Future Food

In this podcast, Louisa talks to Nick Fereday, a consumer foods analyst at Rabobank, about how the large food and agriculture companies are reacting to new innovation and working with startups. They also talk about the acquisition of Whole Foods by Amazon, and consumer trends around natural, simple food as well as alternative meat products.

Women still make the majority of food decisions in the home -- around 65% according to some estimates but are underrepresented in leading roles at food companies globally. In this week’s podcast, Louisa discusses the impact of this and how tech innovation is adapting to consumer demands with Beth Robertson-Martin from General Mills, Kellee James, founder of Mercaris, an organic commodities trading platform, and Sanjeev Krishnan, partner at S2G Ventures, an agrifood tech venture capital firm.

Women still make the majority of food decisions in the home -- around 65% according to some estimates but are underrepresented in leading roles at food companies globally. In this week’s podcast, Louisa discusses the impact of this and how tech innovation is adapting to consumer demands with Beth Robertson-Martin from General Mills, Kellee James, founder of Mercaris, an organic commodities trading platform, and Sanjeev Krishnan, partner at S2G Ventures, an agrifood tech venture capital firm.

Blue River Technology is a Silicon Valley startup bringing robotics to the farm. In August 2017, Blue River was acquired by John Deere, the world’s largest tractor company, for $305 million. This was extremely exciting news for the agtech industry as exits for the venture capital firms backing the sector have been relatively few and far between. In this episode, Louisa speaks to Jorge Heraud, founder and CEO of the company about the startup's journey to success.

Blue River Technology is a Silicon Valley startup bringing robotics to the farm. In August 2017, Blue River was acquired by John Deere, the world’s largest tractor company, for $305 million. This was extremely exciting news for the agtech industry as exits for the venture capital firms backing the sector have been relatively few and far between. In this episode, Louisa speaks to Jorge Heraud, founder and CEO of the company about the startup's journey to success.

In this episode, Louisa speaks to Sam Kass, former chef and nutritional policy advisor for the Obamas, about food tech innovation. Kass is now venture partner at Acre Venture Partners, the agrifood tech venture capital firm. He launched the Let's Move campaign with Michelle Obama. Here he speaks about investing in food technology and the importance of access to nutritional food.

In this episode, Louisa speaks to Sam Kass, former chef and nutritional policy advisor for the Obamas, about food tech innovation. Kass is now venture partner at Acre Venture Partners, the agrifood tech venture capital firm. He launched the Let's Move campaign with Michelle Obama. Here he speaks about investing in food technology and the importance of access to nutritional food.

After a few years in stealth mode, vertical farming group Plenty hit the public domain with a bang, raising a record-breaking $200m from Japanese banking group SoftBank over the summer. Louisa talks to CEO Matt Barnard to hear more about the company's growth and future plans.