Episodes

is the CEO and Founder of Burro, a robotics startup looking to solve the labor problem facing farmers by making robots like Wall-E a reality. To do this, they are starting first with a collaborative robotic platform called Burro, that helps people...

Episode 200! For this milestone, we had to do something special. This week we sit down with our dad, , to learn more about the history and evolution of Nuss Farms. We dive into his journey as well as his perspective on the changes within California ag...

Sarah Sha is the Director of Strategy and 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,...

is the co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer of TeakOrigin, a food data company that collects actionable data to help consumers make better food decisions. Greg joins us to talk about his background in ecommerce, founding and developing the business...

On this installment of Acre Insights, Tim interviews Tyler on a variety of topics, including his thoughts on Web3 and NFT's, college entrepreneurial pursuits, his career from Apple to Rivian, and finally more on Nuss Farms. Tune in! Show Notes:...

is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Local Bounty, a premier controlled environment agriculture company redefining conversion efficiency and ESG standards for indoor ag. Craig joins the podcast to share more about his background in the energy sector and...

Interested in direct-to-consumer business? We are re-airing one of our most popular episodes to-date featuring the Farmer’s Dog.  joins The Modern Acre podcast to talk about how he helped create The Farmer’s Dog, a dog food company focused on...

Scott Uknes and Eric Ward are the co-founders and co-CEO's of AgBiome, a biotechnology company that is focused on discovering, developing, and commercializing innovative biological and trait products for crop protection. Scott and Eric join the...

Another edition of Acre Insights! Tyler provides a quick update on Rivian, then Tim and Tyler discuss the latest at Nuss Farms and their journey developing a product to go direct-to-consumer. Plus, they discuss a about the US importing tomatoes from...

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...

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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...

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...

joins us to talk about how his interest in technology started on his family farm and evolved to his current position as President of Agworld. Agworld is one of the leading farm management companies, recently acquired by Semios, helping farmers take...

is the CEO of Pattern Ag, an agtech startup developing a recommendation and product discovery platform centered around a deep understanding of soil. They are leveraging advances in genomics, robotics, and high-resolution agronomic data to build this...

Listen on  or  is the Global Head of FreshCloud Infrastructure and Analytics at AgroFresh, an agtech innovator and global leader with a mission to prevent food loss/waste and conserve the planet’s resources by providing a range of...

Matt Crisp is the CEO and Co-Founder of Benson Hill, a food technology company founded in 2012 with a mission to deliver food made better from the beginning. Through our CropOS® technology platform, which combines data science, plant science and...

This week we talk to two agtech founders - , the CEO and co-founder of Bushel, and , the CEO and co-founder of FarmLogs - about the recent news of Bushel acquiring Farmlogs. Bushel is an independently owned software company and leading provider of...

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...

Julie Kunen is the Director of Sustainability at Oatly, the world's original and largest oat drink company. Julie's background is in creating and delivering sustainability programs and motivating stakeholders to deliver results. She joins us to dig...

Another edition of Acre Insights! This week we are talking about the drought crisis on the West Coast and the impact on farmers there, the shutting down of Abundant Robotics and what that means for agtech startups, and finally we discuss some...

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...

Adam Litle is the CEO of Sound Agriculture, a plant development company that helps producers grow more efficiently and enhance food taste, nutrition and sustainability. Adam was formerly part of the founding management team at , a farm management...

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...