Cream of the Crop
Highland Ag Solutions is changing the game in agriculture. Our aim is to empower farmers to plan ahead, market smart, care for the environment, and defend their worth like never before. Through this podcast you will hear fresh perspectives from familiar friends that cannot only impact your business, but your life. Join us to discover the heart behind Highland and what it means to be the Cream of the Crop.
Episodes
61 episodes
Episode #62: Crop IQ: The Ultimate Tool for Smart Farm Management!
In this episode of Cream of the Crop we are focusing on Crop IQ: The Ultimate Tool for Smart Farm Management! Join us as Product Owner, Mikayla Rogers, and Director of Customer Success, Tara Stroud discuss the dynamic capabilities of Crop...
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Season 5
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Episode 62
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12:10
Episode #61: Compliance Tracker, the latest
Kickstart your week with a fresh episode of Cream of the Crop! In this episode, we shine a spotlight on Highland Hub's newest feature, Compliance Tracker. This innovative platform is poised to revolutionize the management of compliance and regu...
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Season 5
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Episode 61
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12:10
Episode #60: Highland Ag MarketWatch 2.0
In this episode, we have Justin Machell, CEO, Brian Deese, Sales Manager, and Brent Lewis, Product Manager for Business Intelligence, delving into the latest iteration, Highland Ag MarketWatch 2.0, which introduces enhancements designed to opti...
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Season 5
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Episode 60
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33:57
Episode #59: FreshETA, The Latest ETA for Produce on the Water.
In this episode, CEO Justin Machell chats with Product Manager - Brent Lewis and Sales Manager - Brian Deese about the latest feature FreshETA. Discover what FreshETA has to offer:MarineTraffic & Fresh Cargo Peru At...
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Season 5
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Episode 59
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18:27
Episode #58: Behind the Scenes of Highland Ag MarketWatch
Highland Ag MarketWatch has made waves with its groundbreaking approach to analytics, earning it the 2023 AgTech Breakthrough Award for Analytics Innovation of the Year. In this episode, we dive deeper into the significance of real-time analyti...
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51:40
Answering the Fresh Produce Industry's Call for a Reliable Data Solution
At Highland Ag, we believe that data is the key to unlocking success in agriculture. But when it comes to aggregating, analyzing, and presenting that data, not all approaches are created equal. In this episode, we discuss the need for a m...
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Season 5
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Episode 57
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34:44
0056 Sustainability with Highland Hub
Welcome to a fresh episode of Cream of the Crop! Join us as we explore sustainability and how it's being achieved through the Highland Hub. In this episode, our CEO, Justin Machell, with Highland's Director of Customer Success, Tara Stroud, unv...
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Season 5
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Episode 56
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38:25
0055 Farm Traveler Podcast, Trevor Williams
In this episode we hear from podcaster Trevor Williams on the story of the Farm Traveler Podcast. Trevor shares with us the ups and downs of starting a podcast as well as the importance of sharing the heart of the ag industry. Education through...
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Season 4
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Episode 55
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30:40
0054 Soli Organic, Margaret Dominguez
In this episode, we chat with Margaret Dominguez, Vice President of Food Safety and Compliance at Soli Organic. Soli (formerly known as Shenandoah Growers) is the nation’s most commercially advanced indoor agriculture company. Margaret shares t...
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Season 4
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Episode 54
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25:43
0053 North Bay Produce, Leading Ladies in Food Safety
In this episode, Jennifer Pulcipher, Director of Food Safety and Compliance and Kinsey Porter, Food Safety Manager for North Bay Produce, discuss working in food safety for a grower-owned cooperative. With 30 members representing ov...
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Season 4
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Episode 53
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33:26
0052 Marshal Sewell, Coping with Loss and Mental Health in Agriculture
Mental health in agriculture is often overlooked. Our industry tends to keep looking forward without looking inward. In this episode, we talk with Marshal Sewell, a fifth generation farmer who has observed the challenges and stresses of agricul...
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Season 4
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Episode 52
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39:13
0051 Don McMoran, Agricultural Suicide Prevention
The agricultural industry is full of uncontrollable circumstances, which often leads to an abundance of stress. When you think about suicide, agriculturalists aren’t usually the first ones that come to mind. In this episode, we talk with Don Mc...
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Season 4
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Episode 51
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27:50
0050 The Russell Group, Jessica Schulken & Tyson Redpath
The Russell Group is Washington’s leading bipartisan government relations firm, focused exclusively on food and agriculture public policy. Established since 1985, the firm's legacy of results have established them as the industry standard-beare...
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Season 4
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Episode 50
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25:01
0049 The Farm Babe, Michelle Miller
Michelle Miller, The Farm Babe, is all about educating consumers on the production of their food. Michelle has created a following of 200,000 and an average social media reach of 2-3 million per month with a style that is straightforward and wi...
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Episode 49
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26:05
0048 Joan Daleo, President and CEO of Ole Tyme Produce, Inc.
Ole Tyme Produce Inc. is a premier, wholesale fresh food and grocery distributor employing state-of-the-art technology and the highest industry standards in food safety to provide a vital link in the food supply chain between farmers, restauran...
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26:22
0046 - Stephanie Stuckey, CEO of Stuckey's
You might remember as a kid, that familiar Stuckey’s billboard on the highway and stopping at the one of their roadside stores just grab some pecan rolls and souvenirs during your family road trip. Such fond memories became the driving force fo...
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27:59
0047 Jeremy Taylor, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at DNO Produce
DNO Produce began in 1989 as a small co-op based in Columbus, Ohio. Since then, they have grown to become a leading produce distributor and processor for the Midwest. DNO provides customers with healthy and fresh solutions for food service, foo...
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0045 Nicole Brunner, Business Development Manager of QIMA WQS
QIMA/WQS (formerly known as WQS) was founded in 1993, offering solutions to the food industry from farm to fork through GFSI recognized certifications (BRCGS, GLOBALG.A.P., SQF, IFS), food safety and ethical audits, quality seals, inspections, ...
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28:31
0044 LeAnne Ruzzamenti, Director of Equitable Food Initiative
Equitable Food Initiative (EFI) is a non-profit certification and skill-building organization that seeks to increase transparency in the food supply chain and improve the lives of farmworkers through a team-based approach to training and contin...
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35:54
0043 Jordan Carter, President of National Watermelon Promotion Board
Jordan Carter has been elected as the first female President of the National Watermelon Promotion Board. In this episode we discover how Jordan got involved in watermelon production despite her degree in fashion merchandising. As the Director o...
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Season 3
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Episode 0
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27:09
0042 Patrick Kelly, Host of The Produce Industry Podcast
What happens when two podcast hosts get together and talk about the ag industry? Patrick Kelly, host of The Produce Industry Podcast chats with us about being an entrepreneur, speaker, author and strategist in the produce and supply chain indus...
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Episode 0
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29:41
0041 Roberta Anderson, Executive Vice President of GLOBAL G.A.P.
GLOBALG.A.P. works with more than 2,000 trained inspectors and auditors working for around 159 accredited certification bodies to perform independent third-pa...
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Season 3
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Episode 0
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26:23
0040 Ashley Nickle, Editor of The Packer
The Packer is the most trusted news in produce and an industry staple since 1893. Articles range from crop updates to retail news, to new product features to recognition of industry leaders. In this episode, we chat with editor Ashley Nickle, a...
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32:22
0039 Kyro Morales, Director of Operations at Highland Fresh Technologies
Highland Fresh Technologies has been a leader in food safety and sanitation for the produce industry for more than 15 years. With a mission to improve arrivals and strengthen food safety sanitation programs, HFT has changed the way farms and pa...
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Season 3
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Episode 0
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27:42
0038 Sid Miller, Agriculture Commissioner of Texas
“The ag department is not just about cows, plows and sows,” says Texas Ag Commissioner Sid Miller. We caught up with Commissioner Miller from his front seat GMC studio and talked about handling a 6-billion-dollar budget, providing 5 million pub...
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Season 3
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Episode 38
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32:13