Can Molecular Farming Replace Cows with Crops? with Amos Palfreyman of Miruku
The question of how to make commodity crops more valuable is a perennial one in agriculture, and over the years there have been a lot of good-- and bad-- answers. Recently, one strategy has emerged th...
1 Mar 202336min
Transforming Animal Waste into Renewable Fertilizer with Jordan Phasey from Phinite
When people in ag think about fertilizer, nitrogen -- or N -- is usually the first thing that comes to mind, whether thinking about yields, costs, or environmental impacts. But phosphorus is another c...
15 Feb 202333min
Future of Fertilizer... So What? with Tim Hammerich from Future of Agrculture
Global geopolitical disruptions first put fertilizer center stage as farmers around the world struggled with price and supply swings. But that was just the beginning of the conversation– as fertilizer...
1 Feb 202344min
AgTech Headlines… So What? - Mineral Launch, Planet Labs Insurance, Deere Right-to-Repair
Breaking news in the agtech world abounds here at the beginning of 2023, and as we've tracked the latest announcements, we've been thinking a lot about a few tech updates, especially from major brands...
25 Jan 202323min
Building a Food Business Ecosystem from the Farm Up, with Michael Bosworth of Next Generation Foods
Agtech has long had an interest in shortening the supply chain between farms and consumers. And yet after years of effort, relatively little progress has been made beyond a proliferation of farmers ma...
18 Jan 202336min
2022: The Year of Risk at AgTech… So What?
2022 was a wild year– both in the world of agtech broadly, and for us here at Tenacious Ventures. We’ve covered a lot of ground, spanning everything from scaling soil tech, to the future of ag marketi...
22 Des 202215min
Shifting from Climate Measurement to Risk Mitigation, with Cullen Gunn from Kilter Rural
There is a lot of momentum in agtech right now around investing at the intersection of ag and climate– and inevitably, many conversations start with a focus on how to measure impact. The problem we’ve...
14 Des 202238min
Why is autonomy in ag so hard? With Ray Russell and Connie Bowen
We’ve talked and thought a lot about autonomy this year, and despite what we think are some promising developments, overall, we continue to be struck by just how hard it is to bring solutions to marke...
30 Nov 202237min
