Food & Agriculture Innovators

Discover untold stories about how companies have been built, technologies on the horizon, where investors are seeing opportunities, and the challenges and opportunities abundant today as we work to feed the growing population.

Last refreshed: July 15th, 2025 at 6:45 PM ⓘ

Follow this podcast in the Metacast mobile app to refresh it and see new episodes.

Follow on

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

RSS

Podcasts are better in Metacast mobile app

Don't just listen to podcasts. Learn from them with transcripts, summaries, and chapters for every episode. Skim, search, and bookmark insights. Learn more

Episodes

7: Less Sugar, More Protein Using Mushroom Technology - Alan Hahn of MycoTechnology

Alan Hahn is the co-founder and CEO of MycoTechnology , a food ingredient technology company. The company creates fungi-based powders using a proprietary fermentation process. Their product line today includes a taste modulating powder called ClearTasteTM and a protein powder called PureTasteTM. They've also shown the ability to remove toxins in foods and are working through "probably a lifetime of ideas" in using fungi to improve food. The big wins today though are that their ClearTasteTM produ...

Oct 19, 2017•39 min

6: Making Healthier Sugars Tagatose and Allulose - Ed Rogers of Bonumose

Ed Rogers is the co-founder and CEO of Bonumose , a food ingredient technology company. The company’s patented process was invented by co-founder Dr. Dan Wichelecki and utilizes combinations of natural enzymes to convert plant-based raw materials into low cost, “good sugars” tagatose and allulose, that aim to mimic sucrose (or table sugar) and come with a host of claimed beneficial properties. Get the full show notes here . If you like the show, you can subscribe to it on any podcast app. Suppor...

Oct 04, 2017•53 min

5: Climate Change Fighting Fungi and Empowering Smallholder Farmers - Rusty Rodriguez of Adaptive Symbiotic Technologies

Dr. Rusty Rodriguez is the CEO of Adaptive Symbiotic Technologies (AST) , an ag biotech company that has developed microbial solutions that enable plants to battle climate and environmental stress, increasing crop quality and yields. These stressors include drought, temperature stress and salty soils, to name a few. The company is selling to both commodity crop farmers and smallholder "monsoon" farmers in the absolute worst of drought conditions in India. These farmers have been able to increase...

Sep 20, 2017•1 hr 3 min

4: Ranching in the Ocean with Phil Cruver of Catalina Sea Ranch, a shellfish aquaculture company

Phil Cruver is the Founder and CEO of Catalina Sea Ranch (CSR) , which owns the first offshore aquaculture facility in U.S. federal waters. This was a fascinating conversation as Phil tells the story of how he had to essentially build a new industry in the U.S. We cover a lot of ground in this interview. And when it comes to raising funding for a startup with grand ambitions like CSR, he has some wisdom from the 6 companies he’s started on how to allocate equity in the early stages of a company....

Sep 13, 2017•1 hr 16 min

3: Predicting Crop Yields, Satellite Imagery and Machine Learning with David Potere of TellusLabs

David Potere is Co-founder and CEO of TellusLabs , a company that combines decades of satellite imagery with machine learning to predict crop yields and help its customers, which range from farmer to hedge fund manager. Get the full show notes at here . If you like the show, you can subscribe to it on any podcast app. Support us by leaving a review on iTunes , Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher Radio . Reviews really help the show grow and allow other people find the show, it only takes a minute. We co...

Aug 28, 2017•1 hr 7 min

2: Investing in Brazilian AgTech with Francisco Jardim of SP Ventures

Francisco Jardim is Co-founder and Managing Director of venture capital firm, SP Ventures . In the interview we discuss how his firm is capitalizing on the opportunity of agriculture technology investing in Brazil. Get the full show notes here . If you like the show, you can subscribe to it on any podcast app, drop us a review or send us a message / subscribe to the newsletter at foodaginnovators.com . In this interview, we cover: [14:25] History of venture capital in Brazil and why SP Ventures ...

Aug 26, 2017•1 hr 3 min

1: Farming Flies and Business Building in the Sustainability Revolution with Jason Drew of AgriProtein

Jason Drew is the Co-founder and CEO of AgriProtein based in Cape Town, South Africa. In the interview we go back to the early years and career of Jason, how he got started on his path to farming flies, the business of AgriProtein that’s raised nearly $30 million dollars of venture capital, the art of building your company into the “Sustainability Revolution”, recent growth plans announced to scale farming of insects globally, and more. Get the full show notes here . If you like the show, you ca...

Aug 24, 2017•1 hr 13 min

Hosted on Libsyn

For the best experience, listen in Metacast app for iOS or Android