Kevin Bearley is a Principle at Pinion and partners with business owners to create sophisticated income and tax solutions that include structuring organizations, transitioning businesses, and maximizing tax benefits at present and into the future. Kevin navigates complex family dynamics and advises family business owners that fair doesn’t always mean equal. When putting together estate plans, he focuses on ensuring operating assets and cash flow are accessible to on-farm heirs for long-term, prosperous farm operations, while also providing a monetary benefit to other off-farm heirs. Kevin Bear ..read more

Did you miss World Agri-Tech in SF last month? Do not fret, because Tim and Tyler break it all down for you with their takeaways from attending the show. — This episode is presented by Pinion. Learn more HERE. — Links World Agri-Tech Join the Co-op ..read more

The Food Manufacturing Guy is a food manufacturing CEO with extensive experience in vertically integrating a food brand. He also has built a following on X for spicy takes on the food industry while keeping his account anonymous. Tune in for his first ever podcast interview where we dive into some of his takes. — This episode is presented by Pinion. Learn more HERE. — Links The Food Manufacturing Guy on X Join the Co-op ..read more

Feroz Sheikh is an accomplished CTO, thought leader and an entrepreneur. He has founded and led multiple technology-driven ventures, raised VC funding and took them to successful M&A. He has worked philanthropically, making education accessible to 200 million children in India using digital technologies. He is currently focusing on driving digital transformation across agriculture globally as the CTO of Digital at Syngenta. — This episode is presented by Pinion. Learn more HERE. — Links Feroz on Linkedin Syngenta Website Join the Co-op ..read more

Jack Richardson is kicking off a new and improved version of The Modern Acre newsletter. After starting his career in venture banking, Jack has spent the last five years in AgTech, first at a food waste startup and now in precision technology at an Ag OEM. He's spent most of his career in strategy roles where he's explored ways to make business models work. Outside of his specific roles, he's written about the space more broadly – you may have come across my prior writing on LinkedIn. In tandem with the contributing to the monthly newsletter, Jack will join us on the podcast every month t ..read more

Matt Woolf, Ph.D., is Terrain’s specialty crop analyst, focusing on tree nuts, fruits and vegetables. He is a native of California’s Central Valley, where his family grows almonds, pistachios and a variety of row crops. Matt has an extensive academic, teaching and research background in economics. He earned bachelor’s degrees in political science and economics, a master’s degree in international and development economics, and a Ph.D. in economics from the Australian National University. He has experience in economic modeling, macroeconomic analysis, data science techniques and their ..read more

This is the story of The Wonderful Company and Stewart and Lynda Resnick, the billionaire power couple that started one of the largest private holding companies in the world. In addition to owning notable brands like POM, Teleflora, Fiji Water, and more, the Resnicks are also one of the largest farmland owners in the US and are market leaders across almonds, pistachios, pomegranates, mandarins, and lemons. — This episode is presented by Local Line. Learn more HERE. Check out our interview with Cole. — Show Notes: (01:26) The Story of the Wonderful Company (03:24) Stewart Resnick (06:37) Lynda ..read more

Cole Jones is the Founder and CEO of Local Line. Local Line is the all-in-one local food-sourcing platform for Restaurants, Grocers, and Distributors. Use Local Line to discover and buy from thousands of family farms that sell every kind of product category including produce, meat, dairy, and more. Whether you're a single-location independent grocery store or a nationwide chain, Local Line helps retailers of all sizes build scalable farm-to-fork supply chains. Links: Cole on Linkedin Local Line Website Cole's First Interview   Sponsor: This episode is presented by Local Line. Learn more ..read more

Peter Askew is a domain name investor turned dude ranching, ranch employing, onion farmer. Tune in to hear his story and his unique approach to building VidaliaOnions.com. Links: Peter on X Vidalia Onions Peter's Projects   Sponsor: This episode is presented by Local Line. Learn more HERE. Check out our interview with Cole ..read more

This month, Tim and Tyler talk with Ariel about her latest Topsoil edition - "Agriculture, but make it precision - A framework for precision ag with Greg Chiocco." Ariel Patton is the creator of Topsoil, a newsletter bringing you monthly frameworks to help make sense of agriculture, at just the right depth. Ariel has focused her career on driving digital transformation of agriculture to help farmers manage their businesses more profitably and sustainably at Monsanto, Granular, Corteva and currently, Mineral. Links: Join the Co-op Subscribe to Topsoil Greg Chiocco on Linkedin Sponsor: This ep ..read more