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393: "Emergency Pod" on DOGE & the USDA Cuts with Brian Kuehl

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Release Date: 02/25/2025

420: Turning a Legacy Retailer into a Soil Health Services Business show art 420: Turning a Legacy Retailer into a Soil Health Services Business

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and talk to about building Midwestern BioAg from a legacy inputs retailer to a soil health solution provider. — This episode is presented by American AgCredit. Check them out . — Links Midwestern BioAg -   Midwestern BioAg on AgList - AgList -  

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and talk to all about Sweetgreen, their Infinite Kitchen model, personalization, and how he thinks about their overall strategy. — This episode is presented by American AgCredit. Check them out . — Links Subscribe to The Modern Acre Newsletter -  

info_outline 418: Rethinking Food and Ag Investments - The Quiet Trends Reshaping The Industry show art 418: Rethinking Food and Ag Investments - The Quiet Trends Reshaping The Industry

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and talk to Mark Brooks about his framework for investing in food and ag based on his recent AgFunderNews article, The quiet trends reshaping ag: a field guide for builders, backers, and business leaders. — This episode is presented by American AgCredit. Check them out . — Links AFN Article -   Mark on Linkedin -   Polaris Energy Services -  

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and talk to about scaling a biological startup. — This episode is presented by American AgCredit. Check them out . — Links Lygos -   Lygos on AgList -   AgList -  

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and unpack the success (and controversy) of RxBar and David Protein. — This episode is presented by American AgCredit. Check them out . — Links RxBar -   David Protein -  

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and talk to about all things local food and commerce. — This episode is presented by American AgCredit. Check them out . — Links Local Line -  

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and talk about their experience using . — This episode is presented by American AgCredit. Check them out . — Links - Use code FUNCTIONDAY for $135 off!

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and talk to Drew Anderson about founding and scaling Cleveland Kitchen, an Ohio-based food company specializing in fermented and culinary vegetable products. — This episode is presented by American AgCredit. Check them out . — Links Cleveland Kitchen -  

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and talk to and about water dynamics in California and launching their new water insights app, Hydra Score — This episode is presented by PF Partners. Unlock the exclusive AgTech Go-to-Market webinar . — Links Hydra Score -  

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ANNOUNCEMENT: AgList is now 10x more powerful. Introducting AI. — and share how exactly they are using AI for their businesses, including specific tools and use cases. — This episode is presented by PF Partners. Unlock the exclusive AgTech Go-to-Market webinar . — Links AgList -   Farmer Mode -   ChatGPT -   Gemini -   Replit -   Manus -   Lindy -  

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A principal with Pinion, Brian leads the firm’s Government and Public Affairs service area. With a background in environmental law and regulations, he identifies and educates business owners on how to influence and change political systems for a market advantage. Recent successes include:

  • Saving U.S. farmers an estimated $5 billion, collectively, by initiating the Farmers for Tax Fairness coalition to oppose changes to cash accounting, resulting in an ag exemption in the House tax reform draft bill.
  • Leading an ongoing effort to change tax code to allow thousands of mutual ditch, irrigation, and water companies to access private investment to upgrade aging water infrastructure.
  • Led a coalition instrumental in the passage of the United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA). USMCA is critical for U.S. agriculture and ensures preferential market access for our farmers.
  • Pulling together a partnership of tribes and dairy farmers to develop a biogas facility and turn dairy manure into 450 kilowatts of power. This effort eliminated a lawsuit threat, increased dairy herd size, and enhanced salmon protection.
  • Helping establish a habitat exchange to offset habitat impacts from mineral development by providing incentives to landowner and industry for land and water stewardship.

Brian is a founder of Vela Environmental, a consulting firm supporting long-term business sustainability that became part of the firm in 2013. During the past 20 years, he has served as chief of staff, legislative director, and environmental and energy adviser to U.S. Senator Max Baucus. A leader in sustainability, he was awarded the Loeb Fellowship at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design and selected as a U.S.-Japan Leadership Foundation Fellow.

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