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Breadtopia Builds off Pandemic Business Boom

1 hour 25 minutes Free course content by Edible-Alpha®

Breadtopia’s Galen Saturley tells Tera all about the early e-commerce company’s roots, growth trajectory and skyrocketing sales through the pandemic.

Podcast about Business Models for businesses that are Growing and Scaling

5 Success Lessons from a Famous Founder

10 minute read of Free article by Edible-Alpha®

The Edible-Alpha® podcast aims to educate and inspire listeners by showing “what it really takes to make money in food,” as Tera says in...

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Paul Willis Talks Scaling up Humanely Raised Pork

42 minutes 58 seconds Free course content by Edible-Alpha®

Famous founder Paul Willis of Niman Ranch joins Tera to discuss staying true to his values and scaling up humanely raised, pasture-raised pork to the benefit of small farmers and consumers nationwide.

Podcast about Business Models for businesses that are Growing and Scaling

Raising Money for Your Farm Through Value-Added Producer Grants

1 hour 44 minutes Free webinar content by Edible-Alpha®

Tera Johnson interviews renowned VAPG writer and consultant, Jim Gage of JDG Consulting. The webinar gives farm entrepreneurs a better understanding of how a VAPG could help their businesses and if they should be writing one right now.

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Building Investment Cases for Regenerative Farming

10 minute read of Free article by Edible-Alpha®

Farming is hard work, but financing a new organic or regenerative endeavor is its own beast. Land can be expensive and tough to access,...

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Impact Investing Fosters Organic Farmland Security

47 minutes 58 seconds Free course content by Edible-Alpha®

Tera interviews David Miller about Iroquois Valley Farmland REIT‘s innovative model of supporting the next generation of organic farmers through long-term land leases, mortgages and patient capital.

Podcast about Raising Capital for businesses that are Growing and Scaling

Gary Zimmer Shares How Healthy Soil Yields Success

47 minutes 17 seconds Free course content by Edible-Alpha®

Gary Zimmer, the father of biological farming and founder of Midwestern BioAg, and daughter Leilani Zimmer join Tera to talk the importance of nutrient-stocked, structurally sound soil.

Podcast about Business Models for businesses that are Growing and Scaling

Transparency and Trust Fuel The Honest Bison’s Rapid Online Growth

1 hour 37 minutes Free course content by Edible-Alpha®

The Honest Bison founder Sean Lenihan talks with Tera about being an early e-commerce food company, connecting consumers to their food sources, offering total transparency and great value to earn trust, and how to navigate the rapidly changing food space during COVID-19 and beyond.

Podcast about Business Models for businesses that are Growing and Scaling

For Atlantic Sea Farms, Mission Drives Market

1 hour 13 minutes Free course content by Edible-Alpha®

In Edible-Alpha® podcast #75, Tera interviews Briana Warner, CEO of Atlantic Sea Farms, the nation’s first commercial seaweed farm, based in Saco, Maine. Since...

Podcast about Business Models for businesses that are Growing and Scaling

Scout Canning Makes Shelf-Stable Seafood Sustainable

1 hour 3 minutes Free course content by Edible-Alpha®

Adam Bent of Scout Canning talked with Tera about shaking up the stale canned seafood category and taking on the problematic industry by operating sustainably.

Podcast about Business Models for businesses that are Growing and Scaling | Startups | Pre-Venture

How Women in Food Get Funded

10 minute read of Free article by Edible-Alpha®

Women found innovative food and farm businesses all the time, yet they still have a harder time landing investment than male entrepreneurs do. Part of the issue is decision-makers in the investment world are predominantly men. Regardless, it is still entirely possible for female founders to raise money successfully. Gaining financial literacy is the first step. They need to be exceptionally well-versed in their needs and numbers and go into investment discussions with confidence.

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Building a Beverage Brand, from Foraging to Financing

1 hour 13 minutes of Free podcast by Edible-Alpha®

Rachael Young of yaupon beverage brand YAYAYA joins Tera to talk about building a beverage brand around an unknown plant, working with copackers and courting investor partners who know the food space.

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How Much Money Should You Really Raise?

10 minute read of Free article by Edible-Alpha®

Given the global pandemic, now might not seem like the best time to court investment. Well, it’s true the current economic climate isn’t ideal...

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CFO Savvy for Growing Food Brands

1 hour 16 minutes of Free podcast by Edible-Alpha®

In Edible-Alpha® podcast #65, Tera interviews Heidi Huntington, vice president of finance at AVL Growth Partners in Boulder, Colorado, which lends finance and operations...

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Huddle Notes from April 6th, 2020

10 minute read of Free article by Edible-Alpha®

The huddles this week focused on how the current situation for food and farm businesses is going to go on for a while and coming out of it will be very slow.

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How Food and Farm Businesses Can Survive This Pandemic

1 hours of Free podcast by Edible-Alpha®

Ted LeBow of Kitchen Table Consultants joins Tera to offer guidance for food and farm entrepreneurs affected by the coronavirus pandemic. They discuss the importance of staying calm, knowing your cashflow, prioritizing certain expenses to free up cash and communicating honestly with vendors, suppliers and banks.

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Scared to Talk Money? Don’t Be—You Got This

10 minute read of Free article by Edible-Alpha®

Many food and farm entrepreneurs know their way around a kitchen or carrot crop, but when it comes to the financial stuff, they feel...

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Disrupting a Category with Innovation, Authenticity and Sustainability

1 hours of Free podcast by Edible-Alpha®

In creating Saffi Foods, Sascha Dhanjal has brought top chefs and foodservice companies authentic oils and vinegars from Chile, Spain and Mexico. Retail has been a somewhat tougher sell, but Sascha embraces the challenge of disrupting the bulk liquids category. Offering a custom dispenser and reusable bottles, Saffi Foods delivers product attributes consumers crave: superior quality, traceability and sustainability. This podcast offers inspiration and advice for entrepreneurs at all stages, whether test-driving a concept or expanding distribution.

Podcast about Business Models for businesses that are Growing and Scaling

What Makes A Good Food Business Consultant?

10 minute Free read by Edible-Alpha®

If you can determine that the consultants you are looking at can ask the right questions and challenge you, including about your business model and financial plan, you can form a meaningful partnership with that consultant.

Article about Business Models for businesses that are Pre-Venture | Startups

Forecast Templates

Free forecast templates by Edible-Alpha®

These helpful templates help you build your financial projections, including, your sales and distribution forecast; cost of goods sold (COGS) and other expenses forecasts; capital expenditures forecasts; and your accounts receivable (AR), accounts payable (AP) and inventory forecasts. These projections can help inform your proforma financial statements.

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