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Colin Steen: Venture Capital in Agriculture and the consolidation of Big Ag companies
Colin Steen is the CEO of Legacy Seeds a holding company that sells non-GMO and organic seeds in addition to traited (GMO) seeds. Steen spoke with Vance Crowe about how venture capital is being spent in agriculture, what it was like to be in Syngenta when Monsanto attempted to buy it, and then go on to talk about organic seed loopholes, SPACs, and why the climate change discussion is so one-dimensional.
Chapters —
3:05 Start
3:40 Where are venture capitalists investing in agriculture
6:20 Is regulation inhibiting innovation in agriculture?
11:04 What is a SPAC?
15:29 Legacy seed companies vs…
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