Podcast

January 28, 2021

Paul Willis Talks Scaling up Humanely Raised Pork

Business Models, Operations, Podcast, Raising Capital, Sales and Marketing

For Tera’s final Edible-Alpha® Live! famous founder interview, she spoke with Paul Willis, director and founding hog farmer of Niman Ranch.

January 15, 2021

Impact Investing Fosters Organic Farmland Security

Podcast, Raising Capital

Tera’s second Edible-Alpha® Live! famous founder interview featured David Miller, co-founder and CEO of Iroquois Valley Farmland REIT.

January 1, 2021

Gary Zimmer Shares How Healthy Soil Yields Success

Business Models, Operations, Podcast, Raising Capital

Gary Zimmer is the founder of Madison, Wisconsin-based Midwestern BioAg and is considered the father of “biological farming”—essentially the first iteration of regenerative agriculture—which focuses on balancing soil biology, chemistry and structure to produce greater, higher-quality yields.

November 27, 2020

Scaling Managed Dairy Grazing for Max Impact

Business Models, Operations, Podcast

Joe Tomandl is the Executive Director for the Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship (DGA). This first-of-its-kind program launched in 2011 and trains aspiring dairy farmers on managed grazing.

November 13, 2020

Urban Ag Venture Blends Business and Social Mission

Business Models, Operations, Podcast

Mark and Judy Thomas are the co-founders of Garfield Produce Co., an indoor vertical farm and wholesale food operation in Chicago. The “failed retirees” started this for-profit business/social enterprise in 2014 to provide job opportunities for people with employment barriers.

October 30, 2020

Transparency and Trust Fuel The Honest Bison’s Rapid Online Growth

Business Models, Podcast, Raising Capital, Sales and Marketing

Sean Lenihan is the founder of The Honest Bison, a direct-to-consumer purveyor of 100% grass-fed bison and other meats. Committed to total transparency, The Honest Bison gives consumers easy access to premium, nutritious, ethically and sustainably raised nutritious animal proteins as an alternative to conventionally raised, grain-fed red meats.

October 15, 2020

Lost Creek Farm Shares the Stories Behind Food

Business Models, Podcast

Mike Costello and Amy Dawson are the owners of Lost Creek Farm in Lost Creek, West Virginia. The duo does everything in tandem, from restoring the long-vacated family farmstead to sharing the rich cultural heritage of their Appalachian-inspired farm-to-table cuisine.

October 2, 2020

For Atlantic Sea Farms, Mission Drives Market

Business Models, Operations, Podcast, Raising Capital, Sales and Marketing

Briana Warner is CEO of Atlantic Sea Farms, the nation’s first commercial seaweed farm, based in Saco, Maine. Since Briana took the reins in 2018, the company has developed a dynamic mission-based brand around promoting kelp consumption, diversifying the coastal economy and mitigating climate change.

September 14, 2020

Brix Cider Pivots to Food Hub to Withstand Pandemic

Business Models, Podcast

Marie Raboin is the co-founder with husband Matt of Brix Cider in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin. Four years after launching a wholesale cider business and a year and a half after opening a taproom and farm-to-table restaurant, Marie explains how her company pivoted strategies in response to COVID-19.

September 3, 2020

Regenerative Goat Dairy Explores Silvopasture Agroforestry

Business Models, Podcast

Leslie Cooperband and Wes Jarrell, Ph.D., are the co-founders of Prairie Fruits Farm & Creamery in Champaign, Illinois. The Animal Welfare Approved farm and farmstead is home to an organic fruit orchard and more than 100 milking goats that graze and browse on a diverse landscape.