Videos

Nutrition 101’s Rick Shipley on food upcycling into livestock nutrition, servicing the value chain + turning waste into solutions

FoodHealth Co.’s Sam Citro-Alexander on the launch of FoodHealth Score, connecting the value chain + driving better health outcomes through food

Primient’s Jim Stutelberg on a fast-growing bioeconomy, the important role of the farmer + partnerships with Sustainea, acquisition of Primient Covation

For farmers looking ahead to a fresh growing season, decisions for their operations require clarity and a certainty around impact and ROI – from inputs to innovation adoption. This week, we are joined by PJ Smith, Senior Global Product Manager at Indigo Ag, to get into soil health’s impact on our food system; and how strengthening agriculture today helps reduce risk and protect food security for the future.

Highlights include:

The work Indigo Ag is leading and problems their team solves through innovation

Conversations with farmers right now as they look ahead to the growing season, their concerns and how they are making decisions based on their needs

Indigo Ag’s unique intersection of ag, sustainability and data

Balancing opportunities that data can provide with a hesitant mindset that can sometimes linger around a farmer’s data, technology adoption or participation in emerging technologies

Benchmarks and measures of success the Indigo Ag team has in front of them over the next 3-5 years

Indigo Ag’s launch of Nemora to fight soybean cyst nematode, the leading cause of soybean loss in the U.S

How in-field experience with farmers shapes R&D priorities for Indigo Ag

PJ’s thoughts on their biggest room for growth

Farmers as a part of the solution to climate and sustainability challenges over the next decade and where he sees shifts and changes coming in the market

What’s ahead for Indigo Ag in 2026

Traction Ag’s Hannah Parsons on farmer-led fintech, driving yield through better decisions + partnerships with impact

Nutrition 101’s Rick Shipley on food upcycling into livestock nutrition, servicing the value chain + turning waste into solutions

Traction Ag’s Hannah Parsons on farmer-led fintech, driving yield through better decisions + partnerships with impact

Ingredion’s Eric Seip on advancing food is health, investing in Indianapolis + ingredient innovation to meet an evolving consumer

There is an increasing desire from consumers to better understand food’s overall impact on their health; however, there haven’t always been the proper tools – until now. This week, we are joined by FoodHealth Company’s CEO and co-founder, Sam Citro-Alexander, to talk about the launch of their consumer and brand facing tech-platform, FoodHealth Score, which rates products and suggests smarter swaps in real-time as you shop. We also get into leveraging innovation to better connect the value chain and empowering consumers and food brands alike to make better informed decisions based on data.

Want to try out FoodHealth Score for yourself? Download the Chrome extension for free here!

Highlights include:

What FoodHealth Company does and who they aim to serve through technology
Gaps in the market that Sam identified that led to her endeavoring this new startup and systems change
How FoodHealth Co. Works across the food system to drive better health outcomes – from consumers to food brands alike
Sam’s launch of their flagship product, FoodHealth Score, and what the feedback has looked like across the value chain
Retailers and brands using data to better inform purchasing and formulation decisions
How FoodHealth Co. Is thinking about impact measured through their platform
What food is health means to Sam and her team
The role she sees farmers playing in the FoodHealth Score and the opportunity to better align food production and health
The company’s $7.5M Series A funding round from 2025 and how it’s enabled them to grow and scale
How Sam views partnerships and collaboration as a necessary tool to the growth of FoodHealth Company
Where she believes they’ve just started to scratch the surface on their full potential when it comes to FoodHealth Score
What’s ahead for the company with the launch of FoodHealth Score in 2026

Nutrition 101’s Rick Shipley on food upcycling into livestock nutrition, servicing the value chain + turning waste into solutions

Traction Ag’s Hannah Parsons on farmer-led fintech, driving yield through better decisions + partnerships with impact

Ingredion’s Eric Seip on advancing food is health, investing in Indianapolis + ingredient innovation to meet an evolving consumer

From sweeteners and starches to sustainable packaging, the bioeconomy is on the move. At the helm is Primient, a leading producer of food and industrial ingredients made from plant-based, renewable sources – corn being its primary feedstock. Today we are joined by CEO Jim Stutelberg to talk about the $4 trillion global bioeconomy and the rapid innovative trajectory shaping its future.

Highlights include:

The Primient story and who they aim to serve through innovation

How Jim has seen the bioinnovation market evolve and what the competitive landscape looks like for bioinnovators like Primient today

The collective headwinds facing the industry

Primient’s market differentiation

Consumer behaviors influencing company priorities and how they set the tone for R&D and product pipelines

The critical role of corn and other feedstocks in the work Primient does and how Jim sees that relationship evolving over the next decade

Acquiring Primient Covation and what integrating them into their portfolio will enable their team to do

The power of partnerships for the Primient team, how they approach collaboration and what it means to their business

Jim’s approach to the business of people, his belief in team culture and how he sees building a talent pipeline for the future

What Jim believes to be Primient’s biggest areas of untapped potential

What’s ahead for Primient in 2026

Nutrition 101’s Rick Shipley on food upcycling into livestock nutrition, servicing the value chain + turning waste into solutions