Croptastic the InnerPlant Podcast
Episodes
60 episodes
Croptastic S5, Ep. 60: Field Day 2030 - satellite detection, presented by Brandon Rasmussen
In August of 2025, InnerPlant hosted a technology demonstration field day in Perry, IA, that took guests through the 2030 growing season with a walking tour featuring demonstrations representing a different day in the future season. Each stop o...
Croptastic S5, Ep. 59: Field Day 2030 - from 2025 to 2030, presented by Gary Schaefer
In August of 2025, InnerPlant hosted a technology demonstration field day in Perry, IA, that took guests through the 2030 growing season with a walking tour featuring demonstrations representing a different day in the future season. Each stop o...
Croptastic S5, Ep. 58: Field Day 2030 - Welcome, Shely Aronov
In August of 2025, InnerPlant hosted a technology demonstration field day in Perry, IA, that took guests through the 2030 growing season with a walking tour featuring demonstrations representing a different day in the future season. Each stop o...
Croptastic S5, Ep. 56: CropVoice Field Day Planning Road Trip
InnerPlant is planning three field days to show off our CropVoice product that's currently deployed across the Midwest. The events will take place in three sites this summer, July 28 in Stewardson, IL,
Croptastic S5, Ep. 57: Michael Grunwald
Shely is joined in this episode by New York Times bestselling author, Michael Grunwald, whose new book "We Are Eating the Earth" publishes on July 1, 2025. Michael shares the idea behind his book and chats with Shely about finding a pragmatic b...
Croptastic S5, Ep. 55: Wine and Diamonds - Part II
This is the second of two special episodes featuring Virginia farmer and "King of Corn," who broke the 600-bushel corn barrier, David Hula. He joins the conversation about a conceptual framework examining the value of agricultural inputs ...
Croptastic S5, Ep. 54: Wine and Diamonds - Part I
This is the first of two special episodes discussing a conceptual framework examining the value of agricultural inputs using the examples of how wine and diamonds are valued and sold. The idea was brought to the team by Dan Northrup, a veteran ...
Croptastic S5, Ep. 53: Ron Adner
Shely is joined in this episode by Ron Adner, the Nathaniel D'1906 and Martha E. Leverone Memorial Professor of Business Administration at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and author of "The Wide Lens," and "Winning the Right Ga...
Croptastic S5, Ep. 52: Bruce Sherrick
Croptastic's fifth season continues with Bruce Sherrick, Professor, Director of the TIAA Center for Farmland Research, and the Fruin Professor in Land Economics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, joining Shely to discuss how the ec...
Croptastic S5, Ep 51: Croptastic on Stage II
Croptastic kicks off our fifth season with a special episode from the second Croptastic on Stage conference held at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta in January!Get a glimpse of what attendees enjoyed during the one-day event that gathere...
Croptastic S4, Ep 50: Detection
This episode we chat with Piyush Pandey and Brandon Rasmussen from our Detection team about the work they do detecting stress signals from InnerPlant's groundbreaking plants.Don't forget that this season of Croptastic features vid...
Episode 49: Molecular Biology
This episode we chat with Ryan Mitchell and Ian Lemersal from our Molecular Biology team about the work they do manipulating molecules including plant DNA to help create InnerPlant's plant sensors.Don't forget that this season of Cropta...
Episode 48: Plant Genetic Transformation
This episode pulls the curtain back on our Plant Genetics Transformation Team. Ramtin Ravanfar and Sharon Radke give us a look at the transformation process and what makes the InnerPlant team so successful.Don't forget that this season ...
Episode 47: Michael Doane
This episode features Michael Doane, Global Managing Director of Food & Freshwater Systems at The Nature Conservancy. Michael joins Shely to talk about The Nature Conservancy's work and how sustainability might fit into the future of agricu...
Episode 46: Trey Malone
This episode features Trey Malone, the Purdue University College of Agriculture Department of Agricultural Economics' Boehlije Chair in Managerial Economics for Agribusiness. Trey chats with Shely about the work he does to better understand the...
Episode 45 - InnerPlant's First Field Day
InnerPlant recently held its first Field Day in partnership with GROWMARK FS and hosted at the West Central FS Innovation Campus in Galesburg, IL. The day featured live demonstrations of InnerSoy plants signaling in the field, as well a...
Episode 44 Jon Entine
Croptastic returns for its third season with video! Join the InnerPlant team for exclusive peaks behind the scenes and special guests who join us to discuss the future of agriculture. You can find the video versions of the podcast on our YouTub...
Episode 43 Tim Keller
Croptastic returns for its third season with video! Join the InnerPlant team for exclusive peaks behind the scenes and special guests who join us to discuss the future of agriculture. You can find the video versions of the podcast on our YouTub...
Episode 42: Charles C. Mann
This is a particularly exciting episode as we’re joined by Charles C. Mann, the New York Times bestselling author of “
Episode 41: Laura Wood
In this episode, we’re joined by Laura Wood, an environmental and agricultural lobbyist who works on behalf of clients like IPSA, the Independent Professional Seed Assoc...
Episode 40: Dr. Alyssa Whitcraft
On this very special space episode, we’re joined by guest co-host Reza Bloomer, InnerPlant’s Director of Business Development, and Dr. Alyssa Whitcraft, Associate Research Professor at the University of Maryland, founding Director of the Harves...
Episode 39: Matt Turecek
First-generation Kansas farmer Matt Turecek of DY Farms joins the podcast this episode. Matt shares his story with Shely and gives his take on farming, agtech, and the future of agriculture.
Episode 38: Bryan Thompson
Bryan Thompson, a sixth-generation farmer in Central Ohio, joins the podcast today to talk with Shely about the changes on the farm over the last few decades and what we might see in the future.
Episode 37: Dr. Pamela Ronald
This episode we’re joined by Dr. Pamela Ronald, a professor in the Department of Plant Pathology and the Genome Center at the University of California, Davis and a member of the Innovative Genomics Institute at the University of California, Ber...