The USDA estimates that 30-40% of the U.S. food supply is lost each year, a massive addition to landfills and negative contributor to environmental health. What if that waste stream was handled differently and innovated into dependable feed ingredients for farmers? This week, CEO of Nutrition 101 Rick Shipley, joins the podcast to talk upcycling feed, servicing the entire value chain and flying under the agbioscience radar.  

Highlights include:  

How Nutrition 101 leverages food waste management to serve the entire food value chain 

What conversations look like with producers in this era and how their team is positioned to help drive on-farm impact in a time of unique challenges for their operations 

Nutrition 101’s relationship with processors on the other end and how they create opportunities for growth, sustainability and more 

Rick’s tenure as CEO (8 months) and how he sees the company as a differentiator in the agbioscience industry 

The company’s roots originating on the farm and how that translates to solving problems and generating better feedback to shape priorities for the future 

What success looks like for the Nutrition 101 team when it comes to working with producers and processors alike 

How Nutrition 101 focuses on solutions that are practical, effective and easy to implement – and why that’s so critical 

The company’s acquisition of Value Feeds in 2025 and what it will enable them to do on their growth trajectory 

Rick’s belief in the company’s greatest untapped potential to date 

How Rick sees the industry leveraging tech, automation and other innovations to grow a young base of talent interested in focusing on animal nutrition and agriculture 

Nutrition 101’s impact growing over the next decade as the role of the farmer evolves 

What’s ahead for the company in 2026

The USDA estimates that 30-40% of the U.S. food supply is lost each year, a massive addition to landfills and negative contributor to environmental health. What if that waste stream was handled differently and innovated into dependable feed ingredients for farmers? This week, CEO of Nutrition 101 Rick Shipley, joins the podcast to talk upcycling feed, servicing the entire value chain and flying under the agbioscience radar.

Highlights include:

How Nutrition 101 leverages food waste management to serve the entire food value chain

What conversations look like with producers in this era and how their team is positioned to help drive on-farm impact in a time of unique challenges for their operations

Nutrition 101’s relationship with processors on the other end and how they create opportunities for growth, sustainability and more

Rick’s tenure as CEO (8 months) and how he sees the company as a differentiator in the agbioscience industry

The company’s roots originating on the farm and how that translates to solving problems and generating better feedback to shape priorities for the future

What success looks like for the Nutrition 101 team when it comes to working with producers and processors alike

How Nutrition 101 focuses on solutions that are practical, effective and easy to implement – and why that’s so critical

The company’s acquisition of Value Feeds in 2025 and what it will enable them to do on their growth trajectory

Rick’s belief in the company’s greatest untapped potential to date

How Rick sees the industry leveraging tech, automation and other innovations to grow a young base of talent interested in focusing on animal nutrition and agriculture

Nutrition 101’s impact growing over the next decade as the role of the farmer evolves

What’s ahead for the company in 2026

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410. Rick Shipley, Nutrition 101 | Agbioscience Podcast

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