Rodolphe Barrangou, a Distinguished Professor at NC State, talks about the advancements and importance of CRISPR, and where the future of this technology may lead. This episode is filled with great examples of what CRISPR is and its capabilities.

Find out more about Rodolphe's CRISPR lab here: https://crispr.cals.ncsu.edu/

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Keep Calm and CRISPR On with Rodolphe Barrangou

Ingrid Fung, Investment Director at Finistere Ventures, talks diversity in agriculture, consumer-driven Ag Tech, pharmaceutical inspiration in the Ag Tech space, and what she is most excited about moving forward with sustainable ag.

Rethinking the Drivers of Innovation in AgTech with Finistere

Aidan Connolly, Chief Executive Officer at Cainthus and President of AgriTech Capital, gives his perspective on livestock agtech importance, and how seemingly simple tech can be revolutionary.
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Reimagining Livestock AgriTech with Cainthus

Dr. Nick Hamon, CEO at Innovative Vector Control Consortium (IVCC) shares how his company repurposes chemistry that may have traditionally been used in agriculture and applies it to the public health sector while keeping in mind the constraints of return on investment, funding sources, resistance management, efficacy, and overall safety.  His company is working toward total eradication of Malaria.

Towards Eradicating Malaria: Repurposing Agriculture Agtech for Public Health with the IVCC

Ever wonder how the new technology that we talk about gets funded? In this episode we talk to Kirk Haney, the Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Radicle Growth.  Radicle Growth carefully selects innovative ag and food tech start-ups for investment, ensuring that powerful, disruptive technologies reach their full potential.

Under Kirk’s leadership, Radicle Growth has become a market leader in early-stage Ag and Food Tech investing and company building and has secured top-tier financial and corporate investors. As a serial entrepreneur, Kirk has raised over $200M in venture capital, private equity and corporate capital and has had three successful exits. He has worked in technology, venture capital and Ag & Food his entire career. He has a clear understanding of what early-stage companies need to do to be successful. Kirk is a proud father and is passionate about food, health and sustainability.

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Investing in Innovative Ag and Food Tech Start-Ups with Radicle Growth

Naeem Zafar, Co-Founder, President & Chief Executive Offer of TeleSense talks about an integral part of food production - the step after harvest and before shelving.  

TeleSense provides remote solutions for grain storage and transportation monitoring.  Their products use wireless sensors for temperature, humidity, and carbon dioxide monitoring with algorithms to develop actionable insights for quality preservation, and sends information to an App.

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Post-Harvest Grain Monitoring and Transportation Monitoring with TeleSense

CEO , Fiona Edwards Murphy, speaks about Apis Protect, an Ireland headquartered company that uses a combination of IoT (Internet of Things) and AI (Artificial Intelligence) technologies to remotely extract and interpret data from beehives while keeping that data safe.

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Innovative Beehive Monitoring Technology with Apis Protect

Beth Roden, Global Head of Communications at Bayer Crop Science, talks about the challenges and opportunities of communicating about agriculture and new technologies.

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Communicating Agriculture with Bayer Crop Science

Dean Richard Linton, of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) at NC State, talks about the Plant Sciences Initiative and plans for future and current partnerships along with unique approaches to moving forward.

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The Plant Sciences Initiative at NC State

This podcast takes a 360° view into emerging agriculture technologies by creating dialogue among stakeholders in academia, industry,
growers, producers, Extension specialists, the overall agriculture sustainability community, and other important stakeholders.

Join us with host, Adrian Percy, as we present this information in an engaging format encompassing
multiple viewpoints and more as we explore AgTech together.

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