Podcast

March 23, 2020

How Food and Farm Businesses Can Survive This Pandemic

Business Models, Financial Management, Operations, Podcast, Raising Capital

In Edible-Alpha® podcast #62, Tera talks with Ted LeBow, cofounder and managing principle of Kitchen Table Consultants, about how small food and farm businesses can stay afloat through the current COVID-19 crisis.

March 6, 2020

Disrupting a Category with Innovation, Authenticity and Sustainability

Business Models, Podcast, Raising Capital, Sales and Marketing

In Edible-Alpha® podcast #61, Tera catches up with Sascha Dhanjal, founder and president of Saffi Foods based in Madison, Wisconsin.

February 24, 2020

The Importance of Getting New Food Products ‘Retail Ready’

Business Models, Podcast

In Edible-Alpha® podcast #60, Tera catches up with consultant Alli Ball, creator of the Retail Ready online course and the Food Biz Wiz podcast.

February 6, 2020

Innovation and Differentiation Drive Success for Century Sun Oil

Business Models, Podcast

In Edible-Alpha® podcast #59, Tera talks with Dale and Pam Johnson, owners of Century Sun Oil in Pulaski, Wisconsin.

January 24, 2020

How Rural Food Businesses Can Thrive—and Revive Communities

Business Models, Podcast

In Edible-Alpha® podcast #58, Tera speaks with Paul Scharfman, president of Specialty Cheese Company in Reeseville, Wisconsin, known for its Hispanic and other ethnic cheeses.

January 5, 2020

Generating Income In A Small Diversified Vegetable Farm

Business Models, Podcast

In Edible-Alpha® podcast #57, Tera speaks with Abby and David Bachhuber from Lovefood Farm, a small, profitable, diversified organic vegetable farm in the Madison, WI area.

November 29, 2019

Embracing the Entrepreneurial Spirit – Creating a Diversified Agritourism Business

Business Models, Podcast

In Edible-Alpha® podcast #56, Tera speaks with Mary Ann Bellazzini from Campo Di Bella winery, farm and farm-to-table restaurant.

October 23, 2019

Franchising Food Businesses With Jason Schleip

Operations, Podcast, Sales and Marketing

Franchisers make money through initial franchise fee for setup costs, controlling product sales (by buying product, then selling to the stores after marking it up), and royalties, which come off of top line sales of the franchised business in return for the support and process development of the franchiser. This is often the biggest source of income for franchisers.

September 5, 2019

How SAGE revitalizes agriculture near cities

Legal, Podcast

SAGE contributes to the food system by helping elevate the data around the impact of food and agriculture in a way that helps people understand the connections between this sector and the rest of society and the economy.

August 15, 2019

Visualizing The Food System With Kitchen Sync Strategies

Operations, Podcast

Kitchen Sync gets different people at the table – including the private sector – using the right language to invite everyone in to a problem solving and solutions-based session that meets their values and needs, rather than trying to change minds about those fundamental concepts. In bringing those people to the table, they are also better able to visualize and communicate the multitude of actors it will take to improve the food system for the long term.