Plus, the USDA’s office of the chief scientist gets a new director and cultivated meat startup Upside Foods expands its leadership team.
The dispute between Miyoko Schinner and the company she founded has grown uglier as Miyoko’s Creamery has filed a lawsuit accusing Schinner of “hatching a plot to steal company property, trade secrets, and confidential information” after being removed as CEO.
Co-founder Amol Deshpande, who started Farmers Business Network in 2014, is stepping down as CEO “to pursue other interests.”
Agtech startup FarmWise gets a new CEO, Cargill sees a CFO shuffle, and Beyond Meat saays good-bye to its longtime branding executive.
Other people moves from the last month include a new chief marketing officer for Grabango and a new role for Upstream Ag’s founder.
Keurig Dr. Pepper CEO leaves the company after just three months at the helm, while Impossible Foods makes two new C-suite hires.
Despite a slowdown in people moves overall, the month included a few notable transitions from the likes of Beyond Meat and the Upcycled Foods Association.
Plus, Starbucks names a new CEO and a longtime veteran of consumer goods corporate Unilever calls it quits after 35 years.
Two Boston startups welcomed new executives and McDonalds got a new chief impact officer.
Brown, who founded the plant-based protein pioneer in 2011, will continue in the newly created role of ‘chief visionary officer’.
Daniel Vradenburg is the former president of Wilbur-Ellis and the board chair of Cavallo Ventures and now he’s joining soil science startup Trace Genomics.
Karn Manhas is founder and CEO of Terramera, an agbiotech startup focused on improving the sustainability of farming. Here he writes about the importance of promoting the farming industry as an appealing and impactful career for the next generation.
Steve Platt comes from the CPG sector, most recently serving as CEO of yogurt company Icelandic Provisions.
Senior figures at the world’s largest agribusinesses are placing increasing emphasis on the importance of digital agriculture technologies as a boost to their existing seed and chemical businesses.
AgFunderNews can reveal that Syngenta has promoted Derek Norman to head of corporate venture capital at the Swiss agribusiness.
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