The Stream (with Will & Tom‪)‬ Will Sarni & Tom Freyberg

For the fourth episode of the season, Tom and Will are joined by Noah Zelkind, VP of Business Intelligence, at 80 Acres Farms.Noah talks about his background, moving from finance into the farming markets, reflecting on the journey with his father. He also discusses his love for data science, spotting patterns, and why this will be fundamental to growing nutritious food locally and consistently.Noah also shares the reason for the bright purple lighting in the farms, which is reflected acr...

For the third episode of the season, Tom and Will are joined by Jairo Trad, Co-Founder & CEO of Kilimo.In this episode he talks about how he spent months talking to farmers about their challenges, including on water, to really understand the customers’ paint points.He discusses innovation in business models, and also funding challenges, including climate funds, which he believes should be renamed carbon funds!Jairo also talks about how Kilimo started working with Microsoft, through a part...

In this second episode of the season, we’re joined by Dane Hague, CEO & Co-Founder of MyLand.Dane openly shares his origin story, moving from a successful corporate legal career into co-founding a soil health company that harnesses microalgae.He describes how we got to the stage of unfarmable land, with heavy industrial and commercial farming activity stripping out the life from soil.The co-founder discusses the dire situation of farmland being abandoned at an alarming rate, and the impac...

In this first episode of the season we’re joined by Michael Alexander, head of environment for Diageo, the British multinational alcoholic beverage company.You would have heard of some of its world-famous brands including the stout, Guinness, Johnnie Walker whisky, Smirnoff vodka and Captain Morgan rum.The organisation has developed a 10-year action plan called Society 2030 – Spirit of Progress. This includes the ambition to replenish more water than is uses across operations in 100% of water...

In the final episode of The Stream season 6, Will and Tom are joined by Jerry Gunderson, a 4th generation rancher and businessman from Colorado.It was great to bring in the voice of agriculture and cattle into the conversation in this episode. Often, it’s a voice that doesn’t get an invite to these types of discussions. Jerry talks openly about life as a rancher, including anticipating water challenges and measures he’s taking to ensure there’s a water reserve available during times of w...

This week Will and Tom are joined by James Eklund, Water & Natural Resources Practice Lead, Sherman & Howard. Known as the architect of Colorado’s first strategic water plan, he was the Director of the Colorado Water Conservation Board.James talks about why involving all stakeholders, effectively democratising input on the future of their supply, was a central to the success of the plan.He discusses his origin story – he’s a fifth generation Coloradan from the Western Slope of Colorad...