Tag: nuts

Heather Terry – If you sit in a boardroom, you have the responsibility and obligation to visit the farm where the food is produced

30th January 2024 koenvanseijen Diet Change, Regenerative Agriculture, Short Food Webs 0 Comments

A conversation with Heather Terry, CEO and founder of GoodSam Foods, about how an exit from a chocolate company led to a female-led consumer goods company, how education of consumers is key, networks vs. chains, multi-crop buying, and much more.

Every CEO and high-ranking manager working in food companies should be obligated to visit the farms and farmers they source from. So many decisions in the board rooms would be taken differently.

With Heather we dig into a story of a company about how an exit in a chocolate company led to a female led consumer good company focussing on chocolate, coffee, nuts and dried fruits. Preferably sourced from the same farmers paying them 2 to 3 times as much, marketed and sold throughout the US in Whole Foods and online and only being 2 years old. How is that possible? And why, according to Heather, is this the only way forward?

Christian Jochnick – Why Ibiza is the best place to start the regenerative renaissance

28th March 2023 koenvanseijen Diet Change, Regenerative Agriculture, Short Food Webs 1 Comment

A conversation with Christian Jochnick, founder of Juntos Ibiza, a project designed around a circular, regenerative model of food, farming and community, about why Tesla is such a good model to follow for regenerative agriculture, why should we focus on the affluent market first and more.

Boris Spassky on building the biggest organic almond farm in France and making it investable

20th September 2022 koenvanseijen Ecosystem Services Payments, Nutrient Dense Food, Ownership, Regenerative Agriculture, Transition finance 1 Comment

Boris Spassky, cofounder of Greenpods, joins us to talk about the critical role of project developers, creating bankable investable projects, the funds being raised and the missing deal flow.