2022 virtual summit on agtech
beyond Agtech
The 2022 Virtual Summit on AgTech (also known as Food and Ag Conference at Tuck in 2022) brought together close to 800 attendees virtually over three days to watch, learn, and discuss the latest topics on food and agriculture.
On Day 1, we covered sustainable agriculture and carbon markets as part of our “Feeding the World” theme. On Day 2, we discussed changes in the supply chain including blockchain, labor, and waste. On Day 3, with our Plate of Tomorrow theme, we hosted panels on Plate Based food, early stage food funding, and cultivated meats.
700+
Total attendees
32
Countries
represented
rewatch
$2,000
Raised for out charity partner.
Wednesday, April 27
Security in the Supply Chain
Thursday, April 28
The Plate of Tomorrow
Tuesday, April 26
Feeding The World
Times and speakers subject to change. Times in EST.
11:45 pm - 12:00 pm
12:00 pm - 01:00 pm
01:00 pm - 01:45 pm
02:00 pm - 02:45 pm
03:00 pm - 03:45 pm
04:00 pm - 04:45 pm
05:00 pm - 06:00 pm
07:00 pm - 08:00 pm
Opening Remarks by the Tuck Food & Ag Club Co-chairs (Class of 2022)
Keynote: Sustainability in Agriculture with Steele Lorenz (Head of Sustainable Business, Farmer's Business Network, Inc)
Panel: Sustainability in Wine
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Andy Beckstoffer (T’66) (Owner, Beckstoffer Vineyards)
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Jose Salgado (T'18) ( VP, Andrew Peller)
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Hans Astrom (Vice Chairman, Klein Constantia)
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Eric Pooler (VP of Vineyard Management, Westchester Group Investment Management)
Panel: The New Supply Chain
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Eric Winn (T'14) (COO, C&S Grocery)
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Kevin Quandt (VP, Sweetgreen)
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Jordan Hudson (SVP of Strategy, Apeel)
Fireside Chat: Farms to Incubators by Penelope Nagel (President & COO, Persistence Data Mining) and Amy Wu (Founder, From Farms to incubators)
Panel: Insect Protein with Guus Hovius (VP - Private Placement, Rabobank)
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Mohammed Ashour (Co-founder/CEO, Aspire Food Group)
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Matt Beck (CEO, Hoppy Planet Foods)
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Virginia Emery (CEO, Beta Hatch)
Panel: Grower Economics of Carbon Programs
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Brian Kernohan (Chief Sustainability Officer, Manulife Investment Manager)
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Luke Gudeman (Business Development, Gobena)
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Alexey Rostapshow (Head of John Deere Labs & Sustainability Solutions)
Fireside Chat: Technology Innovations and Agricultural Impact
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Xin Yi Lim (Executive Director, Sustainability and Agricultural Impact, Pinduoduo)
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J. Ramon Lecuona Torras (Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth)
Wednesday, April 27
Security in the Supply Chain
Times and speakers subject to change. Times in EST.
12:00 pm - 01:00 pm
01:00 pm - 1:45 pm
02:00 pm - 02:45 pm
03:00 pm - 03:45 pm
04:00 pm - 04:45 pm
05:00 pm - 06:00 pm
Keynote: Local Lending, Local Food Keynote by Charley Cummings (Walden Mutual and Walden Local)
Panel: Food Delivery & the “Bring-it-to-me” Economy (moderated by Matt Newberg, founder of HNGRY)
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Amritha Sastry (Head of Strategy, Ghost Grubs)
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Will McGarey (Chief of Staff, Mosaic)
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Katie Daleo (GM of Ads & Promotions, Door Dash)
Panel: Blockchain & Food Traceability
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Mark Kaplan (Partner, Envisible and Wholechain)
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Riccardo Accolla (Director of Digital Food Science, Ripe.IO)
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Daniel Jones (founder and CEO, Bext360)
Panel: Affordable Nutrition
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Doug Rauch (Founder & President, Daily Table)
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Jaimi St. John (VP of Culinary innovation, Every Table)
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Alma-Jean (AJ) Fosse (Executive Director, Community Food Club)
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Mabel Shiu (CEO & Founder, Southside Market)
Panel: Ag Labor with Connie Bowen (Co-founder, Farmhand Ventures)
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Suma Reddy (CEO, Future Acres)
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Jon McClarty (President, HMC Farms)
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Feliciano Paredes (Founder, AgHelp)
Fireside Chat: Beyond Food Waste & Climate Change Keynote by Daniel White (Co-founder & CEO, Clean Crop Technologies) & Amy Duffuor (General Partner, Azolla Ventures)
Thursday, April 28
The Plate of Tomorrow
Times and speakers subject to change. Times in EST.
12:00 pm - 01:00 pm
01:00 pm - 1:45 pm
02:00 pm - 02:45 pm
03:00 pm - 03:45 pm
04:00 pm - 04:45 pm
05:00 pm - 06:00 pm
06:00 pm - 06:15 pm
Keynote: Investing in Cannabis by Nico Richardson (CEO, AFI Capital)
Panel: Alternative Proteins in Emerging Markets
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Shraddha Bhansali (Co-founder, Evo Foods
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Hakeem A. Jimo (Founder & CEO, Veggie Victory)
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Andrew D Ive (Founder & Partner, Big Idea Ventures)
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Kris Blanchard (Co-Founder and CEO, Luyef Biotechnologies)
Panel: Early Stage Food Funding
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Alex Malamatinas (Founder & Managing Partner, Melitas Ventures)
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Brad Jakeman (Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Rethink Capital Partners)
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Elizabeth Cook (Partner, ZX Ventures)
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Tapan Shah (Director of Venture Capital, Snackfutures (Mondelez)
Panel: The Case for Cultivated Meat and Seafood
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Sofia Faruqi, CFA (Finance & Strategy Lead, UPSIDE Foods)
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Aryé Elfenbein (Co-founder, Wildtype)
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Elliot Swartz, P.h.D (Lead Scientist, Cultivated Meat at The Good Food Institute)
Fireside Chat: Future of Grocery
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Ben McKean (Founder and CEO, Hungryroot)
Keynote: Emma Cosgrove (Senior Reporter, Business Insider)
Closing Remarks by the Tuck Food & Ag Club Co-chairs (Class of 2023)
2022 FACT
speakers
We are thrilled to announce the following confirmed speakers for FACT 2022, subject to change. Stay tuned for further announcements and more speakers to be announced!
Lead Scientist, Cultivated Meat
Finance & Strategy Lead
Vice President
VP Supply Chain
Chief Operating Officer
Chief of Staff
Vice Chairman
Founder & CEO
Co-founder & CEO
Owner
Co-founder
Co-founder & Partner
Founder & CEO
Founder & CEO
Co-founder & CEO
Founder & CEO
ddffHead of John Deere Labs & Sustainability Solutions
Founder & CEO
Founder & President
Executive Director, Sustainability and Agricultural Impact
Head of Sustainable Business
General Partner
Co-founder & CEO
President & COO
Founder & Managing Partner
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Partner
SVP Strategy
Founder & CEO
Partner
CEO
Founder
GM of Ads & Promotions
Head of Strategy & Ops
VP, Culinary Innovation
Co-Founder
Dir. Digital Food Science
Chief Sustainability Officer
Founder & Executive Director
Founder & Managing General Partner
Founder & Chief Content Editor
Director of Venture Capital
Farmhand
Ventures
Cofounder
VP - Private Placements
2022 Conference
speakers
We were thrilled to host the following speakers for the 2022 conference.
Lead Scientist, Cultivated Meat
Finance & Strategy Lead
Vice President
VP Supply Chain
Chief Operating Officer
Chief of Staff
Vice Chairman
Founder & CEO
Co-founder & CEO
Owner
Co-founder
Co-founder & Partner
Founder & CEO
Founder & CEO
Co-founder & CEO
Founder & CEO
ddffHead of John Deere Labs & Sustainability Solutions
Founder & CEO
Founder & President
Executive Director, Sustainability and Agricultural Impact
Head of Sustainable Business
General Partner
Co-founder & CEO
President & COO
Founder & Managing Partner
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Partner
SVP Strategy
Founder & CEO
Partner
CEO
President
Founder
GM of Ads & Promotions
Founder
Co-Founder and Managing Director
Head of Strategy & Ops
VP, Culinary Innovation
Co-Founder
Dir. Digital Food Science
Chief Sustainability Officer
Founder & Executive Director
Founder & Managing General Partner
Founder & Chief Content Editor
Director of Venture Capital
Farmhand
Ventures
Cofounder
VP - Private Placements
Co-Founder and CEO
2022 FACT
Corporate partners
PLATINUM SPONSORS
In-Kind Sponsors
Rabobank is a leading global financier to the food, agribusiness, commodities, and renewable energy sectors. With a strong commitment to sustainability and a mission of "Growing A Better World Together”, Rabobank knows that sustainability and innovation are critical to promoting a thriving food and agriculture industry. This is a key focus of its Banking for Food strategy, which prioritizes feeding a growing global population for years to come.
Deere & Company (www.JohnDeere.com) is a world leader in providing advanced products, technology and services for customers whose work is revolutionizing agriculture and construction — those who cultivate, harvest, transform, enrich and build upon the land to meet the world's increasing need for food, fuel, shelter and infrastructure.
Dating back to 1685 and described as one of the world’s most beautiful wine estates, Klein Constantia is set amidst ancient trees on the upper foothills of the Constantiaberg, with views across False Bay.
The perfect location for cool climate wines, Klein Constantia produces some of South Africa’s top wines, including one of the world’s best natural sweet wines, Vin de Constance.
2022 conference
charity partner
We were excited to have Daily Table as our 2022 charity partner! Daily Table is a nonprofit community grocer dedicated to providing fresh, tasty, convenient and nutritious food to communities most in need access at prices everyone can afford.
All proceeds from registration fees went towards Daily Table. Please visit their website to learn more!
2022 team
executive committee
Caitlin
Martin
T22
Schuyler
Dalton
T22
Jillian
Di Filippo
T22
Catherine
Bowlus
T22
kelsey
Eichman
T22
Daniel
Petrarca
T22
Committee members
Kathleen
Barada
T23
Robert
Eckstein
T23
Julia Megson
T23
Chloe
Kempf
T23
Liza
Green
T23
Charley
Yu
T23
Grant
Nishioka
T23
Amreen
Ahmad
T23
Jessica
Jiang
T23
Stephanie
Hernandez
T23
Sawyer
Coleman
T23
Elizabeth
Barry
T23
Emma
Toogood
T23
Julia
Goldman
T23
Clara
Auvray-Stiritz
T23
Calvin
Garay
T23
Christine
Gregory
T22
Osmond
Wang
T23
Elizabeth
Raboy
T23
Matt
Kochard
T22
faculty advisors
james feuille
Adjunct Professor; Faculty Adviser, Center for Private Equity and Venture Capital