Croptastic the InnerPlant Podcast

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Croptastic explores the global future of agriculture and food with guests from the technology, agricultural, and food supply chain industries. The podcast hosted by InnerPlant CEO and co-founder Shely Aronov.

  1. OCT 22

    Croptastic S5, Ep. 60: Field Day 2030 - satellite detection, presented by Brandon Rasmussen

    In August of 2025, InnerPlant hosted a technology demonstration field day in Perry, IA, that took guests through the 2030 growing season with a walking tour featuring demonstrations representing a different day in the future season. Each stop on the tour showcased a specific aspect of how InnerPlant's technology will shape the future of agriculture. This special Croptastic series of episodes is designed to tell the story of that day and share the demonstrations with a wider audience.  This episode features Brandon Rasmussen, InnerPlant’s Remote Sensing Engineer, demonstrating recent detections of the InnerPlant signal from satellite and its implications for informing crop management decisions at scale. This series of episodes from our Field Day 2030 is best in video form, as there are multiple visual elements that support the presentations. Please check out our YouTube channel to give this and our other episodes a watch.

    7 min

  2. OCT 22

    Croptastic S5, Ep. 59: Field Day 2030 - from 2025 to 2030, presented by Gary Schaefer

    In August of 2025, InnerPlant hosted a technology demonstration field day in Perry, IA, that took guests through the 2030 growing season with a walking tour featuring demonstrations representing a different day in the future season. Each stop on the tour showcased a specific aspect of how InnerPlant's technology will shape the future of agriculture. This special Croptastic series of episodes is designed to tell the story of that day and share the demonstrations with a wider audience.  This episode features InnerPlant’s Chief Commercial Officer, Gary Schaefer, explaining the CropVoice product and how InnerPlant’s technology is delivering value to farmers today. This series of episodes from our Field Day 2030 is best in video form, as there are multiple visual elements that support the presentations. Please check out our YouTube channel to give this and our other episodes a watch.

    15 min

  3. OCT 22

    Croptastic S5, Ep. 58: Field Day 2030 - Welcome, Shely Aronov

    In August of 2025, InnerPlant hosted a technology demonstration field day in Perry, IA, that took guests through the 2030 growing season with a walking tour featuring demonstrations representing a different day in the future season. Each stop on the tour showcased a specific aspect of how InnerPlant's technology will shape the future of agriculture. This special Croptastic series of episodes is designed to tell the story of that day and share the demonstrations with a wider audience.  This episode features InnerPlant’s CEO and co-founder, Shely Aronov, setting the stage for the day’s demonstrations. This series of episodes from our Field Day 2030 is best in video form, as there are multiple visual elements that support the presentations. Please check out our YouTube channel to give this and our other episodes a watch.

    10 min

  4. JUN 25

    Croptastic S5, Ep. 57: Michael Grunwald

    Shely is joined in this episode by New York Times bestselling author, Michael Grunwald, whose new book "We Are Eating the Earth" publishes on July 1, 2025. Michael shares the idea behind his book and chats with Shely about finding a pragmatic balance between climate and real-world human behavior as it relates to agriculture and food. "We Are Eating the Earth" is available for pre-order now:  https://www.amazon.com/We-Are-Eating-Earth-Climate/dp/1982160071

    39 min

  5. JUN 25

    Croptastic S5, Ep. 56: CropVoice Field Day Planning Road Trip

    InnerPlant is planning three field days to show off our CropVoice product that's currently deployed across the Midwest. The events will take place in three sites this summer, July 28 in Stewardson, IL, July 30 in Perry, IA, and Aug. 1, in York, NE. We’re also planning another field day on Aug. 5, in Perry, IA. For that event, we’ll give guests a tour through the growing season in the year 2030 and show them how InnerPlant’s technology will evolve into the future alongside our current commercial CropVoice deployment. This episode brings you along with us on our road trip for a behind-the-scenes peek at our 2025 field day planning effort.  Don't forget that this season of Croptastic features video. Head over to our YouTube channel to give this and our other episodes a watch.

    8 min

  6. JUN 11

    Croptastic S5, Ep. 55: Wine and Diamonds - Part II

    This is the second of two special episodes featuring Virginia farmer and "King of Corn," who broke the 600-bushel corn barrier, David Hula.  He joins the conversation about a conceptual framework examining the value of agricultural inputs using the examples of how wine and diamonds are valued and sold.  The idea was introduced in Part I by Dan Northrup, a veteran agricultural research scientist with experience at companies including Booz Allen Hamilton and Benson Hill. His current role is Principal, Science and Technology, at Galvanize Climate Solutions.

    41 min

  7. JUN 4

    Croptastic S5, Ep. 54: Wine and Diamonds - Part I

    This is the first of two special episodes discussing a conceptual framework examining the value of agricultural inputs using the examples of how wine and diamonds are valued and sold. The idea was brought to the team by Dan Northrup, a veteran agricultural research scientist with experience at companies including Booz Allen Hamilton and Benson Hill. His current role is Principal, Science and Technology, at Galvanize Climate Solutions. InnerPlant's Director of Product and creator of the "Topsoil" newsletter, Ariel Patton, joins the discussion. The second part of the discussion will test the framework with David Hula, the farmer who broke the 600-bushel corn barrier.

    41 min

  8. MAY 7

    Croptastic S5, Ep. 53: Ron Adner

    Shely is joined in this episode by Ron Adner, the Nathaniel D'1906 and Martha E. Leverone Memorial Professor of Business Administration at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and author of "The Wide Lens," and "Winning the Right Game." Ron chats with Shely about the complexities of bringing innovation to market and how it might impact the future of agriculture.  "The Wide Lens" is available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Wide-Lens-New-Strategy-Innovation/dp/1591844606 "Winning the Right Game" is also available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Winning-Right-Game-Changing-Management/dp/026204546X

    43 min
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Croptastic explores the global future of agriculture and food with guests from the technology, agricultural, and food supply chain industries. The podcast hosted by InnerPlant CEO and co-founder Shely Aronov.

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