The Modern Acre

Mike Woelk is the CEO and founder of Corigin, a startup that aims to help farmers improve yields and margins with organic solutions produced from farm waste. Mike joins the podcast to tell us more about the company and technology, along with his perspective on scaling regenerative agriculture. Show Notes: https://themodernacre.com/203

Ashwin Madgavkar is the CEO and founder of Ceres Imaging, an agtech startup that is creating irrigation management solutions that help farmers improve profitability. Their high-resolution aerial imagery and expert support help their customers detect issues quickly, measure potential ROI, and take action with confidence. Ashwin joins the podcast to share his journey in founding and scaling Ceres. We dive into the business, the aerial imaging technology and competitive landscape, and more. Tune in! Show Notes: https://themodernacre.com/202

Charlie Anderson 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 work more productively today, while building the base for more expansive autonomy where it is needed most. Charlie joins us to talk about his background in agriculture and what led him to found and scale the company. He share insights into the industry and lessons learned along his journey. Show Notes: https://themodernacre.com/201

Episode 200! For this milestone, we had to do something special. This week we sit down with our dad, Dave Nuss, 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 over the years and our interest in and transition to regenerative agriculture. Thanks for your support to get us to this point! We hope you enjoy this special episode. Show Notes: https://themodernacre.com/200

Sarah Sha is the Director of Strategy and Isha Joshi 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, brand partnerships program, and thriving community of makers. Sara and Isha join the podcast to share more about their backgrounds and the evolution of KitchenTown as a key hub for CPG innovation. Tune in! Show Notes: https://themodernacre.com/199

Greg Shewmaker 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 at TeakOrigin, and the role nutrient density will play in the food system. Tune in! Show Notes: https://themodernacre.com/198

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: https://themodernacre.com/198

Craig Hurlbert 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 private equity and what ultimately led him to found Local Bounti. We discuss the challenges of CEA and how he and the team are taking a unique approach to a difficult business to scale profitably. Show Notes: https://themodernacre.com/196

Interested in direct-to-consumer business? We are re-airing one of our most popular episodes to-date featuring the Farmer’s Dog. Brett Podolsky joins The Modern Acre podcast 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 middlemen, focus on high quality food, marketing, and more! Let us know what you think! Show Notes: https://themodernacre.com/195

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 podcast to talk about their journey starting the company together and how they have successfully scaled and launched their first product, Howler. They also share how they make being "co-CEO's" work leading their team. Don't miss this one! Show Notes: https://themodernacre.com/194