Our podcast captures great conversations with consultants, lenders, investors and entrepreneurs like yourselves about building and funding profitable food and beverage businesses. You can listen to them on the go, on your terms and schedule. Our episodes come out on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month, and you can subscribe on iTunes or your favorite podcast app to never miss an episode. These are currently all free. Learn more about our Premium Subscription to unlock everything Edible-Alpha® has to offer.
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Scaling Managed Dairy Grazing for Max Impact
1 hour 4 minutes Free course content by Edible-Alpha®
Tera talks with Joe Tomandl of Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship about the massive potential for managed grazing to promote farm succession, help mitigate climate change, localize food systems and revive rural communities.
Podcast about Business Models for businesses that are Growing and Scaling
Connoils Scales from One-Woman Op to One-Stop Shop
41 minutes 17 seconds Free course content by Edible-Alpha®
Stacy Peterson, founder and CEO of Connoils, joins Tera to discuss growing her oil ingredients company from a one-woman operation to a booming international business with a new 25,000-square-foot facility.
Podcast about Business Models for businesses that are Growing and Scaling
Barn2Door Makes Direct-Selling Seamless for Farmers
53 minutes 14 seconds Free course content by Edible-Alpha®
Barn2Door COO James Maiocco talks with Tera about the tools and resources farmers need to succeed with direct sales and how the company’s software and services can help them manage and grow their business.
Podcast about Sales and Marketing for businesses that are Growing and Scaling
Betterbin Leverages Data to Demystify Recycling
1 hour 2 minutes Free read by Edible-Alpha®
Betterbin founder and CEO Michelle Goetsch shares her story of helping CPG brands and consumers solve the recycling crisis with a machine learning–powered app and valuable data.
Podcast about Business Models for businesses that are Growing and Scaling
Flavor Temptations Finds Formula for Omnichannel Success
1 hour 31 minutes Free read by Edible-Alpha®
Brad interviews Flavor Temptations co-founder Sara Parthasarathy about dialing in a winning omnichannel strategy, pivoting during a pandemic, and the importance of scenario planning.
Podcast about Business Models for businesses that are Growing and Scaling
Sisters Succeed with Simple Syrup, Soda Shop, and Subscriptions
1 hour 19 minutes Free read by Edible-Alpha®
Simple Goodness Sisters Belinda Kelly and Venise Cunningham share how they’ve launched and scaled their unique diversified farm-based business and what they’ll tackle next.
Podcast about Business Models for businesses that are Growing and Scaling
Working With Alternative Lenders like WWBIC To Grow Your Food Business
50 minutes of Free audio by Edible-Alpha®
This podcast outlines what it is like to work with alternative lenders and CDFIs like WWBIC. WWBIC offers a combination of relevant business classes, business loans up to $250,000, assistance with personal financial management, and connections to people who can make things happen for business owners and entrepreneurs across the state of Wisconsin.
Podcast about Raising Capital for businesses that are Pre-Venture | Startups
SBA 504 Loans with Diane Byler of WBD
35 minutes of Free audio by Edible-Alpha®
An SBA 504 loan is a special product that can only be offered by a Certified Development Company (CDC) like WBD in partnership with a local lender. The 504 loan is designed to help small businesses grow and create jobs by financing fixed assets like real estate and equipment through low, fixed rates and lower down payments (10%).
Podcast about Raising Capital for businesses that are Growing and Scaling
The Capital Conundrum of Rural Economic Development
50 minutes of Free audio by Edible-Alpha®
USDA programs serve not just agricultural producers but also rural businesses and rural people more broadly, including programs meant to incentivize and leverage private dollars for investment in rural areas. However, there is a big need to educate investors and entrepreneurs about realistic opportunities for investment and business development in rural America.
Podcast about Raising Capital for businesses that are Growing and Scaling
MobCraft Beer’s Creative Sourcing of Recipes and Financing
45 minutes of Free audio by Edible-Alpha®
MobCraft beer is a brewery and taproom with a unique business model of crowdsourcing ideas for beer recipes from their customers. Knowing how much equity they needed vs. debt to finance their facility build out and equipment needs helped them pitch specific asks to both banks and investors, including for their $2 million tap room and production facility.
Podcast about Business Models for businesses that are Growing and Scaling