Ryan Sirolli's guest appearances

Ryan Sirolli

Future of Agriculture

TopSoil

Farm Green

Spencer Stensrude

Erin Silva

Rick Clark

Lee Addams

Aidan Connolly

Tony Chen

Sarah Nolet

Anastasia Volkova

Israel Morales

Carter Malloy

Bill York

David Zetland

Stu Bradbury

Stephen Murray

Patrick Smith

OwlTail

Ryan is the Global Row Crop Sustainability Director for Cargill. In his role, he is responsible for leading strategy development and implementation of row crop sustainability programs and initiatives across Cargill’s enterprises. Focus areas include optimizing farmer productivity and prosperity while lessening impact on water and climate through scalable adoption of soil health best practices and supply chain alignment. Ryan has spent his entire career working along the food and agriculture value chain. His experiences range from managing a row crop and beef operation in Maryland to creating integrated supply chain solutions between dairy producers, growers and consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies. Most recently, he has led the launch of a soil health program at a global FMCG before returning to Cargill to lead row crop sustainability within Cargill’s Sustainability Hub. Ryan holds a B.S. in Animal Science from Virginia Tech and a M.S. in Economics from the University of Delaware.

Ryan is the Global Row Crop Sustainability Director for Cargill. In his role, he is responsible for leading strategy development and implementation of row crop sustainability programs and initiatives across Cargill’s enterprises. Focus areas include optimizing farmer productivity and prosperity while lessening impact on water and climate through scalable adoption of soil health best practices and supply chain alignment. Ryan has spent his entire career working along the food and agriculture value chain. His experiences range from managing a row crop and beef operation in Maryland to creating integrated supply chain solutions between dairy producers, growers and consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies. Most recently, he has led the launch of a soil health program at a global FMCG before returning to Cargill to lead row crop sustainability within Cargill’s Sustainability Hub. Ryan holds a B.S. in Animal Science from Virginia Tech and a M.S. in Economics from the University of Delaware.

Farm Green Podcast with Ryan Sirolli

In the latest episode of the TopSoil Podcast, Mitchell Hora sits down with Cargill's Ryan Sirolli. Ryan is on Cargill's sustainability team and leads their efforts for row crop sustainability, and is helping Cargill to work towards a process to help farmers implement more sustainable ag systems. Tune in as they discuss how Cargill and groups similar to them are approaching sustainability and farming on their own family operations. Mitchell HoraContinuum AgWebsiteFacebookTwitterRyan SirolliCargillWebsiteLinkedIn

In the latest episode of the TopSoil Podcast, Mitchell Hora sits down with Cargill's Ryan Sirolli. Ryan is on Cargill's sustainability team and leads their efforts for row crop sustainability, and is helping Cargill to work towards a process to help farmers implement more sustainable ag systems. Tune in as they discuss how Cargill and groups similar to them are approaching sustainability and farming on their own family operations. Mitchell Hora Continuum Ag <a href="https://continuum.ag/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/continuumag" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Continuum_Ag" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter </a> Ryan Sirolli Cargill <a href="https://www.cargill.com/home" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-sirolli-4760054/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a>

7. Mitchell and Ryan Sirolli 

Ryan Sirolli is the Senior Director at Danone North America, a food company that focuses on dairy products such as milk, yogurt, and plant-based foods. Ryan is responsible for leading a team that serves to develop and execute agricultural sourcing and improve supply chain sustainability. He and his team emphasizes on soil health as well as creating alternative economic models that advocate both customer satisfaction and environmental sustainability.   Today, Ryan shares how Danone North America is part of a global sustainability project. He discusses many of the company’s current environmental advocacies and how the company has aligned its goals to meet the needs of both health and environmentally conscious consumers. He also provides insight with regards to the GMO and Non-GMO debate and shares his thoughts on the future of organic and sustainable agriculture.   “It’s our responsibility to make sure that whatever we source, whatever system the farmer chooses to use or whatever the consumer wants - it’s our responsibility to make sure we do it in the most sustainable way.” - Ryan Sirolli   This Week on The Future of Agriculture Podcast:     Ryan's educational background and experience. What is the Dannon Pledge? The products Danone is focusing on. How they establish a level of trust with their customers and investors. The GMO vs. Non-GMO argument. Danone's commitment to their customers and the environment. How they invest in soil health. How they define regenerative agriculture. The possibilities for their supply chain in the future.     Ryan Sirolli’s Words of Wisdom:  The consumers are more proactive about their health. They want to know where their food is coming from, how it is being made, and they want to buy from brands they can trust. Environmental sustainability is now a major factor of what drives consumers to buy healthy products.    Connect with Ryan Sirolli:    Danone North America    Check Out Our Sponsor for the “Sustainability at Scale” Series   Have you ever heard of Marrone’s BIO WITH BITE? Marrone Bio Innovation offers crop pest protection for the modern organic and conventional production systems. To make sure every grower using their products realize the best possible return on investment, Marrone invests time and resources to thoroughly test and demonstrate the efficacy of those new state of the art products. With serious trial data to back it up! You can see more and connect directly with Marrone by visiting them at www.marronebio.com Marrone is very proud to support The Future Of Agriculture blog series on sustainability in agriculture with Tim Hammerich.   We Are a Part of a Bigger Family!    The Future of Agriculture Podcast is now part of the Farm and Rural Ag Network. Listen to more ag-related podcasts by subscribing on iTunes or on the Farm and Rural Ag Network Website today.   Share the Ag-Love!    Thanks for joining us on the Future of Agriculture Podcast – your spot for valuable information, content, and interviews with industry leaders throughout the agricultural space! If you enjoyed this week’s episode, please subscribe on iTunes and leave your honest feedback. Don’t forget to share it with your friends on your favorite social media spots!    Learn more about AgGrad by visiting:  Future of Agriculture Website AgGrad Website AgGrad on Twitter  AgGrad on Facebook  AgGrad on LinkedIn  AgGrad on Instagram 

Ryan Sirolli is the Senior Director at <a href="http://www.danonenorthamerica.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Danone North America</a>, a food company that focuses on dairy products such as milk, yogurt, and plant-based foods. Ryan is responsible for leading a team that serves to develop and execute agricultural sourcing and improve supply chain sustainability. He and his team emphasizes on soil health as well as creating alternative economic models that advocate both customer satisfaction and environmental sustainability. Today, Ryan shares how Danone North America is part of a global sustainability project. He discusses many of the company’s current environmental advocacies and how the company has aligned its goals to meet the needs of both health and environmentally conscious consumers. He also provides insight with regards to the GMO and Non-GMO debate and shares his thoughts on the future of organic and sustainable agriculture. “It’s our responsibility to make sure that whatever we source, whatever system the farmer chooses to use or whatever the consumer wants - it’s our responsibility to make sure we do it in the most sustainable way.” - Ryan Sirolli This Week on The Future of Agriculture Podcast: <ul> <li>Ryan's educational background and experience.</li> <li>What is the Dannon Pledge?</li> <li>The products Danone is focusing on.</li> <li>How they establish a level of trust with their customers and investors.</li> <li>The GMO vs. Non-GMO argument.</li> <li>Danone's commitment to their customers and the environment.</li> <li>How they invest in soil health.</li> <li>How they define regenerative agriculture.</li> <li>The possibilities for their supply chain in the future.</li> </ul> Ryan Sirolli’s Words of Wisdom: <ul> <li>The consumers are more proactive about their health. They want to know where their food is coming from, how it is being made, and they want to buy from brands they can trust.</li> <li>Environmental sustainability is now a major factor of what drives consumers to buy healthy products.</li> </ul> Connect with Ryan Sirolli: <ul> <li><a href="http://www.danonenorthamerica.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Danone North America</a></li> </ul> Check Out Our Sponsor for the “Sustainability at Scale” Series Have you ever heard of Marrone’s BIO WITH BITE? Marrone Bio Innovation offers crop pest protection for the modern organic and conventional production systems. To make sure every grower using their products realize the best possible return on investment, Marrone invests time and resources to thoroughly test and demonstrate the efficacy of those new state of the art products. With serious trial data to back it up! You can see more and connect directly with Marrone by visiting them at <a href="http://www.marronebio.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.marronebio.com</a> Marrone is very proud to support The Future Of Agriculture blog series on sustainability in agriculture with Tim Hammerich. We Are a Part of a Bigger Family! The Future of Agriculture Podcast is now part of the Farm and Rural Ag Network. Listen to more ag-related podcasts by subscribing on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/farm-rural-ag-network/id1207587305" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a> or on the <a href="http://www.farmruralag.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Farm and Rural Ag Network Website</a> today.  Share the Ag-Love! Thanks for joining us on the Future of Agriculture Podcast – your spot for valuable information, content, and interviews with industry leaders throughout the agricultural space! If you enjoyed this week’s episode, please <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/future-of-agriculture/id1137767458?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">subscribe on iTunes</a> and leave your honest feedback. Don’t forget to share it with your friends on your favorite social media spots!  Learn more about AgGrad by visiting:  <a href="https://futureofag.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Future of Agriculture Website</a> <a href="http://aggrad.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AgGrad Website</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/aggradjobs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AgGrad on Twitter </a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/aggradmedia" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AgGrad on Facebook </a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/aggrad" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AgGrad on LinkedIn </a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/aggrad/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AgGrad on Instagram</a>

Future of Agriculture 101: Balancing Consumer Perspectives on Sustainability with Producer Realities with Ryan Sirolli of Danone North America