By Highland Ag Solutions
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The podcast currently has 63 episodes available.
In this episode of Cream of the Crop we are focusing on Crop IQ: The Ultimate Tool for Smart Farm Management! Join us as Product Owner, Mikayla Rogers, and Director of Customer Success, Tara Stroud discuss the dynamic capabilities of Crop IQ. They'll share insights on how this robust platform is empowering growers to navigate the complexities of modern agriculture with unmatched ease and precision.
Kickstart your week with a fresh episode of Cream of the Crop! In this episode, we shine a spotlight on Highland Hub's newest feature, Compliance Tracker. This innovative platform is poised to revolutionize the management of compliance and regulatory obligations for a wide range of professionals, including consultants, marketers, retailers, large cooperatives, and brokers. It empowers them with a comprehensive overview through a user-friendly dashboard, simplifying workflows and enhancing efficiency.
In this episode, we have Justin Machell, CEO, Brian Deese, Sales Manager, and Brent Lewis, Product Manager for Business Intelligence, delving into the latest iteration, Highland Ag MarketWatch 2.0, which introduces enhancements designed to optimize user experience and provide powerful functionalities.
In this episode, CEO Justin Machell chats with Product Manager - Brent Lewis and Sales Manager - Brian Deese about the latest feature FreshETA.
Discover what FreshETA has to offer:
Highland Ag MarketWatch has made waves with its groundbreaking approach to analytics, earning it the 2023 AgTech Breakthrough Award for Analytics Innovation of the Year. In this episode, we dive deeper into the significance of real-time analytics within the fresh produce industry and offer our listeners a comprehensive understanding of Highland Ag MarketWatch's functionality and relevance.
At Highland Ag, we believe that data is the key to unlocking success in agriculture. But when it comes to aggregating, analyzing, and presenting that data, not all approaches are created equal. In this episode, we discuss the need for a more reliable source of data in the fresh produce industry and why we built Highland Ag MarketWatch.
Welcome to a fresh episode of Cream of the Crop! Join us as we explore sustainability and how it's being achieved through the Highland Hub. In this episode, our CEO, Justin Machell, with Highland's Director of Customer Success, Tara Stroud, unveil the exciting integration of Sustainable Food Group's Sustainability Standard into the Highland Hub. Discover how we're paving the way for a sustainable future in innovative ways. Tune in now for this enlightening conversation!
In this episode we hear from podcaster Trevor Williams on the story of the Farm Traveler Podcast. Trevor shares with us the ups and downs of starting a podcast as well as the importance of sharing the heart of the ag industry. Education through communication is key, and Trevor has a lot of experience with that! Our host and Trevor both were previous ag teachers and share some of their learnings from the classroom!
Trevor Williams is a former high school agriscience teacher turned podcaster that started the Farm Traveler podcast in 2019. Farm Traveler has one goal, that being to connect consumers with farmers, ranchers, and entrepreneurs in the agriculture industry. Trevor has published over 150 podcast episodes, educational videos, and Farm Tours on the Farm Traveler Youtube channel, and produces two other agriculture-focused podcasts.
In this episode, we chat with Margaret Dominguez, Vice President of Food Safety and Compliance at Soli Organic. Soli (formerly known as Shenandoah Growers) is the nation’s most commercially advanced indoor agriculture company. Margaret shares the “secret sauce” behind Soli and their growth as the nation’s leading grower of fresh organic culinary herbs, providing sustainable, organic greens and produce to retailers coast to coast.
For more than five years, Margaret has worked on elevating their food safety program and building a food safety culture nationally across all Soli Organic locations. She is a food safety professional with more than 13 years of experience in the food industry. Margaret received her B.S. degree with a major in Food Science and Technology and a Masters of Science in Food Management from Warsaw Agriculture University in Poland. In addition, she earned her Master of Food Safety and Technology from the Illinois Institute of Technology. Before Soli, she held various food safety and sanitation roles at Kellogg’s and Fair Oaks Farms, a meat processing company based in Wisconsin.
In this episode, Jennifer Pulcipher, Director of Food Safety and Compliance and Kinsey Porter, Food Safety Manager for North Bay Produce, discuss working in food safety for a grower-owned cooperative. With 30 members representing over 2000 farms across North, Central, and South America, North Bay is a leader in fresh fruits and vegetables year-round. Headquartered in Traverse City, Michigan, North Bay markets and distributes products worldwide.
Jennifer holds a Master’s degree in Food Safety from Michigan State University and is responsible at North Bay for the oversight of foreign and domestic food safety programs; leading the charge on all corporate food safety and compliance initiatives. Kinsey is responsible for Food Safety Modernization Act compliance, partnering with growers to implement good food safety practices, and communicating North Bay’s food safety commitment with customers. In this episode, we hear how their training and passion make them powerful forces in their industry.
The podcast currently has 63 episodes available.