The Modern Acre

Interested in direct-to-consumer business? We are re-airing one of our most popular episodes to-date featuring the Farmer's Dog. Brett Podolskyjoins 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! Connect with The Farmer's Dog Website | Instagram Connect with The Modern Acre Website | Instagram | Twitter

Sign up for Acre Insights HERE Want to learn more about our plans for The Modern Acre? For the first time, we sit on the other side of the mic and join The Farm Traveler Podcast for an interview! The host, Trevor Williams, asks us about how The Modern Acre started and what our vision for it is. We also discuss our take on the industry. We really appreciated the opportunity to be on The Farm Traveler Podcast and share a little more with the community! Connect with The Farm Traveler Website | Podcast Connect with The Modern Acre Website | Instagram | Twitter Join our Closed Facebook Group HERE

Sign up for Acre Insights HERE This week we are talking regenerative agriculture with Sara Harper, founder and CEO of Grounded Growth. Sara discusses her career on Capitol Hill working to implement policy change within agriculture and how that led her to the private sector to continue the effort. Grounded Growth is a network that enables, supports and grows business-enhancing relationships between food companies and farmers who are expanding regenerative agriculture. Tune in to learn more about this popular topic and how Sara has scaled her business! Connect with Grounded Growth Website | Twitter Connect with The Modern Acre Website | Instagram | Twitter Join our Closed Facebook Group HERE

Sign up for Acre Insights HERE Zach Sheely joins us to talk about how his interest in technology started on his family farm and evolved to his current position as President of Agworld. Agworld is one of the leading farm management companies, helping farmers take control of their business and operate more efficiently. Zach walks us through how he joined Agworld and helped them grow over time. This is a jam-packed episode you can't afford to miss! Connect with Agworld Website | Twitter Connect with The Modern Acre Website | Instagram | Twitter Join our Closed Facebook Group HERE

We're happy to continue to partner with the International Agri-Center, which is set to hold the 53rd World Ag Expo February 11-13, 2020. Listen to Jennifer's episode HERE Fieldin was recently awarded the AgFunder Innovation Award for Farm Tech category for its smart harvesting and spraying technology! We had the great opportunity to sit down with Neil Knaak to learn more about Fieldin. Neil shares more about the exciting technology that Fieldin has developed, how the team has grown the business, and what priorities are for the next year. You won't want to miss this episode with one of the hottest agtech startups around! Connect with Fieldin Website | LinkedIn Connect with The Modern Acre Website | Instagram | Twitter Join our Closed Facebook Group HERE

Gary Loh is the Executive Chairman of First Alverstone Capital, a private equity group focusing primarily in Asian oriented opportunities. He also serves as the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of SunMoon Food Company. Gary led the turnaround of SunMoon Food after taking control of the business in 2007 and implementing a new business model. Recently, Gary founded a tech startup, DiMuto, focused on global trade that leverages blockchain technology to instill transparency in the food chain. On this episode, we get in to Gary's background with SunMoon and how he led the turnaround. Gary discusses his new venture, DiMuto, and how he has begun building the business in Asia and the US. Gary is a wealth of knowledge and experience and you won't want to miss this one! Connect with DiMuto Website | LinkedIn Connect with The Modern Acre Website | Instagram | Twitter Join our Closed Facebook Group HERE

David Jones came back to the family dairy and led the adoption and integration of robotic technology to help address the increasing labor challenges in the US. Learn more about his thoughts on robotics and the farm's transition. David is an advocate for technology and the dairy industry and recently started a position at DeLaval, who provides integrated, automated equipment solutions for dairies. Don't miss this episode! Connect with David Jones DeLaval Website | Instagram Connect with The Modern Acre Website | Instagram | Twitter Join our Closed Facebook Group HERE

Tune in to hear about ag entrepreneurship! Danny Royer started his career working for several successful farms, focusing on improving operation's efficiencies using technology. He recently ventured out on his own to start his own consulting firm that works with both farmers and ag tech companies. We discuss the vision for the business, what his first steps have been, and how he is thinking differently about marketing. Connect with Great Valley Oak Website | Instagram Connect with The Modern Acre Website | Instagram | Twitter Join our Closed Facebook Group HERE

Tillable is an online ag marketplace focused on changing the way farmland is rented, making it easier than ever for landowners and farmers to grow. We talk this week with the Founder and CEO of Tillable, Corbett Kullwho has an impressive background in technology and ag startups. Tune in to learn how he has navigated building a marketplace for farmers and landowners, as well as his take on the ag industry! Connect with Tillable Website | Twitter Connect with The Modern Acre Website | Instagram | Twitter Join our Closed Facebook Group HERE

Join our Closed Facebook Group HERE Tune in this week to hear how Christine Moseley has grown her startup, Full Harvest, to fix one of the biggest problems in agriculture: food waste. Full Harvest is the first B2B marketplace for imperfect and surplus produce. Christine shares the details behind how the company started, the challenges she's faced, and what the company is focused on the rest of the year. Don't miss this episode! Connect with Full Harvest Website | Instagram Connect with The Modern Acre Website | Instagram | Twitter