Stoel Rives | Deeply Rooted Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Welcome to the inaugural season of the Stoel Rives | Deeply Rooted podcast. This season our hosts Adam Dittman,Todd Friedman and Kirk Maag of Stoel Rives' agribusiness, food, beverage and timber industry group are interviewing respected industry leaders and discussing how they, and their companies, are embracing innovation and capitalizing on new opportunities to move their industries forward in an ever-changing world.
In the latest episode of the Stoel Rives | Deeply Rooted podcast, Jess Thomas, Co-Founder of SOGOOD Saké, joined Claire Mitchell, food and beverage attorney for Stoel Rives LLP, to discuss the intersection between alcohol and agriculture, challenges starting an alcohol business and some of the opportunities for saké to increase its popularity in the United States.
In the latest episode of the Stoel Rives | Deeply Rooted podcast, Meg Rulli, owner of Flipturn Cellars in Portland, Oregon, joined Merissa Moeller, water and land use attorney for Stoel Rives LLP, to discuss her second career as a winemaker, joining an exciting cohort of new women winemakers, and how her extensive digital marketing experience has helped her along the way.
Katie Poppe, Co-Founder and CEO of Blue Star Donuts, joins host Kristin Russel, a finance attorney and member of Stoel Rives' agribusiness, food, beverage and timber industry group, to discuss the challenges of adapting a business during a pandemic, managing stakeholder relationships and growing a community focused brand.
On the season one finale, Adam Dittman sits down with MaryKate Bullen, Director of Sustainability and ESG for Forest Investment Associates, to discuss the role of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations in the timber and forest sectors.
Host Adam Dittman sits down with Kevin Adams, Managing Director for The Mountain Group for this episode of the Stoel Rives | Deeply Rooted podcast. Established in 1996, The Mountain Group is a northwest focused consulting company providing business advisory services. Kevin’s team work as project managers and shareholder representatives for mergers and acquisitions, managing the process on behalf of the shareholders and investors.
Host Todd Friedman sits down with David Muth, Managing Partner of Alternative Equity Advisors and discuss the $3 trillion farmland asset class.
Host Kirk Maag sits down with Elin Miller, founder and owner of Umpqua Nut Farm and Umpqua Vineyards. Elin is a veteran agribusiness and management executive with more than 30 years of senior leadership in corporate, government and nonprofit sectors.
Phil Ward is the CEO of Oregon FFA—better known as Future Farmers of America. Phil is a fifth generation Oregonian, with deep roots in Oregon agriculture. He started his career as a high school agriculture instructor and went on to serve as the Executive Vice-President of the Oregon Farm Bureau Federation, Director of the Oregon Department of Agriculture, Director of the Oregon Water Resources Department, and State Director of the Oregon Farm Service Agency.
The inaugural episode of the Stoel Rives | Deeply Rooted podcast with guest Jeff Huckaby, President & CEO of Grimmway Farms. Headquartered in Bakersfield, CA Grimmway Farms is the world’s largest grower, packer, and shipper of carrots. Grimmway grows over 40,000 acres annually throughout California and 6 other states. Grimmway’s organic division Cal Organic farms has grown from a few hundred acres in the late 90’s to over 53,000 acres today. This makes Cal Organic the largest single grower of organic vegetable in the nation. Cal Organic grows over 65 different fruits and vegetables although organic carrots is the largest single crop. Together Grimmway/Cal Organic cultivates over 100,000 acres and has 18 processing facilities in 7 states.