levine is a PhD candidate at the MIT Media Lab in the Biomechatronics group. His work involves building better prosthetic limbs, and he was once p...
#5 - Building The First Electronic Playground with Bryanne Leeming, CEO and Founder of Unruly Studios
15 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Bryanne Leeming is the Founder and CEO of Unruly Studios and the inventor behind Unruly Splats, the first STEM learning tool that combines coding with...
#4 - The Early-Stage Startup Grind with A.I. Startup Founder Seve Ibar
08 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Severin Ibarluzea (@seveibar) is the CTO and Co-founder of Workaround Online (wao.ai), a platform that helps companies clean up their datasets to prep...
#3 - Growing Up in Front of 2.6 Million People with DIY YouTuber and Rising Artist Jennifer Zhang
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Zhang (@jenerationdiy) is well-known on YouTube for her DIY craft videos and extreme room makeovers, and as JEN Z on Spotify for her dark yet...
#2 - Becoming Black James Bond with U.S. Army Officer Eman Massi
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Emmanuel Massi (@iameman) claims he’s a superhero who got fired and went rogue to become a Black James Bond. Today, he works in operations overseein...
#1 - Lifting Off into Professor Mode with Astronomy Professor Sarah Ballard
17 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Ballard (@hubbabubble) is a Professor of Astronomy at the University of Florida. Over a decade ago, she took an astronomy class at UC Berkeley t...