Podcasts about pipeline foods

Thanks for joining us, today we welcome Eric Jackson and Dr. Stephan vanVliet, Eric currently serves as the Board Chair of the Bionutrient Food Association, on the BoD of Victory Hemp Foods and an advisor to Homeplate Foods, Water Asset Management, Other Half Processing and The Yield Lab. He is a Strategic Advisor to the Applied Ecological Institute and he also serves on the Steering Council for the Forever Green Partnership based out of the University of Minnesota. And since we last spoke with Dr. vanVliet, he has joined the Center for Human Nutrition Studies at Utah State University, Stephan is Is a nutrition scientist with metabolomics expertise. Listen in as Eric and Stephan talk with Monte about how they are working together to explore nutrient density and food production from the soil up. Eric stated it best when he said it became apparent to him that there is a path forward if we want to create a food system that gives an opportunity for growers to participate in the value that they create through their production practices around quality. Eric currently serves as the Board Chair of the Bionutrient Food Association, on the BoD of Victory Hemp Foods and an advisor to Homeplate Foods, Water Asset Management, Other Half Processing and The Yield Lab. He is a Strategic Advisor to the Applied Ecological Institute and he also serves on the Steering Council for the Forever Green Partnership based out of the University of Minnesota. As an entrepreneur, Eric was the founding CEO of Pipeline Foods and a co-founder of Conservis, which was acquired by a joint venture established by Rabobank and TELUS Agriculture. He also co-founded CP Holdings as a member of the Chicago Climate Exchange, developing carbon sequestration projects across the Northern Plains of the USA. In the corporate world, Eric started his career with The Pillsbury Company. He then joined International Proteins Corporation and led a MBO of the group. As CEO and Board Chair of IPC, he led the sale of the company to Scoular, where he joined their BoD and was corporate SVP and General Manager until his departure in 2007. Stephan Is a nutrition scientist with metabolomics expertise in the Center for Human Nutrition Studies at Utah State University. Dr. Stephan van Vliet earned his PhD in Kinesiology as an ESPEN Fellow from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and received training at the Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine and Duke University School of Medicine. Dr. van Vliet's research is performed at the nexus of agricultural and human health. He routinely collaborates with farmers, ecologists, and agricultural scientists to study critical linkages between agricultural production methods, the nutrient density of food, and human health. His work has been published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Scientific Reports, the Journal of Nutrition, and the Journal of Physiology. https://bionutrient.org/ https://www.facebook.com/Bionutrient https://www.instagram.com/bionutrientfoodassociation https://twitter.com/BionutrientFood https://www.youtube.com/bionutrient https://www.linkedin.com/company/bionutrient https://stephanvanvliet.com/ Got questions you want answered? Send them our way and we'll do our best to research and find answers. Know someone you think would be great on the AgEmerge stage or podcast? Send your questions or suggestions to kim@asn.farm we'd love to hear from you.

In this week's podcast the Americas Core Credit team covers: PROMESA Oversight Board Previews Settlement With UCC; Limetree Bay Files Ch. 11; Judge Isgur Conditionally Approves Washington Prime DS; KERP Bonuses in LSC Communications Overruled on Appeal; and Pipeline Foods' First Day Hearing.

U.S. consumer demand for clean label foods is outpacing domestic supply of key ingredients--enter Pipeline Foods. Eric Jackson, Chairman and Founder, talks about why farmers struggle to find organic markets, and why big companies struggle to meet their organic needs---and how Pipeline is partnering with both. Rounding out the picture, we’re discussing major breakthroughs coming fast down the pike linking soil and human health. This is a conversation about system change and how change is happening right now. Eric contextualizes why the growth of organic and regenerative agriculture is critically important, explaining how skyrocketing U.S. healthcare costs have paralleled the use of chemical agricultural inputs over the past decades. Pipeline is building the essential, yet invisible, link between farmers and major food companies so the organic and regenerative food industry can grow. We learn about the financial support, infrastructure, and crucial community support farmers need to shift to organic and regenerative practices. We dig into how major companies are a crucial part of the transition, and we explore how consumers are a critical lever of change. We go for a fascinating dive into the agricultural industry, and how advances connecting soil health and human health are accelerating change. Eric shares insight into how quickly researchers are gathering data linking industrial agriculture and the rise in disease and healthcare costs in the US. Underpinning our conversation is how the Covid-19 pandemic has thrust the connections between food and health into the headlines and what this could mean for the food and agriculture industry.

Jason Charles is one of the cofounders of Pipeline foods and is currently Vice President of food ingredients. But unlike the other cofounders, Jason is also a farmer. He was born and raised on a 12,000 acre organic farm in Southeast Saskatchewan that he still helps to run. He’s worked as a grain merchant for many years, first for a couple of the bigs and eventually starting his own organic marketing company, Charles Commodity Consulting, which was the first purchase made by Pipeline Foods. Today we talk about how the season is looking north of the border and how Covid-19 is impacting Jason, his farm, and Pipeline Foods. We’ll also look forward to organic market trends. This episode is one of seven in which we take a digital road trip, checking in via phone with growers from Missouri on up to Canada about how they and the communities they live in are reacting to Covid-19. So hop in, buckle up, and hit the virtual road with us for this special spring 2020 series of Into the Weeds podcasts: Road trip edition. Show notes - Mercaris webinar and report: https://mercaris.com/posts/organic-outlook-corn-wheat-face-supply-glut-soy-market-expected-to-remain-strong

The word “organic” is familiar to a lot of consumers -- in the last decade we’ve seen a rise in organic foods in our grocery stores and markets. And there’s a whole raft of standards, developed by federal regulators, that farmers have to meet in order to certify as organic. That kind of check list does not exist for food grown according to “regenerative” principles, which are gaining traction in conservation circles. Field Work hosts Mitchell Hora and Zach Johnson talk to Eric Jackson from Pipeline Foods and Sara Harper from Grounded Growth about the differences, markets and challenges of regenerative and organic practices.

The organic industry generates 50 billion dollar a year. But if you’re looking at transitioning into organic farming, where do you begin? Anders Gurda and Paul Dietmann work with organic farmers every day. Join us with host Dr. Erin Silva for part two of our four part series on transitioning to organic farming, where we discuss how to improve your organic business, how to navigate the financials of switching, and where to find the best buyers for your grains. Listen in to learn: How teaming up with your fellow organic farmers can improve your business What barriers (perceived or real) can keep farmers from transitioning to organic What benefits crop consultants and agronomists can offer to growers looking to transition How to navigate the financials of a wise transition, including cash flow, capital purchases, and timelines If you would like to find transcripts for this episode or sign up for our newsletter, please visit our website: http://fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/ Contact us at podcast@sciencesocieties.org or on Twitter @FieldLabEarth if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for show topics, and if you want more content like this don’t forget to subscribe. If you would like to reach out to Anders, you can find him here: https://www.pipelinefoods.com/minneapolis-team#anders-gurda https://twitter.com/AndersGurda https://twitter.com/PipelineFoods Email: agurda@pipelinefoods.com If you would like to reach out to Paul, you can find him here: Email: Paul.Dietmann@compeer.com If you would like to reach out to Erin, you can find her here: Twitter: @Emsilva624 emsilva@wisc.edu Resources CEU Quiz Link: http://www.agronomy.org/education/classroom/classes/777 Managing through the Organic Transition in Grain Crop Production Webinar Series: https://www.agronomy.org/education/classroom/classes/658 Turning Grain into Dough: https://www.cias.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/graintodoughfinal071119web.pdf Pipeline Foods: https://www.pipelinefoods.com/pipeline-team Pipeline Foods Farm Profit Program: https://www.pipelinefoods.com/about-the-fpp Compeer Financial: https://www.compeer.com/ OGRAIN Compass: https://ograin.cals.wisc.edu/resources/ograin-compass/ OGRAIN Conference: https://ograin.cals.wisc.edu/events/ OGRAIN Resources: https://ograin.cals.wisc.edu/resources/organic-grain-resource-list/ OGRAIN Field Days: https://ograin.cals.wisc.edu/events/prior-ograin-events/ Moses Organic Farming Conference: https://mosesorganic.org/conference/ Moses Organic Field Days: https://mosesorganic.org/events/organic-field-days/ Moses Farmer-to-Farmer Mentoring Program: https://mosesorganic.org/projects/mentor-program/ Farm Profit Program Into the Weeds podcast: https://www.pipelinefoods.com/into-the-weeds-podcast Land Connection Field Days: https://thelandconnection.org/workshops-2/ Practical Farmers of Iowa Field Days: https://practicalfarmers.org/events/field-days/ NCR SARE: https://www.northcentralsare.org/ This material is based upon work that is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under award number 2018-38640-28416 through the North Central Region SARE program under project number ENC18-166. USDA is an equal opportunity employer and service provider. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Field, Lab, Earth is copyrighted to the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.

Pipeline foods is working with the Rabobank and other funders to design and implement transition finance products to help farmers transitioning to organic and beyond. A new podcast with Eric Jackson, CEO and founder of Pipeline Foods. Welcome to Investing in Regenerative Agriculture. Listen to the previous interview here: https://soundcloud.com/investinginregenerativeagriculture/35-interview-eric-jackson ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Welcome to Investing in Regenerative Agriculture. Join our Gumroad community, discover the tiers and exclusive benefits here: https://gumroad.com/investinginregenag Other ways to support my work: - Share the podcast - Give a 5-star rating - Or buy me a coffee… or a meal! www.Ko-fi.com/regenerativeagriculture --------------------------------------------- I had again the great pleasure to interview Eric Jackson, the CEO and founder of Pipeline Foods www.pipelinefoods.com. Pipeline foods bough another publicly traded (organic)company SunOpta http://www.sunopta.com https://regenorganic.org/ Regeneration Newsroom Podcast https://soundcloud.com/investinginregenerativeagriculture/sets/regeneration-newsroom-podcast Main Take aways: - Pipeline Foods kept investing in infrastructure for organic row broad acre cropping - Organic soy beans for export for the Far East, turned out to be a big growth market for Pipeline Foods - Cleaner, processing much closer to the farm gate is the goal of Pipeline - It's easier to help a current organic grower to expand than a new organic grower going through the transition - Transition Finance, Pipeline foods is working with two banks providing operating loans to farmers starting their organic transition. One of those banks is Rabobank who designed a transition finance product specific for farmers to transition to organic - Pipeline Food provides the long term off take agreements to these farmers - Some NGOs/institutions are potentially interested to come alongside the banks and de-risk some of these loans or this money can be pooled and bring down the interest rates for farmers - It is relatively easy to have the discussion today as the conventional agriculture is suffering of low returns - There is a Regenerative Organic Label, with the USDA organic as a base - The movement against pesticides and herbicides is getting stronger - One of the great myths is that organic needs to be more expensive. Maybe in the short term but the longer term probably not. - We are what we eat, including the environment. If Eric could change one thing overnight he would get away with glysofate and certain classes of herbicides. --------------------------------------------- If you want to discover more visit www.investinginregenerativeagriculture.com If you want to receive an email when I upload a new episode, subscribe here eepurl.com/cxU33P The above references an opinion and is for information and educational purposes only. It is not intended to be investment advice. Seek a duly licensed professional for investment advice.

After a career in conventional chemical agriculture and software Eric Jackson could retire, but decided to build the missing piece in organic broad acre row crops (grain and soy). A 12 min summary of the interview with Eric, who is building an organic powerhouse. Welcome to Investing in Regenerative Agriculture. Listen to the full interview here: https://soundcloud.com/investinginregenerativeagriculture/35-interview-eric-jackson --------------------------------------------- Join our Gumroad community, discover the tiers and exclusive benefits here: https://gumroad.com/investinginregenag Other ways to support my work: - Share the podcast - Give a 5-star rating (if you podcast app allows it) - Or buy me a coffee… or a meal! www.Ko-fi.com/regenerativeagriculture --------------------------------------------- This time I had the great pleasure to interview Eric Jackson, the CEO and founder of Pipeline Foods www.pipelinefoods.com. He was triggered by a fascinating statistic: the US is a grain, corn and soy powerhouse but imports 75% of its organic demand. Why? There isn’t enough organic farmland in the US, so Eric started on a journey which led 18 months ago to the founding of Pipeline Foods, to build the infrastructure needed to get organic grain, corn and soy from the farmer to the food processor. Thus giving the farmers certainty and getting more farmers through the difficult transition process. Why are they focussing on broad acre crops and not livestock, or produce? Because of the scale that they can bring. Broad acre crops cover many many millions of acres and when you can bring them under organic and hopefully soon organic plus/beyond organic management can really have a huge impact on local/regional climate systems, biodiversity and water quality (which we briefly touched upon in the interview) Listen to the interview to hear why Regenerative Agriculture isn't a big topic yet for many broad row crop farmers as the market signals aren't strong enough (yet). Hopefully this changes soon. We also discussed the role of Impact Investors in the transition and the role investment vehicles and funds might play to help more farmers through the organic transition. An evergreen vehicle or a green bond, helping farmers who want to transition to organic, do so. If you are interested in developing this or now someone who is doing this, please reach out to Eric:) Pipeline Foods currently works with 1.5M acres in North America 150k acres in Argentina And is projected to do 150m-175m in sales next year Some links we discussed: The paper describing the summer fallow and the impact on the local climate: https://massivesci.com/articles/farms-climate-change-crop-rotation-rain-fallow/ Indian state using Climate Bonds to switch fully to Natural Zero Budget Farming https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/press-release/andhra-pradesh-become-indias-first-zero-budget-natural-farming-state --------------------------------------------- If you want to discover more visit http://investinginregenerativeagriculture.com If you want to receive an email when I upload a new episode, subscribe here eepurl.com/cxU33P The above references an opinion and is for information and educational purposes only. It is not intended to be investment advice. Seek a duly licensed professional for investment advice.

We stayed close to home for the most recent podcast, interviewing members of our merchant team to answer some of your most frequently asked questions. Where are our locations? What do we buy? What do our contracts look like? What advice do we have for growers working with us, or any other grain buyer for that matter? We get into the weeds of how working with Pipeline Foods is different and what you can expect when working with us.

Martin White rounds up the day's biggest news in the world of food and beverages, including: Carbery to diversify cheese range with 78m euro facility in Ireland, SunOpta sells organic soy and corn business to Pipeline Foods, and Grupo Lala signs Mexico license deal with Blue Diamond Growers

Covering over 1.5m acres in less than 18months, Eric is building an organic powerhouse. Welcome to Investing in Regenerative Agriculture. Where I interview key players in the field of regenerative agriculture, people who are scaling up the sector by bringing in new money or scaling up the practises on the ground. Join our Gumroad community, discover the tiers and exclusive benefits here: https://gumroad.com/investinginregenag Other ways to support my work: - Share the podcast - Give a 5-star rating (if you podcast app allows it) - Or buy me a coffee… or a meal! www.Ko-fi.com/regenerativeagriculture This time I had the great pleasure to interview Eric Jackson, the CEO and founder of Pipeline Foods https://www.pipelinefoods.com. After a career in conventional chemical agriculture and software could retire but decided to build the missing piece in organic broad acre row crops (grain and soy). He was triggered by a fascinating statistic: the US is a grain, corn and soy powerhouse but imports 75% of its organic demand. Why? There isn’t enough organic farmland in the US, so Eric started on a journey which led 18 months ago to the founding of Pipeline Foods, to build the infrastructure needed to get organic grain, corn and soy from the farmer to the food processor. Thus giving the farmers certainty and getting more farmers through the difficult transition process. Why are they focussing on broad acre crops and not livestock, or produce? Because of the scale that they can bring. Broad acre crops cover many many millions of acres and when you can bring them under organic and hopefully soon organic plus/beyond organic management can really have a huge impact on local/regional climate systems, biodiversity and water quality (which we briefly touched upon in the interview) Listen to the interview to hear why Regenerative Agriculture isn't a big topic yet for many broad row crop farmers as the market signals aren't strong enough (yet). Hopefully this changes soon. We also discussed the role of Impact Investors in the transition and the role investment vehicles and funds might play to help more farmers through the organic transition. An evergreen vehicle or a green bond, helping farmers who want to transition to organic, do so. If you are interested in developing this or now someone who is doing this, please reach out to Eric:) Pipeline Foods currently works with 1.5M acres in North America 150k acres in Argentina And is projected to do 150m-175m in sales next year Some links we discussed: The paper describing the summer fallow and the impact on the local climate: https://massivesci.com/articles/farms-climate-change-crop-rotation-rain-fallow/ Indian state using Climate Bonds to switch fully to Natural Zero Budget Farming https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/press-release/andhra-pradesh-become-indias-first-zero-budget-natural-farming-state If you want to receive an email when I upload a new episode, subscribe here eepurl.com/cxU33P The above references an opinion and is for information and educational purposes only. It is not intended to be investment advice. Seek a duly licensed professional for investment advice.

Guest: Eric Jackson, Chief Executive of Pipeline Foods Eric shares the genesis story of Pipeline Foods – what inspired him to found the company, what makes Pipeline unique, and what our collective vision is for a future with healthy soils, resilient rural communities, and informed consumers.