Future of Agriculture
Episodes
FoA 301: Funding Innovation for Agriculture, People and Planet with Suma Reddy of Future Acres
09 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is brought to you by Sound Agriculture: https://www.sound.ag/ Suma Reddy LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suma-reddy-0285386/ F...
FoA 300: Seven Consumer Values Influencing the Future of Agriculture
02 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Previous guests featured: Richard Waite Dan Kittredge Jason Persall Paul Winters Xin Yi Lim Mark Remmert Sarah Mock Join the FoA Community: w...
FoA 299: Scaling Up Pastured Poultry with Paul Greive of Pasturebird
23 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Pasturebird: www.Pasturebird.com Prime Future newsletter: https://primefuture.substack.com/ Join the FoA Community: www.patreon.com/agriculture Pa...
FoA 298: Adding Value to Farmland Investments via Conversion to Organic and Regenerative with Craig Wichner of Farmland LP
16 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Farmland LP: https://www.farmlandlp.com/ Join the FoA Community: www.Patreon.com/agriculture Today’s episode is a unique approach to farmland inve...
FoA 297: A Case Study in Farm Data Integration with Leaf Agriculture and GROWMARK
09 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Leaf Agriculture: https://withleaf.io/ GROWMARK: https://www.growmark.com/ FoA 238: 5 Barriers Limiting Agtech: https://aggrad.libsyn.com/foa-238-5-b...
FoA 296: Financial Incentives for Sustainable Agriculture with Jayce Hafner of FarmRaise
02 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
FarmRaise: www.FarmRaise.com Building a startup in ag? Email me: [email protected] Support this show and join the FoA community: www.Patreon.com/agri...
FoA 295: Commercializing Sound Science with Adam Litle of Sound Agriculture
26 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sound Agriculture: https://www.sound.ag/ Support this show: www.Patreon.com/agriculture Today, I’m excited to bring you an interview with a very i...
FoA 294: Food Investing for Systemic Change with Stephen Hohenrieder of Grounded Capital Partners
19 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Grounded Capital Partners: https://www.groundedcapitalpartners.com/ How would you rate the Future of Agriculture podcast using a scale of conventional...
FoA 293: [Tech-Enabled Advisor Series] Trust and Technology with Cassie Misch and Jake Smoker
12 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Granular: www.granular.ag Platinum Ag Services: https://platinum.ag/ We have on the show Cassie Misch who is an independent crop consultant and the ...
FoA 292: Real Talk on Regenerative Agriculture with Joe Bassett of Dawn Equipment and Underground Agriculture
05 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dawn Equipment: http://www.dawnequipment.com/ Underground Agriculture: https://www.undergroundagriculture.com/ Joe Bassett on Twitter: https://twitt...
FoA 291: Revisiting Agtech Founders from Semios, Manolin & Harvest Returns...Where are They Now?
29 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Semios (108): https://aggrad.libsyn.com/future-of-agriculture-108-data-driven-sustainable-agriculture-through-iot-and-machine-learning-with-michael-g...
FoA 290: Designing Crops That Tell Farmers What's Bothering Them with Shely Aronov of InnerPlant
22 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
InnerPlant: https://innerplant.com/ "From Farms to Incubators" https://www.farmstoincubators.com/ This week we are exploring the concept of engineer...
FoA 289: [VC Roundtable] Trends Boosting Agtech and 2022 Predictions
15 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Omnivore: https://www.omnivore.vc/ Tenacious Ventures: https://tenacious.ventures/ SP Ventures: https://www.spventures.com.br/ Merck Animal Health...
FoA 288: Tractors as a Service for Smallholder Farmers with Jehiel Oliver of Hello Tractor
08 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hello Tractor: https://hellotractor.com/ Jehiel Oliver on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jehiel/ Software is Feeding the World Email Newsletter...
FoA 287: Why The Nature Conservancy is Investing in Agtech with Renée Vassilos
01 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Nature Conservancy: https://www.nature.org/en-us/ "Building Soil Health Through Innovation" https://www.nature.org/en-us/what-we-do/our-priorit...
FoA 286: Nutrient Density and the Future of Quality-Driven Food Systems with Dan Kittredge
24 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bionutrient Food Association: https://bionutrient.org/ Bionutrient Institute: https://www.bionutrientinstitute.org/ Bionutrient meter: https://bionu...
FoA 285: [Tech-Enabled Advisor Series] Helping Growers Save Money with Independent Crop Consultant John Silvera
17 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
AgWorld: www.AgWorld.com John Silvera on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-silvera-02b838175/ Today’s episode is another installment in...
FoA 284: Autonomous Sprayers with Gary Thompson of GUSS
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
See GUSS in action: https://gussag.com/ Almond Journey Podcast: https://www.almonds.com/almond-industry/industry-news We have on the show today ano...
FoA 283: A Model for Climate-Smart Dairy with Calgren Dairy Fuels
03 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Calgren Renewable Fuels https://www.calgren.com/ Maas Energy Works: https://www.maasenergy.com/ California Milk Advisory Board: https://www.realcali...
FoA 282: Open Source Weed Control with Guy Coleman and William Salter of OWL
27 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
OWL GitHub https://github.com/geezacoleman/OpenWeedLocator Weed AI https://weed-ai.sydney.edu.au/about Guy Coleman Twitter: https://twitter.com/Geez...
FoA 281: Open Source Ag Technology with Brian Tischler of AgOpenGPS
20 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
AgOpenGPS: https://github.com/farmerbriantee/AgOpenGPS Autonomous Tractor Skiing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-T-rrny1Vk Brian's Twitter: https:/...
FoA 280: Organic Farming Myths and Realities with Erin Silva, Ph.D.
13 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
OGRAIN: https://ograin.cals.wisc.edu/ YouTube videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/uwipm/search?query=erin%20silva Today’s episode is all about orga...
FoA 279: Drones for Precision Spraying with Daniel McCann of Precision AI
06 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Precision AI: https://www.precision.ai/ Fulcrum Global Capital: https://www.fgcvc.com/ Protein Industries Canada: https://www.proteinindustriescanada....
FoA 278: Technology for Better Milk and Healthier Cows with Bethany Deshpande of SomaDetect
29 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
SomaDetect: https://somadetect.com/ Prime Future Newsletter: https://primefuture.substack.com/ Our guest on today’s show Jordan Lambert actually men...
FoA 277: Delivering More Nutritious Food Ingredients with Matt Crisp of Benson Hill
22 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Benson Hill: https://bensonhill.com/ Today’s episode features Matt Crisp, CEO and co-founder of Benson Hill. Benson Hill describes themselves as ...
FoA 276: Sustainability, Corporate Responsbility, and ESG with Louisa Parker-Smith of AGCO Corporation
15 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
AGCO Corp: https://www.agcocorp.com/ Louisa Parker-Smith: https://news.agcocorp.com/news/agco-names-louisa-parker-smith-director-of-global-sustaina...
FoA 275: Digital Infrastructure for Ag Supply Chains with Jake Joraanstad and Jesse Vollmar of Bushel
08 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Visit Bushel online: https://bushelpowered.com/ Today’s episode takes a peak inside one of the hottest agtech companies to come along in recent year...
FoA 274: [Tech-Enabled Advisor Series] Precision Ag with Jonathan Zettler of Fieldwalker Agronomy
01 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Learn more about SWAT Maps: https://www.swatmaps.com/ Fieldwalker Agronomy: https://fieldwalker.ca/ Jonathan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZRAgri ...
FoA 273: Designing the Seeds of the Future with Ponsi Trivisvavet of Inari
25 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Inari: https://inari.com/ "From Farms to Incubators" book: https://bookshop.org/books/from-farms-to-incubators-women-innovators-revolutionizing-how-o...
FoA 272: The Future of Food with Jack Bobo
18 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
www.futurityfood.com www.linkedin.com/in/jackbobo www.twitter.com/Jack_a_Bobo TED Talk: Why we fear the food we eat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t...
FoA 271: Ag Robotics Roundtable
11 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
SWARMFarm Robotics https://www.swarmfarm.com/ Burro https://burro.ai/ Farmwise https://farmwise.io/ ZTractor https://ztractor.com/ Carbon Roboti...
FoA 270: Produce Technology and Digitizing Taste
04 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
PMA Takes on Tech: https://www.pma.com/content/podcast/takes-on-tech Aromyx: https://www.aromyx.com/ Today's two part episode starts off with a higher...
FoA 269: [Tech-Enabled Advisor Series] Cooperatives Embrace Digital Tools with KC Graner of Central Farm Service
28 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is brought to you by AgVend (www.AgVend.com) Today’s installment of our Tech-Enabled Advisor series is really an insightful look at h...
FoA 268: California Water and the Future of Sustainable Irrigation
21 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is broken down into three parts: first, a brief primer on some of the issues contributing to the issues in California. Second, one p...
FoA 267: Tapping into the Microbiome for Animal Health with Chris Belnap of Resilient Biotics
14 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Resilient Biotics: https://resilientbiotics.com/ Fulcrum Global Capital: https://www.fgcvc.com/ My guest on today’s show is Chris Belnap, the CEO ...
FoA 266: Microsoft Wants to Democratize Data-Driven Agriculture
07 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ranveer Chandra: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/ranveer/ Overview of Azure FarmBeats: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/industr...
FoA 265: Climate, Land Use, and Agriculture with Richard Waite of the World Resources Institute
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
World Resources Institute: https://www.wri.org/ Follow Rich on Twitter: https://twitter.com/waiterich Recent blog post: https://www.wri.org/blog/2020/...
FoA 264: [Tech-Enabled Advisor Series] Drone Technology with Todd Vagts of Bayer Crop Science
23 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks to FieldAgent by Sentera for sponsoring. Visit https://sentera.com/. On today’s episode I’m joined by Todd Vagts who is a technical agron...
FoA 263: Better Ingredients for Processed Foods with Joanne Zhang
16 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode highlights two interesting consumer trends in food and agriculture. And on the surface, these two trends seem to be going in totally...
FoA 262: Specialty Crops and Agtech with Allan Fetters
09 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today, Allan Fetters, is a third generation agriculturalist who has worked in agribusiness for over 30 years. I say agriculturalist, because ...
FoA 261: The Digital Dairy with Jordan Lambert of VAS
02 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is all about data and technology for the modern dairy. But even if you’re not specifically interested in the dairy industry, you’...
FoA 260: The Lentil Underground with Dave Oien of Timeless Seeds
26 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
PLEASE COMPLETE OUR LISTENER SURVEY: https://airtable.com/shrCB33GWIUCIxVRU Today you’re going to get to hear the story of Dave Oien of Timeless See...
FoA 259: [Tech-Enabled Advisor Series] Shannon Winny, Owner and Senior Agronomist at GroWest Ag Ventures
19 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is brought to you by FarmQA (www.FarmQA.com) Today’s guest is Shannon Winny with GroWest Ag Ventures in Central Saskatchewan. Sh...
FoA 258: The Power of Peptides with Anna Rath and Ben Cicora from Vestaron
12 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the SWAT Agronomy Podcast on any podcast platform! Please participate in our listener survey to help us focus the direction of the show: ...
FoA 257: Bringing Ag Innovation to the Desert with HE Dr. Tariq bin Hendi
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Please participate in our listener survey to help us focus the direction of the show: https://airtable.com/shrCB33GWIUCIxVRU While we here in the ...
FoA 256: Agtech Collaboration and Data-Driven Decision Agriculture with Jim Ethington of Arable
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the SWAT Agronomy Podcast on any podcast platform! Please participate in our listener survey to help us focus the direction of the show: ...
FoA 255: [Tech-Enabled Advisor Series] Matt Larson, Agronomy Sales Manager at CHS
21 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is brought to you by FieldAgent by Sentera. One key piece of the agtech conversation that often gets overlooked is the most likely c...
FoA 254: The Digitization of Global Agribusiness with Syngenta Chief Information Officer Greg Meyers
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Please participate in our listener survey to help us focus the direction of the show: https://airtable.com/shrCB33GWIUCIxVRU Today we get a unique glo...
FoA 253: Social E-commerce and Gamifying Groceries with Xin Yi Lim of Pinduoduo
07 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Please participate in our listener survey to help us focus the direction of the show: https://airtable.com/shrCB33GWIUCIxVRU E-commerce is nothing n...
FoA 252: Local Meat Processing, Marketing and Logistics with Adam Parks
31 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks to the Field Work podcast for sponsoring this episode. Visit www.FieldWork.org to learn more. Interest in local and regional food systems has...
[Bonus] Ag Labor and the Farm Workforce Modernization Act with Shay Myers and Representative Cliff Bentz
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The reason for today’s special episode is The Farm Workforce Modernization Act that recently passed the U.S. House of Representatives and is now mov...
FoA 251: Agtech Opportunities in Developing Markets with Igor Buchatskiy
24 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks to the FieldWork podcast for sponsoring this episode. Visit www.FieldWork.org to learn more. This episode is a good follow up to Episode 2...
FoA 250: Helping Smallholder Farmers Manage Risk with Sonu Agrawal of Weather Risk Management Services
17 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks to the FieldWork podcast for sponsoring this episode. Visit www.FieldWork.org to learn more. We talk a lot about the types of technologies th...
FoA 249: A Global Perspective on Tree Nuts with The Almond Doctor
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks to the FieldWork podcast for sponsoring this episode. Visit www.FieldWork.org to learn more. David Doll is the General Manager of Rota Unica ...
FoA 248: Regrow Merges Agronomic Insights with Sustainability Metrics
03 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We can all agree that sustainability that comes at the expense of productivity and efficiency is not truly sustainable at all. We are going to need to...
FoA 247: How to Stop Herbicide-Resistant Weeds
24 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The question of “what are the real problems in agriculture that need to be solved?” is one we ask often here on this show. If you ask that to a do...
FoA 246: Unlocking Grazing Potential with Virtual Fencing
17 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today Janette Barnard co-hosts to bring us an innovative virtual fencing product for cattle ranchers. Frank Wooten joins us as the founder of Vence. V...
FoA 245: Agtech Product Strategy with Climate Corp Chief Product Officer Ranjeeta Singh
10 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s show connects back to episode 241 with Craig Rupp of Sabanto, where we talked about, among many other things, how the Climate Corp has been ...
FoA 244: Farm Data Analytics with Aaron Gault of Advanced Agrilytics
03 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is one of two short episodes I’m releasing for you today, both exploring some aspect of farm data. You may have already listened to the first p...
FoA 243: Farm Data Economics with Terry Griffin, Ph.D.
03 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For the first time, I’m releasing two episodes on the same day. I’ve trimmed each of the two episodes down to about half of my normal length so th...
FoA 242: Regenerative Research and Demonstration with Jonathan Lundgren, Ph.D.
27 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Big shoutout to two new members of the FoA community this week, Italo Guedes and Sara Faivre, thank you both for your involvement and support. If you’...
FoA 241: From Drives to Driverless with Craig Rupp of Sabanto
20 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Craig Rupp is the CEO and founder of Sabanto. Prior to founding Sabanto he was a cofounder of 640 Labs where FieldView Drive was originally created. T...
FoA 240: Conservation Agriculture at Scale with Jason Weller of Truterra
13 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In recent years, the idea of farmers getting paid based on stewardship has really taken off. Whether that’s the discussion of companies paying for c...
FoA 239: Sensors for Predicting Grain Quality with Naeem Zafar of TeleSense
06 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are joined by Naeem Zafar. Naeem is a 7x serial entrepreneur and 5x CEO, with multiple successful exits. He is currently the co-founder and C...
FoA 238: 5 Barriers Limiting Agtech (and the companies breaking through them)
30 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Around the new year I like to reflect on previous episodes and pull out insights that I think are important for the future of agriculture. As I refl...
FoA 237: Use Cases for Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture with Craig Ganssle of Farmwave
23 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out another great ag podcast: www.OffIncome.com. Today’s episode is really one of those that I think embodies my vision for this show. It’s ...
FoA 236: A Call for Startups to the Cattle Feeding Industry
16 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
One of the biggest criticisms of ag tech and really many ag innovations in general is they often seem to be a solution that is looking for a problem r...
FoA 235: The Fastest Growing Tilapia Farm in Africa
09 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Victory Farms is a Tilapia farming operation on Lake Victoria in Kenya. Since it was founded in 2015 it has become the largest fish farm in East Afric...
FoA 234: What Data do Farmers Trust? In10t Series Finale
02 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is the series finale of exploring agtech adoption with In10t. Co-founder and COO Kevin Heikes joins as co-host to setup this episode which featur...
FoA 233: Walmart Reinvents Their Beef Supply Chain
25 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Back by popular demand is guest co-host Janette Barnard. She co-hosted on episode 225 about direct-to-consumer meat, and is back today with Lamar Stei...
FoA 232: Are Agtech and Regenerative Agriculture Aligned?
18 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Visit another great podcast: www.OffIncome.com. Are agtech and regenerative agriculture at odds? Regenerative is committed to working WITH nature, a...
FoA 231: Fixing Nitrogen with Karsten Temme of Pivot Bio
11 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Visit our sponsor: www.OffIncome.com. Today’s episode is a great example of true agricultural innovation. Most of you know our food system is heav...
FoA 230: Agtech is Booming in Brazil with Francisco Jardim of SP Ventures
04 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“We’re going to bring a lot of new, interesting, innovations leapfrogging across the world.” - Francisco Jardim Today we explore an internati...
FoA 229: NanoGuard is Reducing Food Waste and Improving Food and Feed Safety
28 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Typically when we think of food waste we imagine processed food ending up in the landfill. In this episode we explore a solution to reduce crop waste ...
FOA 228: Solving the Rural Connectivity Problem with Dr. Sara Spangelo of Swarm
21 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Rural locations often have limited connectivity to cellular data. Dr. Sara Spangelo is the CEO and co-founder of Swarm Technologies. Their company lau...
FOA 227: Finding Product-Market Fit and Talent with Joe Dales
14 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Great show for you today, especially for the entrepreneurs in the audience. We have on the show Joe Dales, who in his current capacity is the CoFounde...
FOA 226: The Problem with Farm Data
07 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We talk a lot about data in agriculture. Yield data, aerial data, weather data, soil data, data interoperability, data ownership, and on and on and on...
FOA 225: A Masterclass in Building a Direct-to-Consumer Farm Business
30 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Can a farmer transition from the commodity market into a full-scale direct-to-consumer brand? The answer is “yes”, and David Newman is proof. ...
FOA 224: Plant-Based Plastic with Green Dot Bioplastics
23 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We've seen the rise of alternative energy and alternative protein, could alternative plastic be next? Mark Remmert is the CEO of Green Dot Bioplasti...
FOA 223: Commodity Checkoff Programs and Marketing Orders
16 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daren Williams joins the show to help us better understand the role of producer-led commodity groups. Daren is the Senior Director of Global Communica...
FOA 222: Digging Deeper into Regenerative Agriculture with Paige Stanley
09 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is the deepest dive I’ve done to date into the world of regenerative agriculture. You’ll probably be able to hear it in my voice...
FOA 221: Bringing Commercial Quinoa Production to Colorado
02 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“Quinoa is very unique. One, it is gluten free but it also contains high amounts of protein and a greater balance of essential amino acids than cere...
FOA 220: Agricultural Solutions for Hunger and Poverty with Paul Winters of IFAD
26 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode has some really important perspective, especially for those of us who do not see the effects of persistent hunger and poverty on a d...
FOA 219: Strip Tillage and Becoming a Farmer's Favorite Company
19 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The idea for today’s show happened as I was working on another podcast I produce for NDSU Extension Soil Health called “Soil Sense”. I was inter...
FOA 218: Irrigating Via Satellite with Dr. Wim Bastiaanssen
12 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Many of you know that I am endlessly interested in water and water-related topics. Today’s episode is another installment in my exploration to bette...
FOA 217: Microbial Solution for Heavy Metals in Soil with MicroGen Biotech
05 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We are back with another Fulcrum Global Capital portfolio company this week. The company MicroGen Biotech has produced a microbe that can help encapsu...
FOA 216: Investing in a More Distributed Food System
29 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What does a more distributed regionalized or even localized food system look like at scale? How can producers capture more of the value of that type o...
FOA 215: Bridging the Gap Between Farmers and AgTech
22 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What are the barriers to customer acquisition for agribusiness and agri tech companies? In10nt is a company that attempts to answer that question and ...
FOA 214: Midan Marketing is a Small Giant in the Meat Industry
15 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Danette Amstein and Michael Uetz are the Principles and Co-Founders of Midan Marketing. Their focus is on being a full-service marketing firm for the ...
FOA 213: CoverCress is Reinventing the Cover Crop
08 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Story of CoverCress isn’t just as straightforward as bringing a new crop to the market. Their ambitions also represent a new feed, a new cover c...
FOA 212: Racial Equity in Agribusiness with Bryana Clover
01 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In recent months societies magnifying glass has been held over the existence of systemic racial inequality. It shouldn’t be surprising then, that th...
FOA 211: Ground Truthing AgTech with Cory Willness
24 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We do a lot of agtech episodes on this podcast, but I don’t think we’ve had one quite like this. Today’s episode is primarily focused on the are...
FOA 210: The Future of Ag Media
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“In a lot of ways ag’s desire to be united is the thing that divides it the most.” - Sarah Mock Sarah Mock has built her career around having...
FOA 209: From Commodity Crops to Gourmet Farming with Jason Persall
10 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Pristine Gourmet was formed in 2005 with the vision of supplying the food industry with quality local non-GMO artisan foods. Jason Persall owns Pristi...
FOA 208: Meat Processing Automation with P&P Optica and Fulcrum Global Capital
03 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Fulcrum Global Capital is a venture capital firm focused on global food production. Traditional row crop agriculture, production animal health and agr...
FOA 207: Veterinarian Mental Health and Wellbeing
27 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Playing with puppies and kittens most of the day and selflessly saving any and all helpless animals in between are the common perception of being a ve...
FOA 206: Enabling Blockchain Applications in Agriculture
20 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Blockchain. A word that has been overhyped and yet still becoming more realized every day. Bridie Ohlsson joins us and is the Founder of Geora, a prot...
FOA 205: Next Generation Farm Leadership
13 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We are going back to the farm today. Zach Johnson, the YouTuber Minnesota Millennial Farmer and Mitchell Hora, farmer and founder of Continuum Ag, joi...
FOA 204: What Does it Take to Build a Platform?
06 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kellee James joins us today to discuss what it takes to build a platform as co-founder and CEO of Mercaris, a market information service and online tr...
FOA 203: Livestock Genomics and the Case for Animal Protein
29 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What affect will animal genomics have on the future of agriculture? Dr Jesse Hoff from Gencove joins us today to explain the advantages assessing live...