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Ep 70: Karmen Mehmen on growing a family farm through 40 years of change

Ep 70: Karmen Mehmen on growing a family farm through 40 years of change

Karmen Mehmen is a corn and soybean farmer in Iowa alongside her husband Stan and their son Kyle and daughter-in-law Kerri. Their farm, MBS Family Farms, has grown from 160 acres and 40 cows back in the ‘60s to an operation that today supports 20 families. In this episode, Karmen talks about

  • How technology has enabled them to manage through substantial growth

  • Learnings from transitioning the farm to the next generation

  • How structured coaching and support has helped them become better farmers & business owners

Ep 68: David Carter on becoming the world's only carbon neutral fishing company

Ep 68: David Carter on becoming the world's only carbon neutral fishing company

David Carter is the CEO of Austral Fisheries, one of Australia’s largest integrated commercial fishing companies. Austral Fisheries has a reputation as a market leader: they are the only commercial fishing company in the world to be certified as Carbon Neutral, and have been offsetting their emissions to zero since 2016.

In this episode we talk about:

  • David's path from deckhand to CEO

  • Austral's journey from commodity to branded, premium product

  • The bold goals that Austral have set on issues like bycatch and carbon emissions

  • How technology is helping Austral respond to consumer demands and address social license issues

  • The 'unlikely alliances' powering Austral Fisheries’ market leading position