On-Farm Food Loss and Beyond with Sarah Hulick and Olympia Yarger
For the final installment in our three-part food waste series, we’re climbing all the way up to the top of the supply chain to gain a deeper understanding of on-farm food loss and waste. The challenge...
24 Maj 202339min
How to Create Incentives for Circularity in Food System Waste
We’re digging back into waste in the food system this week, but to narrow the focus, we’re zooming in on Australia. Australia is a country that has set specific targets on waste reduction, but so far,...
10 Maj 202330min
Challenges with Investing in Food Waste Tech with Closed Loop Partners and Olympia Yarger of Goterra
Waste in the food system is an incredibly big challenge. Whether the aim is to reduce food loss, to curb packaging that ends up in landfills, or even to ensure food that’s grown makes it out of the fi...
26 Apr 202329min
Collaborating at the Intersection of Dairy and Alt-Dairy, with Michael Hampson from Norco Cooperative
There’s a common misconception in the alternative protein space that continues to hold back innovation: the idea that conventional and alternative products are direct competitors. In general, the idea...
12 Apr 202332min
How to Invest in Deep Tech in Agri-food, Tenaciously
Deep tech– or the world of technology companies beyond those that make software– is often seen as a bridge too far for the world of venture capital investing. A key challenge; the tried and true strat...
29 Mars 202326min
Unlocking Phosphorus for the Future of Fertility with Hunter Swisher of Phospholutions
When it comes to phosphorus-- the second most prominent fertilizer component– a big problem today is that it is simultaneously too rare on earth overall and too abundant in the landscapes where it's u...
15 Mars 202330min
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 Mars 202336min
