In this episode, we speak with Carlos De Valdenebro, Vice President and Managing Director of North America of Caravela Coffee, on how the company is supporting farmers and the entire process of exporting and importing coffee from smallholder coffee producers. He gave a brief background of how the word Caravela derives from the caravan. We…

In today’s episode, we speak with Tapan Shah, Head of Venture Capital, Snack Futures, at Mondelez International, on sustainable trends, innovation, and the future of snacking in the food market. We talked about his expertise in investment and how Snack Future Ventures, a multifunctional team for Mondelez, watches after the tip of the spear of…

In this episode, Kate Brooks, SVP of sales at Calavo Growers, discusses how they are advancing in the fresh fruit and vegetable market for customer growth and nutrition. She gave a quick overview of Calavo, a 100-year-old avocado supplier with two business units: Calavo commodities, tomatoes, and papayas, and other is guacamole and salsa. She…

Hans Kristian Westrum, Founder and Chief Growth Officer of Soil Steam International AS,  talks about how they are restoring soil health and boosting harvests sustainably without using chemicals in the most recent episode. Hans went into depth about how they created the technique for attacking weeds, nematodes, and fungus that degrade soil health by injecting…

In this episode, we spoke with Melinda Zoccoli, VP- Marketing & Supplier Services at UNFI Canada, Inc, about how they supply and service their customers through a variety of retail formats, including natural product super chains, independent product retailers, and food service clients. She explained how UNFI works as a food distributor to build partnerships…

In this episode, Craig Turner, Chief Operating Officer of Agape Automation, discusses how the company is automating kitchens to help restaurant businesses expand. He also expressed his great belief in the future of culinary innovation and automation to assist pizza operators in growing. He discussed how Jim Grote founded Donatos Pizza and invented the Peppamatic,…

Kimberly Schaub, Business Development Manager at Griffith Foods, discusses the importance of sustainable sourcing and consumer preferences in the food sector. She discussed her expertise in the snack and organic area, as well as how Griffith Food Works is looking for ways to change the spice market by sourcing sustainably and reducing their carbon footprint….

In this episode, we speak with William Madden, Co-Founder of Whole Brain Consulting, about how they assist emerging food companies with supply chain, operations management, food safety, quality, and regulatory compliance services. He gave a quick overview of Whole Brain Consulting and how they help food businesses in running smoothly and efficiently. We talked extensively…

In this episode, we speak with  Judah Cofer, Director of Sales, PNW at Agworld, where we discussed how their software solutions provider offers a data capture and management platform for the agricultural industry. Judah explained in detail how the Agworld, Farm management software enables farmers to record data on a daily basis in the field….