The Modern Acre

We made it to 100 episodes! Thank YOU for listening and following The Modern Acre. Your support means everything to us. On this episode, we are debuting a new podcast format called Acre Insights, where we will share more of our thoughts and perspectives on the industry. We hope you enjoy and would love to hear what you think! Connect with The Modern Acre Website | Instagram | Twitter Sign up for Acre Insights HERE

John Raines (@jmrainesfarm) is the Chief Commercial Officer for The Climate Corporation, the digital farming arm of Bayer. In this role, John serves on Climate's leadership team and is responsible for global sales, marketing, account management and customer service & support. John has been involved in production agriculture throughout his life. Connect with Climate Corp Website | Twitter Connect with The Modern Acre Website | Instagram | Twitter Sign up for Acre Insights HERE

Richard Owen is the Vice President of Global Membership and Engagement with the Produce Marketing Association. Richard joins us for a discussion around the latest in global trade policy affecting the ag industry. Richard's extensive background and role with PMA makes him the perfect guest to give us an incredibly useful overview of the highlights of 2019. Connect with PMA Website | Twitter Connect with The Modern Acre Website | Instagram | Twitter Sign up for Acre Insights HERE

Seana Day is a Partner at Better Food Ventures, a venture capital fund looking to identify and develop companies that can improve the performance of the food and agriculture industries through the application of information and communications technology. Seana shares more about the firm and her take on the industry and how it's evolved. You won't want to miss this! Connect with Better Food Ventures Website | Twitter | Vision Conference Connect with The Modern Acre Website | Instagram | Twitter Sign up for Acre Insights HERE

Derek Axten is the owner of Axten Farms based in Saskatchewean, Canada. He joins us to discuss how his farm transitioned to regenerative practices, including what's worked and challenges they've faced along the way. This is the perfect conclusion to our mini-series on regenerative agriculture. Tune in! Connect with Axten Farms Website | Twitter Connect with Grounded Growth Website | Instagram Connect with The Modern Acre Website| Instagram | Twitter Sign up for Acre Insights HERE

Jill Clapperton is the principal scientist, owner, and founder of Rhizoterra, an international company that creates information and knowledge pertaining to soil health, so we can all make informed decisions based on science. Jill is also a well-known international lecturer and advocate for practices that promote soil health. Rhizoterra is partnering with Grounded Growth to provide nutrient-density testing as a way to execute an outcome-based approach to verifying regenerative ag. Tune in to learn more! Connect with Rhizoterra Website | Twitter Connect with Grounded Growth Website | Instagram Connect with The Modern Acre Website | Instagram | Twitter Sign up for Acre Insights HERE

Sara Harper is the founder of Grounded Growth, a membership-based company that provides the resources needed for food companies and farmers to research, develop and build regenerative supply chains together. Sara was previously on the podcast (episode HERE) to discuss her backgrounded the origin of Grounded Growth. On this episode, she joins us to discuss the latest trends in regenerative agriculture and updates on her membership community. Tune in! Connect with Grounded Growth Website | Instagram Connect with The Modern Acre Website | Instagram | Twitter Sign up for Acre Insights HERE

Cousin Brad (Brad Squires) comes back on the podcast to update us on his suburban family 10-acre farm that he started a few years ago (check out his first episode here). Brad shares some key business insights on what's worked on the farm, including their go-to-market approach for flowers. Brad also discusses some new ventures, Orangevale Fruit Co. and a plan for a retail store called The Local Acre. Tune in! Connect with Heirloom Acres Website | Instagram Connect with Orangevale Fruit Co Website | Article Connect with The Modern Acre Website | Instagram | Twitter Sign up for Acre Insights HERE

Chiles Wilson is the founder and general manager of Branch to Box, a business-to-business ecommerce business that provides fresh fruit and snack delivery to company offices. This is Chiles' second time on the podcast, because his first appearance was so good! This time we dig in deeper to how he is focused on scaling the business. Tune in! Connect with Branch to Box Website | Twitter | Instagram Connect with The Modern Acre Website | Instagram | Twitter Sign up for Acre Insights HERE

Dave Kohl is the founder of Joolies, a California based farm and CPG brand producing Medjool date products. Dave and his family founded the original date farm two decades ago and recently launched Joolies. He shares more about the company's origin and how they strategically built the brand and product messaging. Connect with Joolies Website | Twitter | Instagram Connect with The Modern Acre Website | Instagram | Twitter Sign up for Acre Insights HERE