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Episodes

Sept. 10, 2024

368: The Inside Story Behind Indigo’s New Focus and Drive to Profitability with Ewan Lamont

Ewan Lamont is SVP, Head of Sustainability Solutions at Indigo. At Indigo, Ewan manages the Sustainability business unit which enables farmers to monetize practice changes they make on their farms. Working with local agribusinesses and downstream...
Sept. 6, 2024

Founder Mode, Latest Huberman Takeaways, and FBN & ADM Joint Venture

This is a special bonus episode! We are airing an episode from The Modern Acre Co-op, our membership community. Every week, Tim and Tyler share their "pick of the week" and discuss a news event from the week. Enjoy the sneak peak and if you enjoy this...
Sept. 3, 2024

367: The "Tom Sawyer" Approach in AgTech Venture Capital with Carter Williams, CEO of iSelect Fund

Carter Williams is the CEO and Managing Director at iSelect Fund, who invests at the convergence of agtech and human health. Carter has spent his entire career working on innovation. First as a young engineer at McDonnell Douglas, next in his...
Aug. 27, 2024

366: Farm Credit and the Current Ag Economy with Matt Woolf and Jill Jelacich

An economist and a banker walk into a bar.... Just kidding. Matt Wolf, crop analyst at Terrain, and Jill Jelacich, Head of Regional Banking at American Ag Credit, join the pod (way better than a bar) for a wide ranging conversation about the current...
Aug. 23, 2024

365: The Produce Section - Strategy Series with Jack Richardson

is kicking off a new and improved version of T. After starting his career in venture banking, Jack has spent the last five years in AgTech, first at a food waste startup and now in precision technology at an Ag OEM. He's spent most of his career in...
Aug. 20, 2024

364: From Blue River Technology to Founding Bonsai Robotics with Tyler Niday

Tyler Niday is the Founder and CEO of Bonsai Robotics. Bonsai provides vision-based automation and autonomous solutions to combat growers’ biggest challenge: the labor crisis. Bonsai partners with existing manufacturers enabling greater performance,...
Aug. 13, 2024

363: Wife-Inspired Business Ideas, Making Ag More Fun, and Defining Regenerative

A new edition of Acre Insights is here! We have a loaded docket today with wife-inspired business ideas for ag, how to make ag more fun, and defining regenerative in California. — This episode is presented by American AgCredit. Learn more . Check...
Aug. 6, 2024

362: From Salesman to CEO with Dan Lindberg, CEO of Meras Water Solutions

After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in communications from Sacramento State University, Dan moved to Kerman, CA to work on a ranch for his now father-in-law. Working on his father-in-law’s ranch, Dan learned quickly about the...
July 30, 2024

361: Achieving Hyper-Focus as an AgTech Startup with Lumo's Founder & CEO, Devon Wright

Devon Wright is the Founder and CEO of Lumo, a hardware and software smart valve agtech startup. Lumo's mission is to massively improve fresh water efficiency and food security. They do this helping farmers optimize irrigation so they can continue to...
July 26, 2024

360: Succession Planning in Farming - Topsoil Series with Ariel Patton

This month, Tim and Tyler talk with Ariel about her latest Topsoil edition - "After 40 harvests - A framework for succession planning in agriculture." is the creator of , a newsletter bringing you monthly frameworks to help make sense of agriculture,...
July 23, 2024

359: The Produce Entrepreneur Steve Brazeel on Produce Boxes, Regen Ag, and Much More

In 2000, Steve Brazeel founded SunTerra Produce, which has grown from a one-person produce brokerage firm into an industry-leading, full-service platform handling sales, marketing, farming, food safety, harvesting, storage, and distribution activities...
July 16, 2024

358: Marketing Technology That Pays Farmers for Social Media with Scott Nelson, Founder of Make Hay

Scott Nelson is the CEO and Co-Founder of Make Hay. Launched in partnership with Purdue University and High Alpha Innovation, Make Hay is a SaaS marketing platform that enables brands to produce authentic and trusted agricultural-related content at...
July 12, 2024

357: Thrive Market - Strategy Series with Jack Richardson

is kicking off a new and improved version of T. After starting his career in venture banking, Jack has spent the last five years in AgTech, first at a food waste startup and now in precision technology at an Ag OEM. He's spent most of his career in...
July 10, 2024

356: Investing for Impact in Agriculture with Grant Mulligan of AlTi Tiedemann Global

Grant Mulligan is a Director of the Investment Group at AlTi Tiedemann Global, a global wealth and alternatives manager. Grant focuses on the firm’s climate sustainability impact investments, specifically nature-based solutions and decarbonization...
July 2, 2024

355: Building a Sustainable Food Waste Tech Company with Matt Aronson, CRO of Verdant Technologies

Matt Aronson is the Chief Revenue Officer of Verdant Technologies. Verdant is committed to reducing global waste and enhancing sustainability through their proprietary technology, HarvestHold, which extends the usable life of fruits, vegetables, and...
June 25, 2024

354: Apeel's New CEO on Improving Technology and Evolving the Business Model

Luiz Beling is the new CEO of Apeel Sciences, a leading company in supply chain innovation for the fresh produce industry. With over two decades of agriculture industry experience, Beling brings a wealth of knowledge and skills in driving innovation...
June 18, 2024

353: The Case for Organic with Kelly Damewood, CEO of CCOF

Kelly Damewood is the CEO of CCOF (California Certified Organic Farmers), one of the first organic certification agencies. Kelly has spent over a decade working towards a single goal: helping organic farmers thrive. After her own experience running a...
June 11, 2024

352: The Not-Your-Average-Farmer's Takes on AgTech, Regenerative, and Organic

Zac Ellis is the Sr. Director of Agronomy at Olam and oversees thousands of acres of almond production. The Olam Group is a leading food and agri-business supplying food, ingredients, feed and fiber to 20,900 customers worldwide. Their value chain...
June 4, 2024

351: David Friedberg on Joining Ohalo Genetics as CEO, Gene Editing Technology, and AgTech Trends

Dave Friedberg is CEO, Chairman, and co-founder of Ohalo Genetics ( ), which is accelerating evolution to unlock nature's potential. Dave excels at developing and deploying agricultural technologies that boost farmer productivity while reducing...
May 28, 2024

350: Choosing to be OEM-Agnostic with Tim Bucher, Founder and CEO of Agtonomy

Help us celebrate our 350th episode by doing one (or all!) of the following: Share a recent episode with a friend or colleague Join our membership community Subscribe to our focused on food & ag strategy —  is the CEO and Founder...
May 21, 2024

349: Mt. Joy - Strategy Series with Jack Richardson

is kicking off a new and improved version of T. After starting his career in venture banking, Jack has spent the last five years in AgTech, first at a food waste startup and now in precision technology at an Ag OEM. He's spent most of his career in...
May 14, 2024

348: The Not-So-Secret Corruption of America's Food System with Austin Frerick

Austin is an expert on agricultural and antitrust policy. During the 2020 presidential campaign, he advised candidates Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and Pete Buttigieg on agricultural policy before ultimately serving as Co-Chair of the Biden...
May 7, 2024

347: AgTech Diligence and How to Impress AgTech VC with Michael Lavin, Managing Partner at Germin8 Ventures

is the founder and managing partner of , a purpose-driven venture capital firm that believes in the power of technology to fix the global food system. Founded in 2018 and backed by C-level executives, entrepreneurs and technologists across the food...
April 30, 2024

346: Farming in California's Central Valley with Jason Giannelli

Jason Giannelli is the farm manager for two large California farming operations, Old River Farming and R & G Fanucchi. Jason shares more about what's happening on the ground in California right now with SGMA, farming practices, and regulatory...