Join our Closed Facebook Group HERE Tune in to hear the story of how Kyle McMahon built his company, TractorZoom, which is revolutionizing how farmers are finding farm equipment auctions. Connect with TractorZoom Website | Instagram | Twitter Connect with The Modern Acre Website | Instagram | Twitter...
Join our Closed Facebook Group HERE Porter Road is revolutionizing the way poultry is processed and how it's sent to you. Founder James Peisker shares the story of how he and co-founder, Chris Carter, started a meat catering service which evolved over time to a storefront in Nashville and now an online business. Porter Road partners with farmers to provide the highest quality and standard meat and are taking on the large poultry industry in the process. Tune in and learn the whole story! Connect...
In this popular episode, we re-air the story of the beverage business, SAP!, with co-founders Chas Smith and Nikita Salmon. SAP! offers sparkling water that's flavored with maple and birch sap, straight from Chas and Nikita's home state of Vermont. We discuss their upbringing in Vermont and how the maple industry has evolved. They share how they started the ag business and have scaled it through supply chain optimization, local and regional sales distribution, and marketing through social media....
Join our Closed Facebook Group HERE Brennan Turner is the CEO and co-founder of FarmLead, North America's largest grain marketplace. He joins us for a wide-ranging conversation that you won't want to miss. Learn how he left Wall Street to come back home to build and scale the startup aimed at transforming how grain marketing is done. Tune in! Connect with Farm Lead Website | Twitter | Breakfast Brief Connect with The Modern Acre Website | Instagram | Twitter...
Join our Closed Facebook Group HERE Pivot Bio is one of the hottest new startups out there today, but they are no flash in the pan. Pivot Bio has developed a first-of-its-kind, nitrogen-producing microbe that is changing the way nitrogen is applied to corn. This means less fertilizer work for farmers and a more reliable and consistent method for delivering plant nutrition. Tune in to hear from Sarah Bloch and learn more about the technology and how the startup began and has scaled over time. Con...
ENTER THE GIVEAWAY HERE We made it! We could not be more thrilled to reach this milestone and can't thank YOU enough for tuning in. For this episode, Tim and Tyler talk through the top takeaways from a year of the podcast. 1) Ag businesses that are successful focus on the farmer first and provide clear value to them Check out the episodes HERE 2) Social media wins - not for the sake of social media, but for connecting with real people (customers, partners, etc.) Check out the episodes HERE 3) Di...
Join our Closed Facebook Group HERE We're so excited to partner with the International Agri-Center, which is set to hold the 52nd World Ag Expo February 12-14, 2019. The largest annual agricultural exposition of its kind, World Ag Expo boasts more than 1,500 exhibitors displaying cutting-edge agricultural technology and equipment on 2.6 million square feet of exhibit space. In 2018, 106,700 people came from 49 states and 63 countries to attend the 51st World Ag Expo. We sit down and talk with Je...
Join our Closed Facebook Group HERE Whether you're interested in building an ag business or want to know more about advancements made in agronomic testing, this episode is FIRE. This interview was the perfect way to kick off 2019. We interview the President and Co-Founder of Trace Genomics, a technology startup changing how agronomic testing is done through testing the soil's DNA and getting that information in the hands of farmers. So much good stuff in this one, tune in! Connect with Trace Gen...
Join our Closed Facebook Group HERE We loved this episode. You won’t want to miss how Bryton Shang and Aquabyte are disrupting a very specific niche of agriculture, aquaculture. Tune in to learn about what Aquabyte is up to, how they are building and going to market with their product, and more about the industry of aquaculture. Most importantly, you will learn about how they are using cutting end technology to build a promising business in agriculture. Connect with Aquabite Website | Twitter | ...
Join our Closed Facebook Group HERE We had a little break and are so excited to release a brand new episode! This week we sit down with Eamon Flood of Granular, a popular suite of farm management software. We discuss Eamon's background and what makes Granular unique and beneficial for the farmer. He also shares how Granular has scaled over time and how they plan to double-down on UI in 2019. Tune in! Connect with Granular Website | Twitter Connect with The Modern Acre Website | Instagram | Twitt...
Join our Closed Facebook Group HERE This is a must-listen episode with HarvestPort CEO, Brian Dawson. Not only do we dive deep on Brian's latest venture with HarvestPort, but we also talk about the agtech industry landscape as a whole. Brian shares how HarvestPort originated and how it has continued to innovate through a hybrid marketing approach, while continuing to listen to its customers to evolve over time. Soak up all the insight you can from Brian in this episode- tune in! Connect with Har...
Re-airing one of our most popular episodes, Episode 4 with Jesse Vollmar. Tim and Tyler also share some details of a recent wine project from Gary Vee. Tune in! On this episode we have a hugely valuable conversation with Jesse Vollmar, Founder and CEO of the farm management technology company, FarmLogs. Jesse discusses his passion for technology and software development, and how he brought that passion back to the agriculture community. We talk through the difference between maximizing yields an...
Join our Closed Facebook Group HERE We are re-airing one of our most popular episodes ever! Well worth a second listen as there's so much good stuff packed in this one. In this episode, we talk to Jay Hill, who grew his family's 10 acre hobby farm into a 17,000 acre farming operation today. Jay talks about his journey from a 16-year-old who knew he wanted to build the farm to how he has scaled the farm to multiple locations with a diverse crop portfolio. Jay has successfully leveraged social med...
Join our Closed Facebook Group HERE We've all been waiting for it... (right?!) It only took 42 episodes for us to finally discuss blockchain! We couldn't have had a better guest on to discuss the application of blockchain technology in food and ag. Raja Ramachandran is the CEO and co-founder of ripe.io, which is transforming the food and ag industry by bringing transparency and solutions to the supply chain through blockchain and the internet of things. Raja shares more about what blockchain is,...
Join our Closed Facebook Group HERE Shay Myers is the owner and general manager of Owyhee Produce, a Oregon-based, multi-generational, vertically-integrated farm. Shay exemplifies what The Modern Acre is all about. We talk about how he and the team at Owyhee are innovating their business through value-add operations, technology, and marketing. Shay talks about his influence on LinkedIn and how that has opened doors for him and the farm business. We loved talking with Shay and hope you'll listen ...
Join our Closed Facebook Group HERE Bowery Farming is rethinking farming and we had the great pleasure to talk with the person who is helping bring the future to life there. Henry Sztul is the Head of R&D and BoweryOS. We discuss Bowery's vision and mission for the future of agriculture, focused on bringing fresh and local produce to cities around the world. Bowery leverages advanced technology to scale up their operations. Henry had plenty of great insight to share that you won't want to mi...
Join our Closed Facebook Group HERE Sarah Nolet knows the AgTech space and works with both startups, corporates, and farmers in the industry to help create and build the future of food and agriculture. We dive into her company, AgThentic, which provides leading consulting services to the industry. Sarah shares how the company was originated and how it has evolved and grown to now include a venture capital arm. Not only does she share about building her business, but Sarah also has so much good i...
Join our Closed Facebook Group HERE Anna Haldewang's class project in college has turned into her full time job with the help of some viral media coverage highlighting her unique idea. Tune in to learn more about Plan Bee, Anna's company that is developing a drone that mimics the work of a bee by pollinating plants. Anna is very passionate about the issues affecting bees and it was great learning more about the business as it's entering the next phase of development. Drones, labor, entrepreneurs...
We had the great honor to interview the co-founder and CEO of Square Roots, Tobias Peggs. Tobias has an incredibly successful career as the CEO of multiple companies, acquired by Adobe and Walmart, not to mention a background in Artificial Intelligence. Tobias shares the story of how Square Roots started with co-founder Kimbal Musk. Square Roots is a platform and program that empowers and trains urban farmers to grow leafy greens in modified storage container units. Tobias goes in to detail how ...
Join our Closed Facebook Group HERE We have finally made it around to one of our favorite topics -- beer! We had the great pleasure to talk to an industry veteran, Ron Silberstein, who has founded one of the first organic breweries and, most recently, the first craft malting house on the west coast. Admiral Maltings utilizes a traditional, low-volume method to malt grain and barely from local farmers. Ron shares more about the whole malting process and how to create a premium product from a trad...
Join our Closed Facebook Group HERE Our first repeat guest on the show is Chris Laudando. Chris was a part of the Forbes AgTech Summit episode ( listen here ) and after talking to him, we knew we had to get him back on the show for a full episode. Chris has so much insight to offer in the food and ag tech space with his work at Motive Engineering, which is an engineering services firm that accelerates product development for their clients. Chris joined Motivo as part of an acquisition of a compa...
Join our Closed Facebook Group HERE This episode showcases the best of startup innovation in food and ag! We had the pleasure of talking with Nina Meijers, who is a Senior Associate and Platform Manager of FoodBytes! by Rabobank. FoodBytes! was launched within Rabobank as an initiative to engage with the startup community, focusing on food and ag. Nina has extensive background in sustainable food and ag tech and discusses how the program started and how it has experienced incredible growth over ...
Join our Closed Facebook Group HERE We had the great pleasure of interviewing a fellow podcaster and standout farm-marketer, Tim Young. Tim has an incredible story, from having a successful career in corporate America to leaving it all to start a farm while focusing on his family. As it turns out, Tim was rather successful farming and has since transitioned to build an online academy that helps farmers build and grow their small farm and direct-to-consumer products, not to mention a great podcas...
Join our Closed Facebook Group HERE We loved talking with Alexandra "Rae" Danell, who started Harvest Joy Design to share the unique story of farms through photography. With a passion for agriculture and marketing, Rae decided to start a business outside of her day job. We discuss how her previous experience led her back to the world of agriculture and how she started and approaches her business. She provides a ton of amazing insight for anyone looking to improve their social media marketing. Tu...
Join our Closed Facebook Group HERE We loved getting to talk to Igino Cafiero, who is the co-founder and CEO of Bear Flag Robotics. Bear Flag is a startup focused on tackling the challenge of automating farms to reduce cost, increase output, and make farms safer. Igino shares more about the origins of Bear Flag, how they approach autonomy, and how to run a company that's so dynamic. The future of farming is closer than you think, tune in! Connect with Bear Flag Robotics Website | Twitter Connect...
Join our Closed Facebook Group HERE On our 30th episode (!!!) we had the great privilege to talk with Rob Reclerc, who is the Co-Founder and CEO of AgFunder. AgFunder is the leading online investment platform, focused on AgriFood Tech investments. We talk about how the business started, how it's evolved, and how it's focused on media and news to grow their online presence. Rob had so much insight to share about the state of the industry, not to mention how to start a thriving ag business. Tune i...
Join our Closed Facebook Group HERE This week we talk with Harry Ferdon of SWIIM System, which was recently ranked as one of the Top 25 Most Innovative AgTech Startups by Forbes for the second straight year! The water challenge facing farmers across America and globally has come up many times on the podcast. We were thrilled to dive into SWIIM System's business model and learn about the value they provide farmers and how they have evolved over time. Harry discusses their focus on technology, the...
Join our Closed Facebook Group HERE Brett Podolsky joins The Modern Acre to talk about how he helped create the Farmer's Dog, a dog food company focused on using real, fresh food and delivering customized servings to their customers. Brett shares the vision behind the company and why using real food is so important to the brand. While the company is not directly involved in a agriculture at the farm level, there is SO much insight from building a direct-to-consumer business, cutting out middleme...
Join our Closed Facebook Group HERE What a great, jam-packed episode! We chat with Curtis Garner of Bowles Farming Company, an innovative 6th-generation family owned and operated farm in California. Curtis dives deep into the vision, operations, and challenges at Bowles. We discuss everything from conventional vs. organic and labor challenges to agtech and sustainability. If you are involved in agriculture, there is something in this episode for you or your money back (good thing we don't charge...
Join our Closed Facebook Group HERE This week we talk with Adam and Jean O'Neal of PepperHarrow Farm. PepperHarrow Farm is a 20-acre boutique flower farm in Iowa that Adam and Jenn have scaled over time without increasing acreage. They have done this by leveraging multiple revenue streams and optimizing their business strategy. We talk everything from farmers markets to growing an authentic social media. SO much good value in this episode, tune in! Connect with PepperHarrow Farm Website | Instag...
