Ben Chostner joins the show to talk about the past, present, and future of agriculture and food. Ben is an early agtech pioneer and Vice President of Blue River Technology, which was acquired by John Deere in 2017. He was Blue River’s second employee and led the development of the company’s See & Spray precision weed-targeting system. 

Carl Peterson, owner of Peterson Farms Seed network and third-generation farmer, joins the show to give a farmer-centric view of the future of agriculture and food. 

Patrick Vizzone joins Shely to talk about China's role in the global future of agriculture and food. Patrick is one of InnerPlant's newest investors/advisors and is International Head of Food Beverage and Agribusiness and Hong Kong Head of Corporate Banking for the Australia New Zealand  Banking Group. Patrick also spent more than a decade on the board of China Agri Industries, which was the key listed subsidiary of the COFCO Group, China’s largest food and agriculture company.

Nate Salpeter, entrepreneur and founder from Sweet Farm and Sno.llc, joins Shely to talk about how agtech can transform the future of agriculture and food to help feed the world's growing population while reducing the impacts of industrialized farming on animals and plants.  

Nick Koshnick, pioneering agtech founder and founder of Ponder, joins Shely to talk about the genesis of agtech and how reducing the use of chemical fertilizers is critical to the future of agriculture and food. 

Nick Halla, SVP International at Impossible Foods and the company's first employee, joins Shely to talk about Impossible's mission and how it's charting a path toward the future of agriculture and food. 

Ridge Evers, regenerative farmer + 6X tech CEO who led Intuit's creation of QuickBooks, joins the show to talk about how to shift agriculture away from current extractive methods.