Future Food Cast

Today, our speaker is Guy Dean, President/GM at Organic Ocean Seafood Inc. He has been involved in the seafood industry for over 30 years with farmers, harvesters, fishers, processors, and distributors. He is passionate about supporting and promoting the consumption of sustainable seafood and particularly the long-term viability of the seafood industry.

Organic Ocean was created to foster a sustainable, vibrant, healthy seafood industry, in which fishers would be fairly rewarded for their investment, effort, and personal risk. Organic Ocean partners with artisanal harvesters, indigenous fisheries, and responsible mariculturists, all committed to solving the Ocean’s most significant environmental challenges and protecting its productive capacity.

Learn more at https://organicocean.com

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Today, the leading producer and marketer of beer, wine, and spirits discuss how Blockchain technology increases transparency and accountability in marketing.

Our speaker is Sara Master, Senior Director of eCommerce Marketing & Digital Shelf Senior Director, eCommerce Marketing & Digital Shelf of Constellation Brands - The leading producer and marketer of beer, wine, and spirits with operations in the U.S., Mexico, New Zealand, and Italy.

Learn more at http://www.cbrands.com

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Today we learn about various retail trends and challenges from our speaker is Jessica Keahey, Founder of Sweet Freedom Cheese - the first independently-owned, full-service, cut-to-order cheese shop in Arkansas.

Jessica founded Sweet Freedom in 2013 and has studied extensively with cheesemakers and mongers in the US and around the globe before opening the cheese shop in 2018, the same year she was chosen as the scholarship recipient for the American Cheese Society Certified Cheese Professional exam and earned the CCP distinction. Jessica holds a WSET Level 3 certification with the Wine & Spirit Education Trust and has also recently been profiled in Women Make Arkansas: Conversations with 50 and Culture Magazine.

Learn more at www.sweetfreedomcheese.com

Today, a leading producer and importer of the best meats and cheeses, discuss their take on food trends and challenges in the industry and how they kept their business prospering and progressing throughout this pandemic.

Our speaker is William Roche, Chief Executive Officer at S. Clyde Weaver Inc. William took over the CEO position from a 3rd-generation family business owner. S. Clyde Weaver Inc. is a company based out of Lancaster, PA. They have been serving the community with the best meats and cheeses for over 100 years.

Learn more at http://sclydeweaver.com

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Today's discussion focuses on agricultural risk management in the financial area.

Our speaker is Isaque Eberhardt - CEO and Co-Founder of Agryo, a global agriculture risk intelligence provider and data-driven AgFintech platform. It creates credit profiles for traditionally under-served farming families through sophisticated risk intelligence and predictive yield algorithms.

Agryo supports financing through data-driven and blockchain lending networks and agricultural debt investment accounts. Agryo aims to serve the 500 million underserved farming families around the globe who rely on agriculture and have no access to any financial services.

Learn more at http://www.agryo.com

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Today's discussion is on various trends and challenges in the seafood industry from the world leader in importing, distribution and manufacturing.

Today, our speaker is Kim Gorton. She is the President and CEO of Slade Gorton and Company - a third-generation, woman-owned family business operating in the seafood industry.

Slade Gorton is one of America’s largest importers, distributors, and manufacturers of fresh, frozen, and premium value-added seafood products. Founded in 1928, Slade Gorton is a privately held, multi-generational family business committed to feeding America wholesome, nutritious, sustainable seafood.

Today's discussion focuses on Regulatory Affairs and the biggest challenges in the Dairy Industry.

Our speaker today is Alex Walsh. He was the Associate Vice President for Regulatory Affairs (NDFA). Alex managed all aspects of communications including media relations, social media, publications and internal and external communications. Additionally, he managed all public relations, membership information, marketing and advertising, and business development initiatives and strategies. After the production of this episode, Alex moved to be the Business Development & Communications Manager at Sessler Companies.

NDFA( Northeast Dairy Association) is a full-service trade association with members in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont. Members represent all four federal class product companies including fluid milk processors, distributors, byproduct manufacturers, ice cream and yogurt plants and some dairy farm producers. The association provides services and information to its members to help improve their operations, ensuring the efficient distribution of the freshest and safest dairy products possible. The association represents its membership as a united manufacturing/distribution industry before legislative bodies and regulatory agencies, promoting and safeguarding their common business interests.

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"Today's discussion focuses on sustainability, traceability and leveraging technology in the food industry.

Our speaker today is Craig Gentry. He is the Vice President and General Manager of the Food Service Business Unit of Idahoan Foods, sitting on the executive team responsible for the entire company.

For nearly 60 years, Idahoan Foods has been the gold standard in high-quality, packaged potato products. Headquartered in the heart of America’s potato country, Idahoan Foods works with local growers and employs an extensive network of potato experts that oversee the potatoes from field to shelf. The company offers a full spectrum of convenient mashed, hash brown, casserole and soup products under the Idahoan®, and all-natural Honest Earth™ brand names.

Today's discussion is about sustainability and various trends from the world leader in the design, production, integration, and service of secondary packaging solutions.

Today, our speakers are Rodney Grounds, Vice President of Sales, and Derek Jones, Marketing Director from ROBOPAC USA.

ROBOPAC USA is the global leader in designing, producing, integrating, and service secondary packaging solutions. They have nine factories around the globe; ROBOPAC USA manufactures different types of packaging technologies, dealing with over 120 countries worldwide.

Today's podcast tackles the significant impact on individuals with food allergies and how this affects the future of food.

Our speaker is Lisa Gable, CEO of FARE, the largest NGO investing in Food Allergy Research and Education. Lisa has served 4 US presidents, 2 Governors , Council fortune 500 CEOs and represented global public and private partnerships and nonprofits with an end goal of moving organizations to higher levels of performance.

There are 85 million Americans avoiding buying the same top nine proteins due to life threatening food allergies, food intolerances. FARE helps fund innovation using AI and technology to improve our food system, to ensure that the impact of these proteins is well known and recognized in the reformulation formulation process.