In today's episode we welcome Dr. Alexandra DiFeliceantonio.

Dr. DiFeliceantonio is an appetitive neuroscientist who studies how the brain integrates peripheral signals to guide food selection and eating behaviors. Using multimodal brain imaging and metabolic measures, her laboratory in Roanoke studies food motivation to ask new questions about diet, food choice, and addiction. Listen along as we delve into her work and what it means for our foods system.

In today's episode we get to chat with Austin Frerick about his new book Barons.

Austin is an expert on agricultural and antitrust policy. He worked at the Open Markets Institute, the U.S. Department of Treasury, and the Congressional Research Service before becoming a Fellow at Yale University. He is a 7th generation Iowan and 1st generation college graduate, with degrees from Grinnell College and the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Join us as we talk to Mark Desantis, CEO of Bloomfield a venture-backed ag-tech company that helps specialty crop growers across the US, EU, and South America. Bloomfield leverages years of research and development in artificial intelligence and robotics at Carnegie Mellon University to improve the health and performance of specialty crops through automated, continuous and comprehensive plant-by-plant assessment and analysis.

Come join the conversation about innovation hosted by the Division of Research and Innovation Partnerships in conjunction with NICCS.

Sapna Sanders, Project Manager Strategic Partnerships for the biotech company InnovaFeed joins us to talk about how insects are a natural and sustainable solution to feed tomorrows world.

In this episode we welcome Will Harris from White Oak Pastures in Georgia.

Will Harris is a fourth-generation cattleman, who tends the same land that his great-grandfather settled in 1866. Born and raised at White Oak Pastures, Will left home to attend the University of Georgia's School of Agriculture, where he was trained in the industrial farming methods that had taken hold after World War II. Will graduated in 1976 and returned to Bluffton, where he and his father continued to raise cattle using pesticides, herbicides, hormones, and antibiotics. In 1995, Will made the audacious decision to return to the farming methods his great-grandfather had used 130 years before. Will is the immediate past President of the Board of Directors of Georgia Organics. He is the Beef Director of the American Grassfed Association and was selected 2011 Business Person of the year for Georgia by the Small Business Administration.

In this episode we welcome Andrew Lenkaitis from Lenkaitis Dairy Farms and GEA Farm Technologies.

Andrew brings a wealth of experience to the dairy industry working as Senior Manager of Herd Management at GEA Farm Technologies, while also co-owning a dairy farm that milks with two GEA robots, alongside his wife Sarah. Andy dedicates his time educating dairy producers about the technology implemented on their farm and how it can best meet their individual needs. By helping farms find solutions to becoming more efficient in their day-to-day activities and maximizing their milk production, Andy plays an integral role in setting operations up for future generations. Andy has a master’s degree in Agriculture and Biological Engineering. He has worked at GEA for over 17 years covering areas from the manure management side of the business to herd health and management.