Podcast appearances and mentions of neil moore

What if the key to your child's focus, creativity, and emotional balance isn't another app or activity—but music? In this episode, I sit down with my dear friend and brilliant educator Neil Moore, founder of Simply Music and author of Music on Mars, to talk about why music may just be the most important (and most overlooked) skill your kids aren't learning.Neil shares his personal story and how it led to a global movement that's helping people of all ages experience music as a natural language. We explore how music builds the brain, nurtures emotional regulation, and brings families closer—no prior talent or reading sheet music required. Whether your child is struggling to focus or you're just craving more connection at home, this episode will leave you inspired and ready to make music part of your everyday life.

Are plants more aware than we think? Do they have feelings? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Gary O'Reilly, and Harrison Greenbaum explore the intelligence of plants with astrobotanist Simon Gilroy. From venus flytraps to space farming, we dig deep into the secret world of plants.NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://startalkmedia.com/show/astrobotany-plant-intelligence-with-simon-gilroy/Thanks to our Patrons Charlie Delavida, Muhammad Sarfraz, Nirmal, Joseph Longoz, TerrasMom, Skyman's Follies, Que Raetid, Dustin A Brinkman, Kevan P, Adam Randell, Deo, Roman Marakhoskyi, Ron, Raveneffect32, Robin Campbell, Corey Burke, Johnny G, Carl, Julia Linde, malik_m, Jim Mauck, Helen Johnson, Dawn Keebals, Nathan Campbell, Raunak Sethiya, Adam Holland, AT, Mary Zoellner, Jason Sykes, Dan The Man, Christopher Thompson, Brett Gillingham, Neil Moore, Jim Myhrberg, Jordan Blackler, strigiformes, John Rondo, shane eagles, Berbnote, B231, Easly_Bash, $H!Ft3Y, shannon hintze, Tre Ski, Andrew Nisker, Shree Sharma, Adam Z, Joseph Cutler, Charles Jarboe, and Dmitriy Sinyakin for supporting us this week. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of StarTalk Radio ad-free and a whole week early.Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.

HeavensGateDeep Neil Moore & Alex Franchini Ep. 488 Neil Moore 01. Vintage Culture, Izzy Bizu – If I Live Forever (Arodes Remix) 02. Elzace ft Vlossom - Block The Sky (Extended Mix) 03. Goran Kan - Clocks [KZM Tracks] 04. Adam Beyer x Eli Brown - Overdose of Bass [Drumcode] 05. Sound Nomaden - Savanna (Slow Nomaden Remix) 06. Robert Furrier & Illus1on - Diversity (Original Mix) [Shodan Records] 07. With U - Matuinï (Extended Mix) 08. Freshcobar - This Is House (Extended Mix) 09. Horatio - City of Gods (Extended Mix) 10. ID ID - Renegade (Original Mix) [Dear Deer] 11. Kirik - Tvoja Ljubav (Extended Mix) [There Is A Light Records] Alex Franchini 01. ARTBAT - Afterparty (Original Mix) [UPPERGROUND] 02. David Tort - The Longest Winter (Extended) [MoTL Records] 03. Victor Ruiz, Mila Journe¥e - Stars (Extended Mix) [mau5trap] 04. Raden (UK) - Scorpion King (Gaga & Mateo! Remix) [Dark Face Recordings] 05. Pols - Acid Fake Show (Extended Mix) [Reload Records] 06. Kosmo - Take Me High (Original Mix) [1605] 07. LEVT - Be Your Light (Original Mix) [Fe Chrome] 08. Alan Fitzpatrick, The Yellowheads - Neon Burst (Extended Mix) [We Are The Brave] 09. Karney - Delante (Original Mix) [Respekt Recordings] 10. Metodi Hristov, The YellowHeads - Dopamine Nation (Original Mix) [Set About] 11. Drunken Kong - Give It To Me (Original Mix) [Tronic] 12. LEVT, Karla Blum - Call Me (Original Mix) [CODEX RECORDINGS]

HeavensGateDeep Neil Moore & Alex Franchini Ep. 487 Alex Franchini 01. Herr Nilsson - Enigma (Original Mix) [Harabe Black] 02. Newest, Bruno (HU), James - Destiny (Original Mix) [Enter Audio] 03. JNTN - Glitch (Original Mix) [KOSMOS] 04. RooneyNasr - On A Mission (Original Mix) [SET ABOUT] 05. Jil Tanner, Patrick Scuro, VEENMOL - Labyrinth (Extended Mix) [Animarum Recording] 06. Donato Diana - It's Rave (Original Mix) [Gain Records] 07. Roberto Pagliaccia - Nobody House (Mark Reeve Remix) [Gain Records] 08. Layton Giordani, Eli Brown, OFFAIAH - When I Push (Original Mix) [Drumcode] 09. Kosmo - Gondwana (Original Mix) [1605] 10. Wehbba - Euforia (Original Mix) [HIFN] 11. Adam Beyer - Life Is (Original Mix) [Drumcode] 12. Kaufmann (DE) - John Otto (Original Mix) [Spectrum NL] Neil Moore 01. Minube - Greek (Original Mix) [Handpicked] 02. NIIXII ft Minoa - Do It For Love (Original Mix) 03. Samanta Liza - Construct (MerlinBerlin Remix) 04. Streetslang - I Like Raw (Anthony Acid Extended Remix) [Circus] 05. Leigh Macneil - She's Burning High (Kelly Reverb Remix) [Trax Records] 06. Julien Jabre - Sweet Rage (Original Mix) [Elias] 07. Hozho - Adderall (Original Mix) [Crash Your Sound] 08. Max Jones - Feel Me Baby (Extended Mix) 09. Powel & Christian Voldstad - Lucy S Cargo (Original Mix) 10. Reset Robot - Breathless 11. Mayen & Ryan McCormack -Banyan Tree (Nick Muir Remix)

The latest guest in our Bred A Blue podcast series is former central defender, Neil Moore. Moore is a lifelong Evertonian who lived the dream… just! He played six senior games for his beloved Blues under Howard Kendall and Mike Walker before accepting that the level of competition was always going to be just too much. “I had Dave Watson, Kevin Ratcliffe, Martin Keown, David Unsworth, Gary Ablett all ahead of me,” he recalls. After progressing through the ranks, Moore made his debut at Goodison Park in October 1992. Everton defeated Rotherham United 3-0 with Moore replacing Barry Horne in the 87th minute. “Howard sent me on up front and all I did was run around for three minutes without touching the ball,” he says. “I got slaughtered for that in the dressing room afterwards!” Two of his subsequent Premier League appearances for Everton were against Manchester United and Arsenal, so Moore found himself competing against the likes of Paul Merson, Kevin Campbell, Eric Cantona and Mark Hughes. He also played 45 minutes as an emergency striker again alongside Peter Beardsley at Goodison against Sheffield United! Like every player who worked with Howard Kendall, Moore was immensely fond of him, describing him as a ‘fantastic character and a brilliant man' but he admits that he got more of a sniff when Mike Walker came in. “It's all about opinions and about trust, and Mike trusted me,” he says, “which was fantastic from my point of view.” Eventually though, Moore realised that his future lay beyond Goodison Park, ‘Joe Royle just didn't fancy me which was fair enough because that's football' and, ironically, it was Walker who offered him a way out – taking him to Norwich City. However, a friendly fixture at Carrow Road while he was still technically on loan, ruined his chances of a lengthy career in Norfolk. Norwich were playing West Ham but the referee called it off because the stadium was shrouded in thick fog. “You couldn't see the half-way line,” says Moore. That's when it got bizarre! The referee refused to take the game, so an appeal went out and a qualified official happened to be in the crowd. He duly officiated the game, in ridiculous conditions, and Moore suffered the most horrendous bad luck. “I broke two vertebrae in my spine so the chance of playing in the Championship was basically over before it had begun.” As enthusiastic an Evertonian as you could ever wish to meet, Neil Moore went on to have a long-playing career at lower league and non-league level and his love for the Blues has never wavered. He recalls his days of cleaning Neville Southall's boots (after first knocking on the men's dressing room door to be allowed in), buying chocolate bars with the coins intended to wash the kit in the laundrette, being coached by Mike Lyons and Jimmy Gabriel, and much, much more!

HeavensGateDeep Ep 484 Playlists: Neil Moore 01. Semoha Homes - Big Evil Clouds (Zero One) [Return To Planet Underground] 02. Owson - Soul Shaker (extended) 03. Jamie Jones, Miluhska - La Musa (Extended Mix) [Helix] 04. Dario Nunez, Dgrace - Kambula 05. AYYBO - Certified (Extended Mix) [Insomniac Records] 06. Alessandro Basile - Flashback (Extended Mix) 07. Mochakk ft Tommy Genesis - No Boys Allowed (OG House Mix) [Circoloco] 08. SRIBLO - Give You Up (Extended Mix) [Papillon] 09. Zoo Brazil - Tear The Club Up (Zoo Brazil Clean Vocal Remix) 10. Ronnie Spiteri - Silencing The Voices (Club Mix) [Kenja Records] 11. Meloko, Baron, Selim Sivade, Konvex - Me Gusta (Extended Mix) [Azzur] 12. Nicole Moudaber ft MNENE - Forest Fire 13. Michele Conte - Horizon 14. Enzo is Burning - Cap (Extended Mix) 15. Ex-Plosion vs Thiago Bachet - Midnight Traveller (Original Mix) [Black Caviar] 16. Retna - System (Extended Mix) [Toolroom Trax] 17. Dan Sushi - The Return Of The Robots (Original Mix) MSTR [Papillon Promo Pool] 18. Pastel Blue - Move To The Drum (Extended Mix) [Toolroom Trax] 19. Tony Romera - LFO (Extended Mix) [Toolroom] 20. Spencer Brown - Chair 10 21. Wax Motif, Truth X Lies, AK Renny - 212 (Extended Mix) [C2] 22. New Girl - Time Is Frozen (K-Mack Extended Remix) 23. Soundiata - N'Goni [Serial Records]

HeavensGateDeep Ep. 482 Playlist Neil Moore 1. Horatio & Idr3n - Acid State of Mind [Sreller Techno Nursery] 2. Lauren Lo Sung - Stutter (Extended Mix) [Nothing Else Matters Records] 3. UShermanology - My World (Extended Mix) [D'EAUPE] 4. All U Need, Shiba San, CID - Bring It Back (Extended Mix) [Toolroom Trax] 5. Tom Sawyer - Southamerican (2024 Rework) 6. MiddleGround, Mas Fuego - USYK [Abode Records] 7. Snow N Stuff - Matrix Glitch [White] 8. New Girl - Time Is Frozen (Extended Mix) 9. Danmds - For You (Extended Mix) 10. Max Styler & GENESI - See You Sweat (Extended Mix) [Insomniac] 11. Ben Belter - Solar [Shodan Records] 12. RMA - Kikuyu (Extended) [Cafe De Anatolia] 13. Justine Dolan - Dance with the Devil (Extended Mix) [1980 Recordings] 14. Twolate, Les Castizos - Bulla (Extended Mix) [Toolroom Trax] 15. Smokin Jo, D.Ramirez - Inner Mind (Extended Mix) [Toolroom Trax] 16. John Monkman - Roller Vox (Extended Mix) 17. J.Fur, Tzese - Chimera II (Original Mix) [Papillon] 18. DJ Istar - Sukuma (Original Mix) [Sunrising Records] 19. Leon & Lapo Underground - Go Away [Kaluki Musik] 20. SRIBLO - Consciousness (Extended Mix) [Papillon] 21. Soundiata - Konodimini [Serial Records] 22. Vajjo - AHG [Loulou records]

Join us as we talk to the vastly experienced Neil Moore about everything from coming up, surviving in the game, the sacrifices you will make and what its like to balance learning and developing with professional competence as you climb the ladder yourself. A deep episode with a thinker who takes the tempo down a little, so you a truly reflect on your journey and forge your own path. A great episode for aspiring coaches all around the world from a man who is in touch with his authentic self and understands the importance of vulnerability and reflection and wants to leave it better than he found it by helping you get a step up on the ladder.

Prioritizing music in your life leads to numerous benefits. In this week's episode of Get Yourself Optimized with our guest Neil Moore, we dive deep into the world of musicality and self-expression and explore innovative ways to enhance your musical journey.  Neil is the mastermind behind the revolutionary music education program, Simply Music. His unique approach transforms the conventional learning experience and allows individuals to rapidly connect with their innate musicality and express themselves through music.  Neil shares his incredible origin story and the life lessons he learned along the way. Although he didn't possess traditional credentials, Neil overcame his imposter syndrome. In this episode, we explore why music education is critical for developing creative capability as technology rapidly advances, and how we can catalyze an exponential global impact through music. Don't miss these big ideas and inspiring insights! The show notes, including the transcript and checklist to this episode, are at getyourselfoptimized.com/439.

HeavensGateDeep Ep 476 Playlists: Neil Moore 01. Alonso - ID14 02. James Hurr, I Jah - Scream (Extended Mix) 03. Hozho, Black Hertz - Ego (Original Mix) [Flip The Pickle] 04. Maraudon - Orea (Original Mix) [SLC-6 Music] 05. V. Alarik - I Like To [Music is 4 Lovers] 06. TECH IT DEEP - Maria Maria (Diplo Remix) Extended 07. Siva Prayojan - Mind Alter (Original Mix) 08. Mark Us - Work That Body (Extended Mix) [Toolroom] 09. Golden Girl - Remember Me (Mr. Wright Afterhours Remix) [Deep Tech Recordings] 10. 4B - Haunted (Extended Mix) 11. Carola & NUZB - Groovemasta (Extended Mix) [Monstercat] 12. Dec Duffy - Bebbington Rd 13. Dan Aux - Keep It Movin' (3am Mix) 14. Hauswerks - Placebo [Gruuv] 15. Kevin Saunderson, Alex Kennon, Dantiez - Bass Into The Future (Extended Mix) [Black Book] 16. Momento - Cercle [43 Degrees Records] 17. Nicole Moudaber - Reasons To Love You (Extended Mix) 18. NAASA - Perfect Time (Original Mix) [SLC-6 Music] 19. Shaw Quentin - Quasimodo (Original Mix) [Xelon Entertainment] 20. Rafael Cerato - Metaphorik (Original Mix) [Papillon] 21. Sansixto - Black Shades (Extended Mix) [Toolroom Trax] 22. Albert Marzinotto, Meezywho - Rules (Mattei & Omich Remix) 23. MVMB & Antimatter - Odyssey (Piet KaÌmpfer Remix)

Edited Description: In this episode Brian sits down with Neil Moore. Neil absolutely goes for it with huge summits, big swims and of course hard core hunts. Neil has found great success by being able to push himself physically and mentally. He believes the biggest challenge out there is backcountry hunting as it has the most variables. The guys have a great discussion all about pushing themselves.

HeavensGateDeep Ep 474 Playlists: Neil Moore 01. Tini Gessler - Do What You Want (Extended Mix) [Toolroom] 02. Pardalize - Face off [Design Records] 03. Lee Wraith - Lee Wraith - It's Not You, It's Me 04. HGenius - Deep Hole (Extended Mix) [OHM Deep State] 05. Kamil Van Derson - Into The Galactic (Original Mix) [Shodan Records] 06. Hollaphonic & Sammy Porter - Take Me (Extended Mix) 07. Bontan - Despacio (Extended Mix) [Club Bad] 08. Cyrillic & InvictoZ - My Mind (Extended Mix) 09. Meca ft. Brave Culture - 2AM (Extended Mix) 10. Nuage & Fractures - Red Line (Tim Engelhardt Remix) 11. Wally Lopez - Arabic Nights (Extended Mix) [Adesso] 12. Zac Stanton - Murderrr (Original Mix) [Seven Dials Records] 13. Soulmade - Scorpion (Fabri Lopez Remix) [SLC-6 Music] 14. Subcisco - Boiling Point 15. Rojaca - Breathe (Lee McNeill Remix) [EVE Records] 16. Satir Monter - La Vie este l'Amour 17. Lilly Palmer - You Are My Guide (Extended Mix) 18. Kokiyo - Nocturnal [Music is 4 Lovers] 19. Francesco Stangarone - Italian Flow 20. Danny Tenaglia & Sasha Carassi - Automatik (Magdalena Remix) 21. Angelos - La Jungla [Extended Mix) [Club Bad] 22. Sebastiaan Hooft - Les Boys (Original Mix)

HeavensGateDeep Ep 472 Playlists: Neil Moore 01. Galetta - Too Much (Original Mix) 02. Dennis Bune ft MT - Dreamer - (Charles Moui Remix) 03. Alex Kenji & Jerome Robins - Plastic (Extended Mix) [Farris Wheel Recordings] 04. Da Le (Havana) - Omio (Original Mix) [Kitisuru] 05. Simon Kidzoo, Havoc & Lawn - Chiwa (Extended Mix) [Club Sweat] 06. Eran Hersh - Wakanaka (Dr Feel Remix) [My Other Side of The Moon] 07. Propane - Like That (Original Mix) 08. Lufthaus - Ringo (Extended Mix) [Armada] 09. Pirate Copy - Love Will Save The Day [ABODE Records] 10. Thvndex - Tell Me (Extended Mix) [artwrk] 11. Devotionz - Tattoo (Extended Mix) [Toolroom Trax] 12. Thedtry - Noise in Tune (Original Mix) 13. AOTA - The Beat (Original Mix) Rob Davy 01. Love Original Rob Davy - Tony Tape Trax 02. Kala - Roy Rosenfeld - VOD 03. Regina Blue - Sebastien Leger - All Day I Dream 04. The Closer - Rob Davy - Tony Tape Trax 05. Tears - Tim Green - All Day I Dream 06. Love - Pleasure Remix - Rob Davy - Tony Tape Trax - LOOP 07. The End - Scott Booth - Jack Said What 08. Love - Pleasure Remix - Rob Davy - Tony Tape Trax 09. Not Alone - Time - Voyeur 10. Tribes - Roy Rosenfeld - TRIBES 11. Stevie - Sebastien Leger - Lost Miracle 12. Lonely Souls - Mass Digital - All Day I Dream 13. Symphonic Fantasy - Amonita, Makebo - All Day I Dreamal

This is an amazing off the cuff conversation with one of the coolest people I gave talked to in a long time! Enjoy!

HeavensGateDeep Ep 470 - Neil Moore Playlists: 01. Tim Light - The Underground 02. Massimo Logli - Memory 03. Ben Belter - Akin To Kaos [Shodan Records] 04. I Promised Mom - Machines Have Awaken (MATARA Remix) [Dear Deer] 05. Angelica de No, Tech Us Out - Nothing Left (Original) [Boiler Underground Records] 06. Alex Lauthals - Passion (Extended Mix) 07. Skrillex, Fred Again, Flowdan - Rumble (Lawz Techno Remix) 08. DJ Pila & Movement6 - Take No Resistance (Roy De Best & The Scientist Remix) [StraightOn Black] 09. Nausica - Tomalo (Extended Mix) [Toolroom] 10. Lost On Mars - Warriors Of The Jungle (Original Mix) [Totemic Records] 11. Jason Cadden & David Keyz - Believe in the music (Extended Mix) 12. Sonata Collective - Forward N' Back (Extended Mix) [Stashed Cutz] 13. Martin Eyerer - The Jack (Extended Mix) [33 Music] 14. Julioo - Carrusel (Mayen Remix) 15. Tennant - Acid Jack [Automation Nation] 16. Knossos - Altered Consciousness 17. Monofade - Remembering Challenger (SNYL Remix) [Dear Deer] 18. Cristoph - Seize (Original Mix) 19. Martin Ikin - Oscill8 (Extended Mix) [Toolroom] 20. Siege - Freedom (Extended Mix) 21. Jac & Hutch - Wide Open Space (Extended) 22. Christian Nielsen - Broken Mirror (Extended Mix) [Realm] 23. Dave Ruff - The Tribe From 2100 (Original Mix) [Shapes In Sound]

HeavensGateDeep Ep. 468 - Neil Moore Playlists: Neil Moore Knowlton Walsh - Agnosia [Shodan Records] Pandhora - Tataouine (Zigan Aldi Remix) [Cafe De Anatolia] Jon Lee & Tony H - Stop (Original Mix) [Music is 4 Lovers] Disfreq - Como (Original Mix) [DIYNAMIC] Baustaff - MFT Island (Jose Vilches Remix) Valeria Croft - Thankful (The Mekanism Remix) Sassa & Moonglass - Into The Space (Original Mix) [Dear Deer] Mesa & Boss - Excuses (Extended Mix) [Sirup Music Group] Hector J Rodriguez - Oatmilk Not Almond (Original Mix) [Music is 4 Lovers] Finiq - In The Front (Extended Mix) [This Ain't Bristol] This is Massive - Minimal Dj Have Small Decks (Alex Franchini Bootleg) BRKZI - Dekoded PTRVSKI Tinlicker - Sleepwalker(Extended Mix) [Anjunadeep] Everything But The Girl - Missing (PTRVSKI Edit) Kajis, Movement Machina - Zone (Mike Koglin Remix) [YOMO Records] Paul Thomas, White-Akre - Vyote (Grum Extended Mix) [UV} Vintage Culture - Agape (Extended Mix) [Tomorrowland Music] Space Motion - Silver Screen (Original Mix) [Space Motion Records] Supermode - Tell Me Why (MEDUZA Extended Remix) [Axtone Records] Silver Panda - We Call This Acid (Original Mix) [Panda Lab Records] Sied van Riel - Rush (Miss Monique Extended Remix) [Black Hole Recordings] Pete Tong, Artbat - Age of Love (ARTBAT Rave Mix) [Ministry of Sound Recordings] PROFF, Anuqram - Echoes (Extended Mix) [Anjunabeats] RÜFÜS DU SOL - On My Knees (Adriatique Remix) [Rose Avenue/Reprise] Yotto, Something Good - Rhythm (Of The Night) (Extended Mix) [Armada Music] Armin van Buuren, Chicane, AVIRA - Offshore (Extended Mix) [Armind]

HeavensGateDeep Ep. 466 - Neil Moore Playlists: 01. Miss Monique, Asher Swissa & Sandhaus - Electric (Original Mix) 02. Cosmic Boys - I'm A Robot 03. Merlin Tb-303 - Fly (Original Mix) 04. Paul Deighton - Nitty Gritty [Mighty Moog Records] 05. Ciszak - Dive Deeply (Extended Mix) [Terminal Underground] 06. Ocean Roulette - In The Dash (Extended Mix) [Terminal Underground] 07. Disfreq - Psychedelic Girls (Extended Mix) 08. Flashmob, Lexa Hill - What (Original Mix) [Flashmob Records] 09. Subjaax - The Green Mile (Original Mix) 10. Sydney Blu - Chopstick [Music is 4 Lovers] 11. Matrefakt & Culture Jam - Drawing Board (Extended Mix) [Circus Recordings] 12. Lucca Tan & Sammy Alexander - It Ain't Me (Original Mix) 13. Dee Montero - Revolution 14. Perky Wires - Hippler [Hottrax] 15. Poolhaus - City Wanderer (Extended Mix) [Slothacid] 16. Minstrel - Back To Where You've Never Been (Extended Mix) 17. Max Delta - Body Language 18. Miss N-Traxx - The Power (Acid Mix) [Neptun Records] 19. Anyma & CamelPhat - The Sign (Extended Mix) [AFTERLIFE 20. Eldeanyo - Colombia (Oliver Knight Acid Reflex Extended Remix) [Adesso] 21. Craig & Grant Gordon - Melon Melody (Original Mix) [Seven Dials]

Brian McGahan became the world's youngest CCIE at age 20, and Neil Moore is currently the only person in the world to hold 8 CCIEs! Learn from these legendary industry leaders about how to solve the challenges facing your team, and network with peers about how to best meet your team's training needs. As always, bring your questions to ask live!

Brian McGahan became the world's youngest CCIE at age 20, and Neil Moore is currently the only person in the world to hold 8 CCIEs! Learn from these legendary industry leaders about how to solve the challenges facing your team, and network with peers about how to best meet your team's training needs. As always, bring your questions to ask live!

Welcome back to Million Dollar Relationships with Kevin Thomspon! Our Guest today is Neil Moor.    Neil is the Founder of the Simply Music Institute of Learning & Education. He is also the creator of the Simply Music Piano Method. Neil was born in 1957 in Melbourne, Australia, and began studying piano at the age of 7. He has spent most of his life actively involved in 'playing-based' music learning.   From his earliest years, Neil heard music and pictured it in his mind in terms of shapes and patterns. This relationship with music became the basis of his entire approach to learning and playing the piano.   As an adult and a coach to traditional piano teachers, he had an opportunity to teach a young blind boy to play. Using his unique approach to music Neil taught the boy through shapes and patterns and subsequently discovered that his 'playing-based' approach could transform how quickly all piano students, of all ages, could learn to play. Thus began the foundation of what has become the world's largest playing-based music education institution.   Neil composes and arranges much of the music used throughout the Simply Music Piano Program. In addition to curriculum development, Neil's most extensive field of focus has been the training and coaching of piano teachers. Currently, Neil guides the direction of the organization and advises on its executive operations.   Let's join Neil as he honors the two most important people in his life, His Wife Hunter, and an 8 Year Blind boy [00:00 - 09:36] Neil Moore: The Musician Who Teaches People How to See Music Neil Moore is an educator and musician who specializes in teaching music to people in a way that allows them to see music through the same lens as he does. Neil's motivation for doing this is to contribute to the advancement of humanity's creative capability.   [09:36 - 17:06] Neil's Wife and her Profound Impact on his Life Neil shares his story of how meeting his wife changed his life for the better He points to specific moments in his life where a significant contribution was made by someone that had a profound impact on him He emphasizes the importance of relationships and how they play a role in shaping one's path in life   [17:08 - 25:04] How to Honor Your Wife: Neil's Story Neil has been married to his wife for 18,787 days. He counts every day and is grateful for her presence in his life. He describes her as "unbelievable," "deeply good," and "a child that unedited." He speaks highly of her and says that he would like to honor her in the same way that she honors him.   [25:05 - 31:53] Blind 8-year-old student of music to have sight restored Neil's background is in self-employment and restaurants, which led to a series of bad business decisions that led to a financial wipeout. Neil had a moment of insight where he saw his life as an equation and realized that he needed to do what he loved - music - instead of pursuing it for financial gain. He met a man who offered to invest in his music teaching business, and with the help of this investment, he was able to start a successful practice. Neil has continued to teach music despite never having learned how to read music himself   [31:53 - 39:38] How Neil Moore's Music Education System Impacted His Wife, Eight-Year-Old Boy, and Thousands of Other Lives Neil's eight-year-old student showed him that he could play music based on shapes and patterns, and Neil decided to explore this further Neil started sharing this approach with other teachers, and they found it to be a different experience for their students Neil has created a system of learning that impacts the brain, provides critical neurological nutrition, and fundamentally impacts our creative capability Neil believes that creativity is critically important, and he wants to help others access this capability   [39:39 - 42:59] Closing Segment Final Words Follow Neil Moore on Facebook or LinkedIn You may also visit their website at www.simplymusic.com Thanks for tuning in!     If you liked my show, please LEAVE A 5-STAR REVIEW, like, and subscribe!     Find me on the following streaming platforms: Apple Spotify Google Podcasts IHeart Radio Stitcher    Tweetable Quotes   "If I can teach a boy an eight-year-old boy who's blind, how to play based on shapes and patterns, and he can turn around and teach his four-year-old sister to do it as well, and she's blind, what would happen if I show typical learners how to do this.” - Neil Moore  

01. Carl Cox x Franky Wah - See The Sun Rising (Extended Mix) [BMG] 02. Tom Sawyer - Good To Me (Original Mix) [Club Restricted Promo] 03. SS Ventura - TR 909 [Shodan Records] 04. Ryan Miskimmin - Tell Me (Feed Me Groove Remix) 05. Cristoph ft. Ross Quinn - Turning Away (Alternative Mix) [Consequence Of Society Recordings] 06. Greg Ochman - Xceed Imagination (Death on the Balcony Remix) [Art Vibes] 07. Mason Collective - Leave Me Alone [Whippin Records] 08. Perky Wires - Lunasee (Reelow 6 AM Remix) 09. Nightbob & D.J. MacIntyre - Leave Now (Adrien Fontaine & Noaria Remix) [SLC-6 Music] 10. Nic Fancuili - Over (Extended Mix) [Catch & Release] 11. Alfonso Muchacho - Exhale (Original Mix) [Movement Recordings] 12. Anechoic - Deep Space [Communications Network] 13. Eleven Of July - Anziques (Original Mix) 14. Giorgia Angiuli - A Time To (Extended Techno Edit) [Armada Elements] 15. Horatio & Kryoman - Khaboras (Extended Mix) [Shodan Records] 16. Jason Le Roux, Lazarusman - Remarkable (Original Mix) [My Other Side of The Moon] 17. Mau Zeti - Twist [Music is 4 Lovers] 18. Max von Sternberg - Triumph [Artminding] 19. Miguel Bastida - Gin Jack (Extended Mix) 20. Patrik Berg - Techno Poem [Terminal M] 21. Sidney Charles - Controlled Chaos (Original Mix) [Heavy House Society] 22. Vito Natoli - Escape (Original Mix) [Hooj Choons]

HeavensGateDeep Ep. 463 - Alex Franchini & Neil Moore Playlists: Alex Franchini 01. Drake - Massive (KURA Dark Room Remix) 02. Green Velvet & Matt Sassari - Dance Or Die (Original Mix) [SASS] 03. Cosmic Boys - Carbon (Original Mix) [Scander] 04. Thomas Schumacher - No Rules (Original Mix) [Involved] 05. Reinier Zonneveld, HI-LO - Flying Octopus (Original Mix) [Filth on Acid] 06. Enrico Sangiuliano - Future Dust (Original Mix) [NINETOZERO] 07. Cosmic Boys - Reality (Original Mix) [Scander] 08. Joyhauser - Crawler (Original Mix) [Terminal M] 09. Jay Lumen - Human (Original Mix) [Footwork] 10. Victor Ruiz - Jurema (Original Mix) [Drumcode] 11. Phoenix Movement, Patrick Scuro - Division (Extended Mix) [Animarum Recordings] Neil Moore 01. Angelo Ceci - Close (Extended Mix) [Circus Recordings] 02. Filip Grönlund - Secrets Of The Underground (Extended Mix) [1980 Recordings] 03. Tranescu Stefan - People (Extended Mix) [1980 Recordings] 04. Vito Natoli - Galactic Chords (Original Mix) [Hooj Choons] 05. Collective States ft Leo Wood - Praying For You (Original Mix) 06. Cāsar De Melero Pres D.O.D. - 1.2.3.4 (David Penn Remix) 07. Ovadia - Promise [Technoblazer] 08. Flashmob - Superman Can't Fly (Josh Butler Remix) [Flashmob Records] 09. obviouslydan - Pearls (Extended Mix) [Fly Boy] 10. Two Gun - Sagittarius A (Original Mix) [SLC-6 Music] 11. Celdred - Limbo

Want the best wisdom from 5+ hours of interviews in 30 minutes? That's exactly what we're doing in today's episode! We pulled 5 clips from past episodes that highlight incredible wisdom… and created an entire episode out of it! You'll get wisdom from: - A social psychologist who specializes in human motivation - A former broadway producer who helps thoughtful givers become thought leaders - One of the top Facebook Ad experts in the world… who is known for the CRAZY results he gets for clients - A “chief client success officer” who works with other client-businesses to maximize client results, increase client retention, and streamline the client fulfillment experience - A piano educator who pioneered the “playing-based” approach for music education AND… All of this is done in 23 minutes and 42 seconds! Enjoy! - Guests highlighted in this episode include: #71: How The Best In The World Reverse Engineer Success w/ Ron Friedman https://7figuremillennials.com/podcast/ron-friedman/ #43: From High School English Teacher → Broadway Producer In Two Years & How YOU Can Gain Access To Anyone w/ Michael Roderick https://7figuremillennials.com/podcast/michael-roderick/ #16: How YOU Can Get 10x ROI By Using “Deep Funnel Marketing” and CRUSH FB ads w/ Bob Regnerus https://7figuremillennials.com/podcast/bob-regnerus/ #51: Cracking The Code On “Client Leadership”: How YOU Can Double Revenues Without Selling Any New Clients… w/ Tony Banta https://7figuremillennials.com/podcast/tony-banta/ #73: Elevating Humanity's Creative Capability & How YOU Can Uncover + Address Unconscious Thoughts Holding You Back From Your Next Level… w/ Neil Moore https://7figuremillennials.com/podcast/neil-moore/

HeavensGateDeep461 Playlist Neil Moore 1. Carl Cox & Nicole Moudaber - How It Makes You Feel (Extended Mix) [BMG] 2. Oscar Mula - My Place (Original Mix) [Lost Minds Records] 3. Undercatt - Arcade (Extended Mix) [ATLANT] 4. Mihai.i - I Got It [TBX Limited] 5. Galetta - Crystal Moments (Original Mix) 6. Anechoic - Geosynchronus Orbit [Communications Network] 7. Danny Howard & Chaney - Down To This (Extended Mix) [Nothing Else Matters] 8. Maison Ware - Seeking Since '96 (Extended Mix) 9. Perky Wires - Module (Luca Donzelli Remix) 10. Wally Lopez & Alex Kaspersky - Misogyny (Extended Mix) [Dear Deer White] 11. Subjaax - Ecstasy (Original Mix) 12. Novablood - Shadows (The Mark Zowie Strings And Acid Dub) [Novablood] 13. Mau Zeti - In My Heart [Music is 4 Lovers] 14. KRY4 - The Sun (Techno mix) 15. Innocente, Horatio & Larisse Van Doorn - Hedonistic [Waldliebe Familien] 16. Dimitri Vangelis & Wyman vs Rudeboy Soundsystem - Confessions (Extended Mix) [Buce] 17. Grooveyard - Mary Go Wild (Franky Rizardo Extended Remix) 18. Line Goodnight - Noctua (Original Mix) [Celestial Recordings] 19. Sante - Mistakes [Abode Records] 20. Thomas Gandey & Alex Kaspersky - To Find Reason (Luigi Gori & Larsun Hesh Remix) 21. Sante Sansone - Kickin [Kaluki Musik] 22. Ranj Kaler - Lulani (Original Mix) [Prognosis Records]

In this episode of “The Business of Blueberries,” host Kasey Cronquist, president of the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council (USHBC) and the North American Blueberry Council (NABC), turns our focus to Mexico. Jose Luis Bustamante, chair of Aneberries and general manager of Naturipe Berry Growers in Mexico, and Juan Jose Flores, executive director of Aneberries, discuss the country's growth in the blueberry industry, the current challenges and opportunities they face, and what we can look forward to in the future. “Mexico is moving more toward production in January, February, March and April. That's been becoming the Mexico window. We are more efficient. We have more production that we can be in the market in better conditions right now. …Our main focus right now is in the domestic market. We believe that we can grow that market to be a year-round consumption.” - Juan Jose Flores “We have the most respect for American farmers. They do a wonderful job and we see us as complementary. We believe that having the presence of blueberries year-round with the same quality, with the same size and everything in common, that will increase consumption and that will make us all happy. We really appreciate the farmers and we appreciate our farmers. So we understand the things that you're going through and, believe us, that in Mexico we are going through the same thing.” - Jose Luis Bustamante  Topics covered include:  A far-reaching conversation with Jose Luis Bustamante and Juan Jose Flores. A review of the beginning and growth of the blueberry industry in Mexico. The value in partnering with Mexican producers to foster a strong global blueberry industry. Crop Report The Blueberry Crop Report is an update on crop conditions and markets throughout important blueberry growing areas. In this episode, you'll hear from Brandon Wade in Georgia, Neil Moore in North Carolina, Elizabeth Carranza in California, and Mario Ramirez in Mexico. This was recorded on June 8, 2022.   Marketing Boost In 1893, Elizabeth White saw the potential in blueberries on her family's farm. She partnered with USDA botanist Frederick Covillel, and together they found the right blueberry plants to cultivate. It's no surprise that many years later, the blueberry industry is filled with women who are making an impact. That's why USHBC is launching “Women in Blueberries,” with the goal of bringing together these amazing women. We'll host our first virtual Women in Blueberries event on July 13 at 11 a.m. PT/2 p.m. ET. In this first two-part virtual session, we'll examine the power of bringing other women along on your career journey, and how to be more mindful in supporting women who inspire you. More information is available http://blueberryevents.org/womeninbluesnetwork (here).

In this episode of “The Business of Blueberries,” host Kasey Cronquist, president of the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council (USHBC) and the North American Blueberry Council (NABC), shares a few highlights from the first 100 episodes of the podcast. These sound bites emphasize the importance of unity and collaboration to delight blueberry customers and consumers every single time. You'll hear from industry leaders Denny Doyle, Shelly Hartmann and Tom Avinelis.  “If you do nothing at all, that's worse than doing something wrong. So (USHBC) really started with (us going out to) promote in traditional ways, and then - BANG - the health research started to hover and we embraced that.” - Denny Doyle “I think we really need to encourage grower participation. This is the growers' program. They need to be involved and they need to be up to speed on the strategic plan and the direction that this organization is going. …I only see it getting better for growers and I'm so excited to be able to say that.” - Shelly Hartmann “We need to recognize what we, as farmers, what we're nourishing and what we're growing and what we're so proud of is quality blueberries that are going to have to delight our customers consistently to be successful.” - Tom Avinelis Topics covered include:  The history behind the formation of the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council. A vision for what's ahead for the blueberry industry. What it takes to delight customers and consumers every time they experience blueberries. Crop Report The Blueberry Crop Report is an update on crop conditions and markets throughout important blueberry growing areas. In this episode, you'll hear from Mario Ramirez in Mexico, Brandon Wade in Georgia, Neil Moore in North Carolina, and Elizabeth Carranza in California. This was recorded on June 1, 2022.   Blueberry Boost What we've been calling the “Marketing Boost” has become the “Blueberry Boost!” This change reflects an expanded direction for this segment, which will still include marketing information, with the addition of industry-related updates and resources. For the first Blueberry Boost, Amanda Griffin, USHBC vice president of engagement and education, shares details on The Blueberry Summit, Oct. 5-7 in Nashville. Learn more at register https://www.blueberryevents.org/ (here)!  

In this episode of “The Business of Blueberries,” host Kasey Cronquist, president of the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council (USHBC) and the North American Blueberry Council (NABC), is joined by Steve Mantle of https://www.innov8.ag/ (Innov8 Ag). Cronquist and Mantle are also joined by USHBC/NABC vice president of engagement and education Amanda Griffin to discuss the new https://ushbc.blueberry.org/for-growers/tech-and-innovation/ (BerrySmart Field Project). “So the BerrySmart Field Project will bring together suppliers and solution providers … with the intent to improve blueberry production quality. …We get to test out really cool technologies that are going to advance the blueberry industry.” – Amanda Griffin “Our focus is establishing priorities on the initial technology … to templatize something that's repeatable into a validated smart farm network that enables growers and packers and sales, the technology community, as well as researchers to collaborate on how we best optimize farm operations with better and more predictable yield outcomes.” - Steve Mantle Topics covered include:  An overview of the BerrySmart Field Project and its key stakeholders.  The importance of exploring technology and attracting tech providers to the blueberry industry. How the BerrySmart Field Project will ultimately impact growers and other blueberry value chain participants. How the project will be carried out to meet objectives. Crop Report The Blueberry Crop Report is an update on crop conditions and markets throughout key growing areas. In this episode, you'll hear from Elizabeth Carranza in California, Brandon Wade in Georgia, Neil Moore in North Carolina, Mario Ramirez in Mexico, and Ken Patterson in Florida. This was recorded on May 25, 2022.   Marketing Boost National Blueberry Month is coming up in July, and we have an exciting opportunity for growers to help tell the industry story! Submit a short video about your work by June 10 and we could use it at a media event later in the month. Listen to this week's marketing boost for details about how your story can be included, then upload your video at http://www.ushbc.org/video (USHBC.org/video). 

In this episode of “The Business of Blueberries,” host Kasey Cronquist, president of the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council (USHBC) and the North American Blueberry Council (NABC), introduces Joe Vargas, the first-ever USHC/NABC director of business intelligence. Vargas and Cronquist are joined by Tom Barnes of Category Partners and Grant Prentice of Padilla FoodMinds to discuss the blueberry industry's data and insights program.  “I think that the gut feel and experience that got us through the 20th century just won't cut it in the 21st century. …What we're going to be trying to do is outline what benefits, what is going to be the reason for participation and what is that going to bring to the growers, the marketers, the shippers, the retailers, consumers – that whole pride and everything in between – of how can we be relevant and how can we take the data in a direction that's going to help us with that single voice.” - Joe Vargas “We were able to add Mintel and a pretty cool data set from their GNPD database. And what that does is it allows the industry, anybody with a username and password, into this analytics dashboard … to go in and look at the packaging all around the world. …And so it's a really powerful tool for those people that are looking to maybe redesign packaging or find out where their blueberries are ending up.” - Tom Barnes “It's not just about having (data) sitting somewhere where people can access it, but how do we take that information, the right slices or the right views of the day. … I think this type of data that we're talking about, and having more hands on deck, is just going to make all that stuff flow that much more. - Grant Prentice Topics covered include:  An introduction to Joe Vargas, newly appointed director of business intelligence for USHBC. A review of new data tools and a look at future prospects for the industry.  The value of collecting data regarding produce categories, consumer trends and household habits, and the benefits of making that data available and transparent to producers. Crop Report The Blueberry Crop Report is an update on crop conditions and markets throughout important blueberry growing areas. In this episode, you'll hear from Ken Patterson in Florida, Brandon Wade in Georgia, Neil Moore in North Carolina, and Elizabeth Carranza in California. This was recorded on May 18, 2022.   Marketing Boost There are oh so many promotional opportunities coming up for USHBC, starting with National Blueberry Cheesecake Day on May 26! Be sure to download our https://ushbc.blueberry.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/05/USH_National-Blueberry-Days_Social-Graphics_Cheesecake_Day_D3-1.gif (cool GIF) and use it to engage your social media audience. In June, we'll celebrate Brain Health Month. Be sure to check out our https://ushbc.blueberry.org/all-resources/toolkits-and-marketing-materials/grab-a-boost-of-blue/brain-health-month/ (toolkit) for amazing resources and advice on promoting the health benefits of blueberries all month long.  

In this episode of “The Business of Blueberries,” host Kasey Cronquist, president of the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council (USHBC) and the North American Blueberry Council (NABC), is joined by Brooke Hill of Southern Hill Farms in Clermont, Florida. Hill was a panelist on the USHBC's https://ushbc.blueberry.org/webinars/best-practices-for-u-pick-blueberries-in-2020/ (“Best Practices for U-Pick Blueberries”) webinar presented in 2020.   “We leaned heavily on (the community) and they were there for us. I mean, we were floored. It brought tears to my eyes how supportive people were. They wanted to do anything they could to support their local farm.” - Brooke Hill “Diversification for us was the best thing we ever did. However diversification looks for you, no matter what, you can't go wrong with it as long as it's done with intention, it's well thought out and it makes sense for what your end goal is. …I think where the true value for us came in is it led the future of the farm in a completely different direction than where we thought we were headed.” – Brooke Hill Topics covered include: Hill's background and experience, and the story of Southern Hill Farms. How launching a U-pick operation can be a tool for blueberry farm diversification. The importance of developing a close connection to the local community. What to consider before you start a U-pick operation.   Crop Report The Blueberry Crop Report is an update on crop conditions and markets throughout North and South America. In this episode, you'll hear from Elizabeth Carranza in California, Ken Patterson in Florida, Brandon Wade in Georgia, and Neil Moore in North Carolina. This was recorded on May 11, 2022. Marketing Boost Grab a Boost of Blue is the industry's call to action to motivate consumers to make blueberries a part of their everyday lifestyles. Use this messaging to encourage your audience to Grab a Boost of Blue through content on your website, in social media captions, in newsletters and in other communications. You'll find a wealth of resources at http://www.ushbc.org/boostofblue (USHBC.org/boostofblue), and you can get licensed at http://www.ushbc.org/license (USHBC.org/license).

HeavensGateDeep459 Playlist @djNeilMoore 1. Horatio & Velasquez - Dark Desing (Original Mix) [IAMT] 2. #Heavybeats - Get Busy [Shodan Records] 3. Rowhle & Luca Cucullo, Sebastian Carreras - Dangerweek (Original Mix) [Natural Rhythm] 4. Ron Elliot - Templar (Original Mix) 5. Nicky Elisabeth - Into Your Arms (Extended Mix) [DGTL Records] 6. Zoo Brazil - Don´t Be Afraid (Th3 Oth3r Remix) [Dear Deer] 7. Weekend Heroes - Dragonfly 8. Adam Tauber - Elysium 9. Dj Tomer & Ricardo, Atmos Blaq ft. Mayan - Let's Not Pretend (Original Mix) [My Other Side of The Moon] 10. Amadien & Joyce - We Play (Original Mix) [Galactic Paradise] 11. Deeper Purpose - Stop Trippin (Extended Mix) [Insomniac] 12. Heartleader - Hunting Ground [Element Euphoria] 13. Ken Kelly - Daddys A Hustler (LondonGround Remix) [Short Circuit] 14. Mason Maynard - Light My Fire [Saved Records] 15. Noha - Scale 16. Shawnecy - Bonito [Technoblazer] 17. Patti Kane ft MeSangin Sista - Dreamsicle (Adomni Soulful Sounds remix) [House Royalty Records] 18. Max Dean - You Free Yet (Robbie Doherty Remix) 19. Max Chapman - House Your Body (Original Mix) [Do Not Sleep] 20. Jaksan - Get Up Get Down (Original Mix) 21. KeeQ - Denovo (Extended Mix) [Circus Recordings]

In this episode of “The Business of Blueberries,” host Kasey Cronquist, president of the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council (USHBC) and the North American Blueberry Council (NABC), is joined by Brian Bocock, vice president of product management at Naturipe Farms. You heard from him back in https://ushbc.blueberry.org/podcast/the-power-of-market-information/ (Episode 002) and https://ushbc.blueberry.org/podcast/a-big-year-for-blueberries/ (Episode 046). Now back for his third appearance, Bocock provides his outlook on what's ahead for blueberries. “If, as an industry, we can turn that grab a boost of blue into a consistent delivery, 52 weeks a year, when they consistently go in and grab their boost of blue and it delivers against their expectation for firmness and flavor – boom! Now we're cooking on all cylinders and it's everybody across the board. Cause we all will succeed if all of us are hitting the same way.” – Brian Bocock “When you get into these environments where you have reduced production due to weather events, and all of a sudden you pick up for two or three weeks … it can be pretty dynamic. And if you miss it by a week or two, it can mean whether a grower makes money or doesn't make money in this situation … so we're optimistic. Certainly, we have some pain for some of our producers out there that took some significant damage. But we are optimistic on where this marketplace is and is going to be over the next couple of three months.” – Brian Bocock Topics covered include:  Expectations for the 2022 Blueberry market. The value of different varieties, and the impact they may have on consumers' buying habits. The nuances in the blueberry market, and how producers can take advantage of residual increased interest in blueberries brought on by the pandemic. Crop Report The Blueberry Crop Report is an update on crop conditions and markets throughout North and South America. In this episode, you'll hear from Ken Patterson in Florida, Brandon Wade in Georgia, Neil Moore in North Carolina and Todd Sanders in California. This was recorded on May 4, 2022.   Marketing Boost Food is fuel for the brain and in honor of Brain Health Month, coming up in June, USHBC is inspiring consumers to get a brain boost with blueberries! Eating fresh or frozen blueberries each day within an overall healthy diet and lifestyle is a smart choice that can support brain health. As part of our national plan to promote the benefits of blueberries, USHBC is sharing a range of informative and enticing resources, including blueberry recipes, nutritional information and health research. And our Blue Crew is rolling out original content for blueberry-loving fans throughout the month.This group of credible third-party experts includes physicians, registered dietitians, fitness professionals, and wellness and lifestyle experts who are sharing social media content and custom recipes as part of the campaign. 

In this episode of “The Business of Blueberries,” host Kasey Cronquist, president of the USHBC and the North American Blueberry Council (NABC), is joined by Itai Kanot, COO and co-founder of https://www.beehero.io (BeeHero). Kanot is the son of the largest commercial beekeeper in Israel, and that background ultimately led him to co-founding BeeHero in 2017. He shares about bee health, pollination and how technology can help improve blueberry production.   “We will go to a farmer and say, ‘OK, you're going to pay per acre not per hive. Because everything else that you're doing is per acre, right? You calculate the water per acre, you calculate your potassium that you put in the ground per acre and everything is per acre. So we're going to charge per acre. Now you choose how many frames of bees, not how many hives, because that doesn't mean anything. I can bring you boxes, but what's in the box? So how many frames of bees do you want per acre?'” - Itai Kanot “I know that in many places with blueberries, they are actually looking at how many brood frames are in there. And that's a pretty smart thing to do because … brood is the main reason for bees to want to bring proteins into the colony. Brood needs a lot of protein in order to develop. And protein comes from pollen. So when you have hives or colonies that are packed with brood, they have a bigger driver to go and get pollen. And so these are harder working colonies.” - Itai Kanot “It's important to be able to assess what you're getting, because pollination is such an important part of the food production process. You can do everything right, but if you got bad bees this year, your yields are going to be lower, and you'll have no idea what you've done wrong.” - Itai Kanot Topics covered include: Kanot's experience on his family's bee operation in Israel and the journey he has taken to become the largest pollination provider in the U.S. The nuances of bee populations and pollination for blueberry producers. The unique BeeHero business model and how it impacts their clients and the technologies they have access to.   Crop Report The Blueberry Crop Report is an update on crop conditions and markets throughout North and South America. In this episode, you'll hear from Ken Patterson in Florida, Brandon Wade in Georgia, and Neil Moore in North Carolina. This was recorded on April 27, 2022. Marketing Boost We know it's vital to meet our audiences where they are. Last week, USHBC took that literally as we celebrated Earth Day on campus at NC State University. This served two important audiences – foodservice and consumers – to drive awareness, interest and demand for blueberries for the foodservice audience. USHBC and regional growers presented blueberry bushes to https://agroecologyeducationfarm.wordpress.ncsu.edu (NC State University's Agroecology Education Farm), a teaching farm where students learn where their food comes from. And we talked about varieties, growing practices and sustainability with students and the farm staff.

HeavensGateDeep 457 ft Neil Moore 01. Robert Solheim - Beautiful Beast (Triggs Remix) [Pangea Recordings] 02. Vladename - System 38 (Original Mix) [People Revolt Records] 03. Mike Atom DJ - Poison (Original Mix) 04. Ramin Rezaie - Vibezin (Original Mix) [Andhera Records] 05. #Heavybeats - Alienz [Shodan Records] 06. Defunkt Hau5 & Drax Nelson - Everything U Need (Original Mix) 07. Die Raumzeit Architekten - Infinite Texture (Mucho Stylez & Andy Sidewalker Remix) 08. Shapov & Sam Bagira - Resolution (Extended Mix) [Armada] 09. N-CLS - Lose CTRL (Extended Mix) [Orgnc Records] 10. Last Vision - Purple Crow (Horatio Remix) [Natural Rhythm] 11. Horatio & Velasquez - Second Coming (Original Mix) [IAMT] 12. Rowhle - Let's My Baby (Horatio Remix) [Natural Rhythm] 13. Essence Of Time & David Hohme - Queen Bass (Original Mix) Vocal 14. Bocasa - Techni Yoghurt (Extended Mix) [1980 Recordings] 15. Simos Tagias - Mattel (Stereo Underground Remix) [Movement Recordings] 16. Spada - Cornetto (Extended Mix) [Armada Electronic Elements] 17. Steve Lawler - Karma (Original Mix) 18. KAZKO - Nightmare (Mindform Remix) [Melodic Beats Recordings] 19. Robbie Rivera & David Tort - The Pulse (Extended Mix) [Juicy Music] 20. Ocsav & Selco (BE) - Love Triangle [Loulou records] 21. Ilya Stepash - Set me free (Extended Mix) [1980 recordings]

Today's guest is not only changing the world through music… But he's also one of the kindest people I know. In this episode, you and I get to hang out with Neil Moore. You'll learn: 1. What teaching a blind person to play piano had to do with developing a multinational organization with millions of music lessons being taught. 2. Why Neil's experience of watching his home and cars being taken away after filing for bankruptcy led to a profound mindset shift for him… even though at that time they were so broke they had to sell their wedding jewelry to feed their family. 3. Neil's Behavioral Mechanics model that YOU can use to address the unconscious processes you have that are manifesting the problems you are currently facing. Enjoy this conversation with my friend, Neil!

So who are the guests?Our first guest is Dr. Jeff SpencerDr. Jeff Spencer is a former Olympic Cyclist and has coached, mentored and been the Cornerman to some of the world's highest achievers from Fortune 500 leaders to Gold Medal Olympians. His clients include Tiger Woods, Lance Armstrong, Bono, and many more. He was awarded International Sports Chiropractor of the Year. He's shown his glass art in the world's finest galleries. He has authored three books. And, his most important achievement is the adoption of his beautiful daughter.Our second guest is Philip McKernanPhilip works with entrepreneurs and business leaders all over the world who are seeking clarity about their future. As a speaker, he has inspired and challenged the Canadian Olympic Team and The Pentagon to name a few. He is also the founder and is spearheading the One Last Talk™ movement. Philip believes who and what we do ‘off the ice' has a huge impact on our results ‘on the ice'. With a knack of getting into all sorts of scenarios – he's caddied in golf for the President of Ireland, been chased and nearly killed by a bull elephant in Nigeria and made wine in Australia. He has traveled to 80 countries around the globe, built an orphanage in Peru, written 5 books despite being dyslexic and created his first documentary film Give & Grow.Our third guest is Neil MooreNeil Moore is the Founder of the Simply Music Institute of Learning & Education. He is also the creator of the Simply Music Piano Method. Neil was born in 1957 in Melbourne, Australia, and began studying piano at the age of 7. He has spent most of his life actively involved in 'playing-based' music learning. Neil composes and arranges much of the music used throughout the Simply Music Piano Program. In addition to curriculum development, Neil's most extensive field of focus has been the training and coaching of piano teachers. Currently, Neil guides the direction of the organization and advises on its executive operations.++The GIFTED Show host Giovanni Marsico is the founder of Archangel - the world's largest community of entrepreneurs, coaches, and Changemakers on a mission to change lives, change ourselves, and change the world. He's had 25,000+ people attend his live events, thousands transformed with his coaching programs, and is now the host of The GIFTED Show - an episodic podcast experience that helps you share your gift with the world. Giovanni has also created a new genre of film: “Real-Life Superhero Movies” - where his first documentary, DREAMER, has won 3 Emmy awards.You can follow Giovanni:Archangel Academy: https://archangel.cc/Giovanni Marsico Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/giftedwithgio/Giovanni Marsico Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thegiftedentrepreneur/Giovanni Marsico LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/giovannimarrsico/#gifted #weareallgifted #changemaker #selfimprovement #personaldevelopment #dreams #business #journey #entrepreneur #entrepreneurship #motivation #manifestation #growth #mindset #success

Neil Moore 01. Krüger & Meyer and Sebastian Fleischer - Utility (Drumcomplex Remix) 02. Messier, iSienna - Devotion (Original Mix) [Dear Deer] 03. Roxe - Melodrama (Extended Mix) [Terminal Underground] 04. Noble North, Timo Tapani - Bora (Skedar 2.0 Extended Remix) [1980 Recordings] 05. Kazko - Magellanic Clouds (Original Mix) [SLC-6 Music] 06. Budz & Ronnie Lopez - Mind Freak (Extended Mix) 07. 00Zicky, Joy Kitikonti - Never Ending (Andrea Barone Remix) 08. Huxley - Waiting (Extended Mix) 09. MANT - Climbing Frame [Saved Records] 10. Sokkary - Dark Oasis Alex Franchini 01. Oliver Schories - Devon (Oliver Huntemann Remix) [Ritter Butzke] 02. Carbon & LampÈ - Driving mad (Original Mix) [Alula Tunes] 03. George Adi - Vibrations (Original Mix) [EXTIMA] 04. Jay Lumen - Orion (Original Mix) [Footwork] 05. UMEK - Frequency Differ (Original Mix) [1605] 06. Cosmic Boys - Thriller (Terror Mix) [Legend] 07. Ryan Michael Robbins - Lost Proverbs (Cosmic Boys Remix) [Fierce Animals] 08. Matvlenkov - Serenity (Original Mix) [Music4Clubbers] 09. Space 92 - The Door (Original Mix) [Filth On Acid] 10. Michael Seumeren - Cafe Del Mar (2022 Edit) []

HeavensGateDeep 454 ft Neil Moore Tracklist 01. Steve Lawler, Raffi Habel - Boom Shack (Will Taylor (UK) Remix) 02. MindGazm - Dark Pleasures 03. Juliet Sikora & Tini Gessler - Tidy Up [Toolroom Trax] 04. Kid Bamboo - If You Ever (Original Mix) [My Other Side of The Moon] 05. ChangedFaces - A Moment In Time (Club Mix) 06. Freqish & Dylan Montayne - Feel You [Street King] 07. Paigeyourboy - Slapping Cheese (Lost On Mars Remix) [Marylebone Records] 08. Teiko Yume & Qantic - Conspiracy (Original Mix) [Mirabilis Records] 09. Morpei - Smooth Movimiento 10. Lowdown - Enjoi (Reblok Remix) [Clubmaze] 11. Mario De Bellis & Torsten Stenzel ft Casey Keth - How Does It Feel (Jens Lissat Remix) 12. Adria Duch - Soul Provider (Original Mix) [Maison Profonde Recordings] 13. David Herrlich - True Emotions (Extended Mix) [Terminal Underground] 14. Eights Everywhere - Griffith 15. Humberto Ayala - Uptown Vibes (Extended Mix) [33 Music] 16. Kolombo & Fran Bortolossi - Teamwork (The Freaks) 17. Noble North, Timo Tapani - Bora (Skedar 1.0 Extended Remix) [1980 Recordings] 18. Seb Zito - Lift Me Up (Original Mix) [Seven Dials Records] 19. Pontias & Several Definitions - Outline (Booka Shade Remix) 20. NightFunk - Ice Cream (Original Mix) [Hot Fuss] 21. Morpei - No Telefono

To close the first season of “The Business of Blueberries,” host Kasey Cronquist, president of the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council (USHBC) and the North American Blueberry Council (NABC), reflects on some of the most insightful moments from season one of the podcast. In this episode, you'll hear curated audio clips from:  https://ushbc.blueberry.org/podcast/building-a-blueberry-culture-that-delights-customers-with-tom-avinelis/ (Episode 9) with Tom Avinelis, founder and managing partner at Agriculture Capital. https://ushbc.blueberry.org/podcast/a-vision-for-blueberries-with-denny-doyle/ (Episode 16) with Denny Doyle, blueberry grower from New Jersey and president of the New Jersey Blueberry Industry Advisory Council. https://ushbc.blueberry.org/podcast/the-florida-blueberry-forecast-with-brittany-lee/ (Episode 36) with Brittany Lee, executive director at Florida Blueberry Growers. All three guests provided important insights into the future of the blueberry industry.  Crop Report The Blueberry Crop Report is an update on crop conditions and markets throughout North and South America. In this episode, you'll hear from Matt Macrie in New Jersey, Neil Moore in North Carolina, Derrin Wheeler in Georgia and Doug Krahmer in Oregon. This was recorded on June 23, 2021.   Marketing Boost Generating media coverage is a fantastic way to capture consumers' attention, and there's no better time to do so than during National Blueberry Month. On this week's Marketing Boost, USHBC/NABC Vice President of Marketing and Communications Jennifer Sparks explains the importance of public relations in your community and how to leverage your business as the local expert. Check out our National Blueberry Month media tips https://ushbc.blueberry.org/all-resources/toolkits-and-marketing-materials/grab-a-boost-of-blue/national-blueberry-month-toolkit/#media-tips (here).

Last week, growers Doug Krahmer and Mark Hurst visited USHBC headquarters. It was the first in-person meeting with USHBC staff in over a year. On this episode of “The Business of Blueberries,” we sit down with Doug and Mark for a conversation about what took place during these productive meetings, and the overall status of USBHC.  Host Kasey Cronquist, president of the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council (USHBC) and the North American Blueberry Council (NABC), is joined by Doug Krahmer, president of Berries Northwest in Oregon and a member of the NABC Finance Committee, and Mark Hurst, owner of Hurst Berry Farm in Oregon and a member of the USHBC Innovation & Technology Committee. “Coming in, being able to see staff, see the open layout … better acquaint ourselves with the staff and their responsibilities … I think that is important for those of us who are members of these organizations.” - Mark Hurst “Even though our industry has grown by leaps and bounds, our integrity is still there. We're still hitting the high marks that we expect and it was great to see that. ” - Doug Krahmer Topics covered include:  Recap of the day's meetings and what it was like to meet in person again.  First impressions of the new USHBC offices in Folsom, California. Standout moments from meeting the USHBC staff.  Crop Report The Blueberry Crop Report is an update on crop conditions and markets throughout North and South America. In this episode, you'll hear from Matt Macrie in New Jersey, Neil Moore in North Carolina, Derrin Wheeler in Georgia, Eric Stafne in Mississippi and Bill Steed in California. This was recorded on June 16, 2021.   Marketing Boost With National Blueberry Month just around the corner, it's time to search for https://ushbc.blueberry.org/request-promotional-materials/ (America's Best Blueberry Pie Recipe)! USHBC/NABC Vice President of Marketing and Communications Jennifer Sparks explains the contest for consumers, which includes a grand prize of $10,000! To request FREE flyers and/or postcards to promote the contest at your operation, fill out this https://ushbc.blueberry.org/request-promotional-materials/#request-print (simple form) and we'll ship them to you at no cost. The blueberry pie contest is open now through July 12, so order your materials today. https://ushbc.blueberry.org/request-promotional-materials/#download-digital (Digital versions) are also available! Reminder: Complete Our ‘Business of Blueberries' Survey This is the last week to share your feedback with us! https://forms.gle/cZy39NMLqjRyEPgq5 (This brief survey) is your chance to share what you like about the podcast, what we could do better and what topics you'd like us to explore further. Plus, by completing the survey, you'll be entered to win a “Business of Blueberries” YETI tumbler!

For the 50th episode of “The Business of Blueberries,” there's simply no better opportunity to bring back longtime industry leader Tom Bodtke for another conversation about what's ahead for the blueberry industry. Host Kasey Cronquist, president of the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council (USHBC) and the North American Blueberry Council (NABC), is joined by Tom Bodtke, owner of Cornerstone Ag Enterprises based in Michigan, a USHBC board member, member of the USHBC Industry Relations Committee and past chair of the NABC.  “It's going to take new and different channels to move the increasing amount of production of blueberries. New varieties can make a difference in that, but hopefully in the big picture, we can sell more blueberries at stronger pricing, and that's going to take more investment on the front end.” - Tom Bodtke “I don't think our goal is to raise demand or consumption at a lower price point, the idea is that you're going to sell more berries at the same or higher price point. That's what true demand lift is, and that's what we're seeking to do at the USHBC.” - Tom Bodtke  “I do believe the job ahead is to improve the demand in the marketplace, combined with that eating experience where we're exceeding the expectations of the consumer to the point where we're infusing energy into the category and people keep coming back to blueberries.That's an exciting future.” - Kasey Cronquist Topics covered include:  Lessons in leadership from a blueberry industry veteran.  The importance of the industry coming together to address challenges.  What's needed to continue growth of the blueberry category. Opportunities ahead for the industry.  Crop Report The Blueberry Crop Report is an update on crop conditions and markets throughout North and South America. In this episode, you'll hear from Juan Soria in Mexico, Elizabeth Carranza in California, Derrin Wheeler in Georgia, Neil Moore in North Carolina, and Eric Stafne in Mississippi. This was recorded on June 2, 2021.   Marketing Boost https://ushbc.blueberry.org/blog/new-brain-health-program-encourages-consumers-to-grab-a-boost-of-blue-and-walnuts-too/#article_one (“Grab a Boost of Blue and Walnuts, Too!”) That's the focus of this week's Marketing Boost, in which USHBC/NABC Vice President of Marketing and Communications Jennifer Sparks shares an exciting new partnership with the https://ushbc.blueberry.org/you-are-leaving/?redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwalnuts.org%2Frecipes%2F%3Fcollection%5B%5D%3Dblueberry-recipe-collection (California Walnut Board) that comes just in time for Brain Health Month. Throughout the month of June, this strategic collaboration will involve 290 retail stores in 12 regions of the country. The program will include digital and in-store components showcasing easy, delicious ways to enjoy both blueberries and walnuts, and inspiring shoppers to purchase and eat more of this power combination.  Reminder: Complete Our ‘Business of Blueberries' Survey With 50 episodes of “The Business of Blueberries” now under our belts, we want to remind you to share your feedback with us. https://forms.gle/cZy39NMLqjRyEPgq5 (This brief survey) is your chance to share what you like about the podcast, what we could do better and what topics you'd like us to explore further. Plus, by completing https://forms.gle/cZy39NMLqjRyEPgq5 (the survey), you'll be entered to win a “Business of Blueberries” YETI tumbler!

After more than a year, the USHBC team was able to hit the road again, traveling to the Midwest for a series of meetings and events with members of the Michigan blueberry industry and grower community. On this episode of “The Business of Blueberries,” we sit down with two leaders of the Michigan blueberry industry to revisit the trip, discuss some of the key takeaways, and explore the state's unique blueberry culture.  Hosts Kasey Cronquist, president of the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council (USHBC) and the North American Blueberry Council (NABC), and Jill Scofield, USHBC and NABC director of communications and industry relations, are joined by Rex Schultz, grower and owner of Heritage Blueberries, member of the USHBC Innovation & Technology Committee and executive director of the Michigan Blueberry Advisory Committee; and Denny Vander Kooi, owner of Woodland Berries, chair of the Michigan Blueberry Commission and member of the NABC Trade Task Force.  “What was really nice about the whole trip was the fact that we could get growers in front of you and give them a face to the name, and let them learn more about the USHBC and the role it plays in our lives.” - Rex Schultz “It's very interesting being in a traditional blueberry growing area where a lot of people used to pick blueberries as kids. We're servicing some fourth-generation and fifth-generation people now who started picking with their great-grandpa.” - Denny Vander Kooi Topics covered include:  Key takeaways from meetings with Michigan blueberry growers. Understanding challenges and opportunities in Michigan. The state's blueberry culture.  Direct-to-consumer relationships and U-pick farms. The importance of industry and grower engagement in USHBC efforts. Crop Report The Blueberry Crop Report is an update on crop conditions and markets throughout North and South America. In this episode, you'll hear from Mario Ramírez in Mexico, Neil Moore in North Carolina, Eric Stafne in Mississippi, and Bill Steed in California. This was recorded on May 26, 2021. Marketing Boost In this week's Marketing Boost, USHBC/NABC Vice President of Marketing and Communications Jennifer Sparks discusses June's Brain Health Month power period, during which USHBC will be highlighting recipes, resources, nutrition information and health research to shine a spotlight on blueberries as a delicious, simple and snackable option in a healthy diet. More information and resources you can share in your social channels are available in USHBC's https://ushbc.blueberry.org/all-resources/toolkits-and-marketing-materials/grab-a-boost-of-blue/brain-health-month/ (Brain Health Month Toolkit).  Complete Our 'Business of Blueberries' Survey As we approach the 50th episode of “The Business of Blueberries,” we hope you'll take a few minutes to share your feedback with us. https://forms.gle/cZy39NMLqjRyEPgq5 (This brief survey) is your chance to share what you like about the podcast, what we could do better, and what topics you'd like us to explore further. Plus, by completing https://forms.gle/cZy39NMLqjRyEPgq5 (the survey), you'll be entered to win a “Business of Blueberries” YETI tumbler!

While 2020 was disruptive for the blueberry export industry, more markets are opening up across the globe, and the industry has only scratched the surface of global market potential. On this episode of “The Business of Blueberries,” we sit down with an export expert to discuss what's in store for 2021 blueberry export markets.  Hosts Kasey Cronquist, president of the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council (USHBC) and the North American Blueberry Council (NABC), and Alicia Adler, vice president of global business development for USHBC and NABC, are joined by Terry Fasel, director of international sales at Oregon Berry Packing Inc.  “The consumer is going to tell us what we need to ship. Because it doesn't matter what I grow, it matters what they want. And if we can provide that, they're going to take it.” - Terry Fasel “The thing that's hard to wrap my mind around is how many different [Chinese] markets you can play in. It's almost infinite … we're going to see a lot of fruit flowing into the China from the U.S.” - Terry Fasel Topics covered include:  Assessing the uncertainty in the export market coming out of the pandemic. What consumers are looking for in blueberries, and opportunities to market health research internationally.  Opportunities for the U.S. blueberry industry in the Chinese market.   Emerging markets in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.  Crop Report The Blueberry Crop Report is an update on crop conditions and markets throughout North and South America. In this episode, you'll hear from Mario Ramírez in Mexico, Neil Moore in North Carolina, Eric Stafne in Mississippi, Ken Patterson in Florida, Bill Steed in California and Derrin Wheeler in Georgia. This was recorded on May 19, 2021. Marketing Boost In this week's Marketing Boost, USHBC/NABC Vice President of Marketing and Communications Jennifer Sparks discusses National Blueberry Cheesecake Day, happening May 26. To celebrate, USHBC created a shareable social media image that's https://ushbc.blueberry.org/all-resources/toolkits-and-marketing-materials/grab-a-boost-of-blue/turnkey-content/#social-media-content (available to download and share) on your social media channels.

Howdy, you beautiful Soul!Well, today is the day we FINALLY get the second installment of the beautiful and radiant couple: Hunter and Neil Moore! We talk about making relationship magic again as promised in the last episode with these wonderful humans. We talk about the relationship trinity they say is necessary for having such an exquisite love affair:How being LIKEABLE is the key to create the relationships we want.What we need to do to stay in ALIGNMENT with your loved one.And how to have CLARITY in your closest relationship.Neil also gives a fantastic exercise that we can do with our spouse/loved one that will have them (and YOU) feeling so, so very good. I love this one.Then--after this conversation with Hunter and Neil, I jump back on to give you three relationship tips that have been so very good in the relationship with my bride, Laura (whom I call Angel). One of them is a little TOO transparent...but whatevs. I'm pretty much an open book and I'm just hoping that it helps the right person for this.SO--press play on this episode and learn these relationship secrets to make our love life so much better.You are loved and deserving,Chip Franks ❤️

Hey there beautiful soul!WOW, WOW, WOW.You're in for a real treat with this one. This is the Valentine's Day Extravaganza and it's all about LOOOOOOOVE, and the privilege and honor that most of us have to treat that special someone in our lives in such a way and manner as to make them feel so loved and cherished that their head spins in delight. First, we have an interview, and then we have (insert a chorus of Angels here) 20 Ways to Help Your Sweetheart Feel Cherished and Loved!You get to meet Neil and Hunter Moore, who set the standard for a loving relationship (you'll hear that on this episode), and actually talk with us about love and ways that we can deepen that love by concentrating on becoming more likable ourselves.We also talk about the other two ingredients Hunter and Neil say are the bedrock of their magical relationship: Alignment and Clarity.But this isn't some cold love formula...this is warm, inviting and wonderful--and personally, after hearing Neil and Hunter, I'm inspired to take my own romance to new heights with my Angel!"We fall in love because of the way WE feel about OURSELVES when we are with that person."  --Ellen KriedmanKeep that in mind, because you're going to feel so good about yourself for becoming such a great lover in this episode of The ChipChat Podcast!You are loved and deserving!Chip ❤️

Welcome to the 'Bootstrapping Your Dreams' Podcast. I'm Manuj Aggarwal and today I'll be having a candid conversation with Neil Moore.Neil Moore is the Founder of Simply Music and creator of the Simply Music Piano Program. Simply Music is the world's largest playing-based music education institution with over 700 locations worldwide. Neil's methodologies are taught by licensed educators throughout the world, and his Self-Study Program caters to students across 116 countries.From his earliest years, Neil heard music and pictured it in his mind in terms of shapes and patterns. This relationship to music became the basis of his entire approach to learning and playing the piano. As an adult and a coach to traditional piano teachers, he had an opportunity to teach a young blind boy to play. The Simply Music Piano Method is designed to maximize the likelihood of students acquiring and retaining music as a lifelong companion. Neil is particularly interested in contributing free education to addiction and rehabilitation clinics, PTSD clinics, youth-at-risk organizations, orphanages, penal institutions, etc., as well as communities in developing nations who would otherwise not have access to the quality of education his programs provide. Here Neil talks about:(1:52) Neil talks about his journey into the musical world.(14:24) Experiences of first-time learners of the instrument.(21:23) The possibility of introducing this new learning method into the world.(29:13) The deprioritization of music in school-life.(32:15) Neil's inspiration to help others.(42:26) How to cope via music for people who are struggling during the lockdown.Find Neil on:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/neilwilliammooreLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simplymusicReach us on:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manuj.aggarwalInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/manujagro/?hl=en Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manujaggarwalManuj's stories:Read Manuj's story here: https://him.innerget.comAnd his entrepreneurial journey here: https://www.InnerGet.comThank you for tuning in!Do you have any feedback or thoughts? Please leave a comment!Take care and see ya! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.Support the show (https://tetranoodle.com)

In this episode, we have an in-depth conversation about the recent USHBC Innovation and Technology Survey and how the blueberry industry is adapting to new technologies.  “The vast majority of the industry sees itself as very quick to adapt to new technologies and new ideas.” - Robert Pearlstein Hosts Kasey Cronquist (President of the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council and the North American Blueberry Council) and Rod Cook (industry veteran and the Chair of the Blueberry Technology and Innovation Committee) are joined by Robert Pearlstein, President of Qanopy Group.  Qanopy is a Silicon Valley based consulting firm that specializes in the commercialization of deep science to help business achieve its vision and ensure its long-term success. Qanopy and USHBC partnered to administer the recent USHBC Innovation and Technology Survey. Robert is the President of Qanopy and had a vital role in developing the survey.  This episode talks about the intersection of the blueberry industry and technology through the lens of the recent survey. Topics include: Results of the USHBC Innovation and Technology Survey How to increase productivity with technology  Efficiency of current technology used  Industry tendencies in adopting new tech  How to create a culture of innovation within the blueberry industry  *Download the Innovation and Technology Survey at http://www.ushbc.org/resources (www.USHBC.org/resources)*  Crop Report - July 15, 2020  The blueberry crop report is an update on crop conditions and markets around North America. On this episode you'll hear from Neil Moore in North Carolina, Denny Doyle in New Jersey, Todd Sanders in California, Bryan Sakuma in Washington, and Mark Hurst in Oregon. This report was recorded live on July 15th, 2020. July is National Blueberry Month! USHBC is rolling out a National Blueberry Month Toolkit, complete with 10 mouth-watering summer recipes, 5 ready-to-go social media posts, one for each week of Blueberry Month, plus a brand new National Blueberry Month seal that you can share with retailers and use on your websites and in your marketing materials. We hope to see all of you participating and sharing in spreading positive blueberry messages during our month! You can find the National Blueberry Month Toolkit on our website: http://www.ushbc.org/resoures (www.USHBC.org/resoures).

In this episode we explore the importance of information that combines high-level retail data with marketer and producer insights of what's happening in the market.  “Information is king. Real numbers, that you can trust, truly drive decision-making.” - Brian Bocock Host Kasey Cronquist (President of the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council and the North American Blueberry Council) is joined by co-host Grant Prentice, Senior Vice President & Director of Strategic Insights at FoodMinds.  Kasey and Grant have been working together to develop an overall sales and production data strategy for the organization. Grant has been instrumental in facilitating the weekly blueberry retail sales reports that you can subscribe to https://mailchi.mp/ushbc/nielsen-report?utm_source=U.S.+Highbush+Blueberry+Council&utm_campaign=6ce3ca54b7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_12_11_05_08_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_57a7a53b39-6ce3ca54b7-371843889 (here. ) Joining Kasey and Grant today are:  Brian Bocock, Michigan blueberry grower, and the Vice President of Sales at Naturipe Farms - one of the largest marketers of blueberries in the United States. Brian also serves as a member of the Promotion Committee at USHBC. He is the recent Alex Wetherbee Award recipient.  “At retail, merchandising changed. All of a sudden, you had to be engaged with the consumer before they ever got to the store, because blueberries were impulse purchases and now they're no longer impulse purchases because people are buying online.” - Brian Bocock Adam Brohimer, President of Category Partners - a strategic insights company focusing exclusively on the fresh industries in the retail grocery channel. Category Partners have played a key role in helping USHBC access and translate Nielsen retail sales data.  “Fruit is impulse. Berries are impulse. I'd encourage this industry to be very engaged and drive the discussion with retailers. Help the retailers form their strategy as they begin to emphasize this more and more. There's a lot we don't know, but there is one thing we do: online is here to stay.” - Adam Brohimer This episode focuses on retail data & observations, including:  What the consumer is looking for  How the retailer is selling and promoting blueberries How current circumstances in 2020 have impacted the market Gathering insights and identifying opportunities through data Crop Report - June 24, 2020 This segment will appear in each episode to provide an update on what's happening in the field with voices of growers who many in the industry will recognize. Tune in for reports on crop progress, harvest expectations, and market conditions. In this episode, you'll hear from Neil Moore in North Carolina, followed by Denny Doyle in New Jersey. Then Jose Luis Bustamante in Mexico, and finished up with Doug Krahmer in Oregon. “The world is changing right before our eyes, and we have to be nimble. We have to be willing to change. We have to look at everything as if it's not the best way to do it. Whether it's packaging and up-sizing the consumer, how we approach the marketplace, how we sell into the marketplace, how we look at our quality, etc.” - Brian Bocock We're including “Blueberries Are Essential” posters to hang in your office, packing shed or anywhere you'd like to reflect our pride in what you do. We've also developed a series of downloadable “good practices” posters that you can find at http://www.ushbc.org/resources (www.ushbc.org/resources). 

 Find us at www.QuittingCulture.com. Get the CLEPTO Code, Stop Stealing from Yourself, for frree at www.QuittingCulture.com/giveaway  Welcome to the liberated life. Get ready to free your mind, body and  spirit and business and pleasure. Now, here's your host, Robin Quinn Keehn. Hey, friends, welcome. Great to have you here. Today, I'm going to be talking about one of my favorite topics and one of the areas that I really love to help people with and that is the area of quitting. You may know my business is quitting culture. And I've gotten a lot of really curious looks about that when I've told people and they're like, What are you talking about? So I thought I'd explain it take a few minutes to tell you what I mean. 0:41  My experience of quitting looks a little bit like this. When I was a kid, I never got to quit anything. My mom and dad were very much committed to me completing whatever it was that I had committed to. So when I was a little girl, I took Suzuki violin until I was 10. And I don't even remember thinking about quitting. It was just something my parents required. And then when I was 10, I got to pick if I wanted to play piano, which I already played, take lessons or continue with Suzuki violin and I switched over to piano. I continued to study piano, all the way through college. And I can promise you there were many times when I did want to quit, I actually made the mistake of telling my teacher in high school that I wanted to be a concert level pianist. And yeah, I cried mercy pretty quickly after I declared that because I was going two or three times a week. And that just was too much for me. And that's not really what I wanted. Sounded good at the time. But needless to say, there were times that I wanted to quit and my parents held a firm line and just said, You said you wanted this, we're committed to this and you're going to continue. And obviously, I'm one of those people that looks back and says, Wow, you know, I had a music and dance studio. I've taught music for over 25 years. I'm really grateful to my parents that they kept me going when I do didn't want to, and that they held that really strong line for me. 2:04  So fast forward, I had my first child and quickly had my second child. And the oldest one was in preschool. She was like three and a half or four, and her brother was 21 months younger. She was having a great time at preschool, and we really loved it. I knew the teachers, loved the environment, it was a very wonderful place for her to be. And one day, she just decided she didn't want to go anymore. And initially, I thought, weird, because she has a great time and she's actually crying but she didn't have a fever. She didn't didn't seem like anything was wrong, but we stayed home that day. And then she did it like the next week. And I thought, wow, I wonder what's going on here. I don't understand why she's unhappy. 2:49  So I packed her up and took her the next time. I dropped her off and I watched her as she made her way to the sand table and was having a great time. So we had tears all the way there and then the minute we arrived  she was having a great time with friends. This pattern continued with her. And I finally asked her teacher, Mrs. O'Brien, and Mrs. O'Brien's was this lovely woman probably in her 50s, who had her own kids and had been teaching preschool forever. And so I felt like she was, you know, good person to ask. And he said, What is going on? And she said to me, Look, do you value this for Madeline? And I said, Absolutely. And she said, Okay, great. So is she safe here? Yes, I have no, no concerns about her safety. This is a great place for her to be. And she said, Robin, (I still remember we were sitting in those little tiny chairs at the table, a little short table, right?) I still remember her looking at me across that table. While I'm sitting in a toddler chair and saying, Robin, you're the grown up here. You get to decide if you value this and you know that she's safe here. Yes, she's smart. She's super smart, but she's not old enough to make a decision. About her activities you need to decide. And you know, just come anyway even though because she's waiting to see what your response will be. I remember thinking, are you kidding me? Like, how can a little tiny child actually be manipulating me basically. And, and so I took that to heart and yes, there were more mornings where Madeline was kicking and screaming and we'd still get out the door. I just made it happen. I remember putting her in her car seat, you know, getting kicked and having all the crying and tears and we still went. And you know, she she stopped she stopped doing that she she changed her mind. She saw that I wasn't going to give up on her or on preschool. And so we continued. So fast forward to you know, I had a music and dance studio and I had tons of kids from newborn all the way through high school, especially as we expanded into dance. We went from I went from, you know, 15,000 And in my Kindermusik studio when I first moved to Sequim back in 1994 is when I started teaching to, you know, over 500 students in our studio, which was awesome. But I promise you, I saw it all. And I saw the same thing that happened with me and Madeline, repeat time and time again with parents. 5:21  I remember the turning point for me on that with all the dance students was I was standing near the front desk, and we our receptionist, Sarah was at the desk. We had a requirement that when parents wanted to withdraw, they needed to come up to the desk and fill out a form. This rather tall blonde mom came up to the desk, and she said, I want to withdraw my child from class. And Sarah said, Okay, no problem. And here's the form. Can you tell me a little bit about why you're withdrawing? And she said, Oh, I just don't think she likes it anymore. I think she's bored. I'm standing there looking at the mom. And I realized that her child is on the other side but I can't even see the child. So I peek around the desk and there's a three and a half year old or four year old  who's enrolled in fairy tale ballet. And I'm thinking, oh boy, here we go, right. Here's a little tiny child, telling her mom what she wants. And the mom is just saying, Okay, great. I don't want to put up with the upset so we'll just withdraw. 6:25  To be clear, when a child doesn't want to do something, it's usually not little sweet faces and you know, fairy dust. It's like, you know, rolling of the eyes, crying, throwing tantrums, screaming, throwing things. So I'm sure I get it moms and dads struggle with putting up with the upset that our kids feel when they want something, but it's how they also get what they want from us. Anyhow, I remember thinking, oh boy, she's four. Now. If this becomes a habit, this will continue on until she just doesn't have to do anything anymore. 7:00  That was my big aha moment in my studio when it grew so large, pretty much overnight that this was very normal. So that wasn't happening with my students though. And I give credit to my mentor, a guy named Neil Moore, from Australia who invented created the Simply Music  piano method. I've been teaching it for the last 17 years and you learn to play first and read music later. And Neil being a great, insightful man, and I say great because he's just so thoughtful and present and aware of what's going on with people. Quite a student of human dynamics. He taught me years ago when I first became a Simply Music teacher, (and he teaches all of the teachers) that music learning to play music requires a long term commitment. And any long term commitment has peaks, valleys and plateaus, that lasts for short, medium and long times. And they're always changing. 8:00  Let me say that one more time:  long term commitments, anything, any long term commitment has peaks, valleys and plateaus. And those lasts for short, medium, and long times. And they're always changing. So I always had these conversations when students enrolled with me and I required parents were in the room with us, right? So they were sitting with their child. So I got into the habit of just saying to each kid every time each students that I had adults to But hey, how are you feeling about piano this week, and they'd give me a thumbs up if they were loving it a thumbs down if they were really unhappy. And somewhere in the middle of that's where they were. And so, what they noticed was that everybody in the room had this experience. I taught groups, everyone had this experience of loving it, not liking it, hating it, loving it, hating it, liking it, you know, everybody all the times moving around. 8:55  I think most people don't know that. They know it on a level but they actually have never really thought about it. And I have a lot of compassion for parents, young parents, I have four children. I was a young parent. I had four kids between, you know, zero and 10. And it was a bit of, you know, crazytown for me a lot and to be present with what was actually happening was a stretch. 9:20  So you have a kid getting upset about something, you've got three other kids or two others, one other, whatever, you got other kids around, you're trying to manage it right? And you're not really thinking, oh, we're just in the middle of a long term relationship. I'll just hang on. It's easier just to quit, because it's so stressful. So let's talk about that for a minute. I, here's what I've noticed. I used to think something was really remarkable about my piano students. So they usually started with me in in Kindermusik or Music Rhapsody when they're tiny, and then they'd stay and they'd stay and they'd stay. they'd stay for years. They'd be with me from the time they were newborn through 14 Or from the time they were five until they were done with high school, tons of them. 10:04  The funny thing about my kids-  my students were that they were remarkable. Those were they were the kids that didn't just play the piano, but they also danced, or they played the piano and they played soccer, or they played the piano, and they did gymnastics. And they did everything really well. And in addition, they did extremely well in school. They got the best grades, they made the honor roll, they competed in history fair. They competed for the science fair, went to Washington DC to compete nationally and one, you know, it's like, wow, how do I get all these amazing kids? This is remarkable. And quite honestly, right now, I'm watching a bunch of them graduate with honors from different colleges all around the United States. So, you know, the beat goes on. It's kind of like okay, that's amazing. I remember when they were little tiny kids sitting on my piano bench. 10:55  Anyway, interesting to be a teacher and get to track with your kids for years, but the point is, here's what I really believe. I started noticing that. And then what I realized later is all those kids number one, their parents were very involved with them. They always came to my class, that was a requirement. They were always there. They're always supportive. They paid attention. They knew what their child needed to be doing. So that was great. So they really knew how to stand for their kids, which meant that when their child had a feeling of I hate this, I don't like it. I don't want to come anymore. Mom and Dad were very clear that this was just the roller coaster of that long term relationship. And they were just in a valley. Nothing was wrong with their kid, the method, the teacher, the studio with them, this was just the nature of long term relationships. And so they stood for their kids put up with the upset, didn't respond with a bunch of emotion and get upset with them just said, Oh, I know where we are not a problem. I'm just going to stand here for you and we're going to keep going. Get your stuff. Let's go That's what I had to do with my kids to write. And so that's what happened. So let me contrast that with what happens when we quit habitually. And I'm talking about children, but I'm also talking about adults. This is not a children phenomenon. This is a people phenomenon. But let me just keep it in the realm of kids right now, since we're talking about kids. So here's what happens. And I'm clear about this. It's not like maybe I'm clear, this is what happened. So a child is enrolled in an activity. And at some point, because it's just human nature, they want to quit for any reason for no reason. But the parent doesn't know that they just know that their child is upset and wants to quit. And so out of a place of perhaps some confusion, a desire to have their kid be happy, a desire for their kid to try a bunch of things. And until they find their thing, the parent makes the best decision that they know how to make and they lead The child quit, they withdraw from the activity, and they move on to the next activity. All right. So quite predictably, some amount of time goes by two weeks, six weeks, eight weeks, 12 weeks, I don't know. It depends on the age of the child and whatever. But at some point, that child wants to quit. And the parent goes, wow, okay, he or she isn't liking this. I guess we'll try something else. 13:27  Here's the danger in that. Quitting becomes a habit and never achieving an outcome becomes the outcome. So if I enroll in piano, and eight weeks later, I want to quit. In the simply music program. Yeah, you would have learned a number of songs, but you're at the beginning of the journey. So you wouldn't learn that 30 to 50 songs the first year that we promise you'll learn. So you maybe learn five or six great, but it's not the outcome you came for. If you're taking gymnastics, and you quit, three weeks in, you're at the very beginning of learning a skill, you're not going to think of yourself as, hey, I did something, I achieved something. So when kids quit prematurely without having had a win or accomplishment, a skill developed, they begin to tell the story that, wow, I'm really actually not very good at this. Because they don't understand what happened. 14:28  They just wanted to quit and their parents let them.  A child can't reason that through. They don't understand. They just got what they wanted in the moment because they don't have a long term picture of what's happening. So the kid wants to quit, the parent lets them they happen to something else. That kid wants to quit, the parent lets me hop into something else. This goes on over and over and over again and the child tells the story, I'm really not good at anything. It's, it's a setup and nobody really knows it. 14:55  If a parent actually understands that this is the nature of long term relationships, it can shift the story dramatically. So what I'm telling you is the kids that came to me and stayed with me, they all had success after success after success, and because they believe they could, and they did. And they had evidence. Then when new opportunities came up, they had all the evidence in the world to say that they could do it, whether that was soccer, or a school project, or another instrument, or whatever it was, they had evidence from their experience with me, or at my studio, that they could accomplish their goals. And they became confident kids who have gone on to be confident adults who believe that they can finish what they start and achieve their dreams. 15:46  Compared to the kids that quit, and I know plenty of them that did. And I can tell you that my experience of those kids because I was friends with their parents. I live in a small town. You see people you know, all the time. Those kids became the teenagers that isolated themselves in their room and really don't ever want to do anything because they tell a different story, which is, why bother? Why bother trying really not good at anything. 16:13  So it's, to me, this is like really critical information. And if parents understood what was required, it could change the entire course of that child's life. And it really could change the course of that family's experience. Because when you understand you end up with a much more peaceful home. I'm not saying it's perfect, but I'm saying there's a lot less drama when you understand what's going on. And you can guide your kids through learning the long term relationship and the only way to learn it is by experiencing it and with guidance from parents. So let me shift over to adults for a moment. Because the same thing happens with us. And when I started talking about quick proof kids last year, I was on some radio shows and some podcasts And the host said to me, almost every one of them were like, you know what you're talking about kids, I think you need to be talking to adults. 17:08  And at first I was like, What are you talking about? And then, you know, I gave it some time, because I knew they had a point if they all kept saying the same thing to me, and that is, we quit as well. So on a previous podcast, I talked about the idea of living on purpose, and that you have a spiritual thread that runs through your life, that is your purpose. And then your mission is all the different ways that you fulfill on that purpose. And that is what's constantly changing, right? So I think that adults quit a lot of times because they've said yes to things that actually don't line up at all with who they are, or who they want to be. So they say yes to something in the moment from a place of Yeah, I want to do that or sometimes a place of obligation, or sometimes the place of guilt, but we say yes to things and then we realize actually I don't want to do this thing. But instead of accountably, ending that commitment, promise or agreement, we just slip away a lot of times. And then we feel a sense of shame, guilt, embarrassment, if it's a big enough thing we will isolate from that person that we made a commitment to or and or will become depressed, because we backed out. 18:28  So, we quit all the time. And when we quit, without accountably ending something, we do have an experience of, you know, I'm not really good at this. And if we quit often enough, we tell the story that we never finish anything. We don't get things done. We're not a good friend. We're not a good parent, whatever it is. So I work with people on learning how to accountably quit things that they shouldn't be doing so that it's a clean a clean thing. out of this, you know, muddied waters around the quitting. So just quickly, I'll go over that. So you understand what I'm talking about. So let me just give an example of myself. So if I've told myself, which I did back in September, I'm not eating any sugar anymore. And, you know, we got to, well, we got to the pandemic. And I was doing really well. So I did really well for six months, and suddenly, I found myself eating caramel m&ms, who knew? And I remember thinking, Oh, my gosh, I just totally started eating sugar again, like, What's up with that? And so I really had to think about what I was doing and realize i'd broken into an agreement with myself, which I believe and quite clear, causes a lot of negative self talk and condemnation, right? embarrassment, shame, whatever. It's not good. So I actually just let myself off the hook. I had a little conversation with myself. That went like This Wow, look at you. You're eating sugar. Okay, well, you did a great job for six months, you did a great job, no sugar at all in your diet. So proud of you, Robin for doing it. And it looks like things have changed. And now the decision you've made is to eat sugar. Okay. All right, well, that's okay. You're eating sugar, and you just changed your mind. You made a different decision. And I'm just gonna let myself off the hook here and say, no problem. When you're ready, you'll go back to the thing that felt better for you. But right now, this is the thing. So I'm off the hook. Okay, now that might sound ridiculous to you. But it's actually we all talk to ourselves all the time anyway, or I think we do. So why not have that conversation and let yourself off the hook. You simply made a different decision. For whatever reason, doesn't matter. The reason? I could give myself a reason, but I don't really need to. I just changed my mind at that point. So that's how you clean things up with yourself. Let me just talk about cleaning stuff. with other people. So when I work with people, and you can go get this course, it's called the CLEPTO Code, Stop Stealing from Yourself. And it's how to stop stealing time and energy by letting go of things that don't serve you anymore. So you can go get that I'll leave the link in the notes. The idea is if you make a list of all your outstanding commitments, promises and agreements, you can start to clean them up. So when I say that, I mean, just anything that comes to mind. Sure, there will be some things right now that you committed to that you're not doing. And that would be a great place to start. But it's funny how things come to mind that are really old. For instance, when I did this, six or eight months ago, I realized there was somebody I promised I would call like, a year before and it still hadn't called her I called her but not reached her. Long story. I hadn't spoken to her and I felt really bad about that. And so I cleaned it up, I reached out and finally reached And told her, I had been trying to reach her. And that I was feeling very badly that we hadn't spoken. And I asked if we could, you know, clean that up, and would she Forgive me for dropping the ball and so forth. So I'm talking about cleaning up old stuff, and I'm talking about cleaning up current stuff. So there's a whole conversation to be had about that. I'm gonna have it really briefly with you here. And then you can go get the CLEPTO Code if you'd like. The conversation you can have with a friend might go like this. So let's just say you have a friend. And you said you would run together every week. And you were doing a great job for a while. And then one week you called and said, Hey, I'm not going to make it today. And then, and then the next time showed up, and you didn't make it that day, and then you didn't make it again. And what happened for you is you started to feel embarrassed and guilty, and then you were too embarrassed to make another phone call. And then you just kind of dropped the ball and walked away. And so I would be calling you If it were me, I would call that person and say, Hey, you know, we had agreed to run together and I want to let you know that I completely dropped the ball. And I'm going to tell you that the impact on me is that I want to be your friend, and I want to be engaged in friendship with you. But now I'm feeling really embarrassed and kind of ashamed of myself, and I'm isolating myself from you, like I'm hiding from you, because I'm so embarrassed now. And I'd like to clean that up with you. And I'm wondering if we could have a new agreement and if you can, forgive me for disappearing out of your life.23:39  Okay. So I said it was on me, and I also said the impact it had on me, which is, now I'm hiding from you, and I asked if we could clean it up. And I would ask if we could find a new agreement that would give us both a win. So maybe that would be who knows we run only every once in a while together or Don't run at all, but at least I've cleared the air with my friend. That's a really important piece in the quitting things. So when you do intentional, accountable quits, you, you stop stealing from yourself. When I have things on my mind that I haven't quit well, they'll wake me up in the middle of the night. In fact, calling my friend Karen was waking me up in the middle of the night, I'd wake up in the middle of the night, and I think, oh, shoot, I still haven't called her or I'd be in the middle of a conversation with another friend named Karen different friend and I think Tang I need to call Karen. So you stop circling around that in your brain because literally your brain holds those things and remembers them and reminds you at really the most inopportune times. So if you can clean those things up, all the better. And I believe that when you let those things go, you clear the path for yourself, to actually commit to the things that are most important. And here's the key. finish what you start right Finishing what you start looks like, you know, completing phone calls that you said you'd make or completing a project or launching that podcast or, you know, finishing that course that you said you were going to launch. And finishing what you start gives you a habit of success makes you feel good about yourself, you become reliable people know they can count on you. And mostly, you know, that you can count on you. So that's a little bit about the Quitting Culture. That's one of my main messages - we need to help our kids and we need to learn how to help ourselves finish strong so that we tell ourselves, we have the habit of success. And the story we tell ourselves is, Hey, I actually do everything I say I was going to do. So if I could say what I would love it. If I could have it any way I wanted it, we'd all be impeccable with our word. All right, so I'm going to wrap it up for today. You can find me at Robin@quittingculture.com.  Go to the website and get that free course I was just telling you about it is www.quitting culture.com/giveaway, go get the CLEPTO  Code. It's really short and very impactful. I've had a few hundred people go through it and let me know that it really meant a lot. They had a whole new perspective.Thanks for listening. If you enjoy the show, please rate and recommend on Apple podcasts overcast or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also get more great information at www.quittingculture.com Transcribed by https://otter.ai 

Welcome to the blueberry industry's brand new podcast! This is your source for the latest information on the production markets, research and technology related to blueberry production. In today's episode, we meet our co-hosts, set the scene for what this show is all about, and hear our very first crop report, which will be a regular segment on this podcast.  Meet your Co-Hosts Kasey Cronquist is the President of the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council (USHBC) and the North American Blueberry Council (NABC). He has been in this capacity for almost a year after spending 12 years as CEO of the California Cut Flower Commission.  “When I think about what would tune people in to a show like this, it's certainly hearing from the growers in the field. This, for us, is really an opportunity to have growers share with growers, hear from growers, and talk about our industry...and reach more people than we would with our meetings.” - Kasey Cronquist Rod Cook is a blueberry industry veteran and the  Chair of the Blueberry Technology and Innovation Committee. After many years in the horticultural side of the industry, he moved into marketing, and now does consulting. Since the Blueberry Technology Symposium is not happening this year, Rod will be helping to bring some of its valuable content to this podcast.  “You can listen to this thing while you're out running the sprayer or whatever else you're doing out in the field.” - Rod Cook What Can Listeners Expect from this Podcast?  Markets. What's happening in channels where people are buying blueberries: retail, food service, manufacturing. We will talk to our research suppliers and analysts, and market leaders in each area. We will also find out what importers/exporters are seeing in other parts of the world, and what is happening in trade policy. Technology. The latest in machine harvesting, drones, robotics, sorting and IoT sensors. We will share the results of the recent technology survey and what we plan to do with those findings to help members. We will also sit down with leading experts in the technologies which will shape the future. Farm. Insights from leading growers, and ideas for managing labor, logistics, finances, and marketing. We will also discuss the latest in horticultural practices, pest management, and food safety.  Crop Report - June 3rd, 2020 This segment will appear in each episode to provide an update on what's happening in the field, with voices of growers who many in the industry will recognize. Hear from Neil Moore in North Carolina, Bill Steed in California, and Denny Doyle in New Jersey.  Resources:  https://ushbc.org/resources/the-blueberry-method-toolkit/ (USHBC TOOLKIT) https://www.blueberrycouncil.org/the-blueberry-method (Blueberry Method Campaign with Dr. Barry Azul) https://www.unitedfreshlive.org/uf20/Public/Enter.aspx (United Fresh Live! ) Innovation, collaboration, family, and hard work. This is “The Business of Blueberries”.

Neil Moore is the Founder and Executive Director of Simply Music, the largest playing-based music education institution in the world (www.simplymusic.com). He is also the creator of the Simply Music educational philosophy and methodology.  Neil...