The Urban Farm Podcast With Greg Peterson

189: Manuel Gonzalez on Innovation in Food and Ag. Pitching food and agriculture related business ideas to potential investors. Manuel is the North America Head of StartUp Innovation at Rabobank, where he leads the growth of their start-up platform build through FoodBytes! and new Accelerator, Terra. At the same time, he focuses on developing plans around how relationships with startup firms can benefit corporate clients. Manuel has been Head of the San Francisco Office of StartUp Innovation since 2012, where he led a process that greatly strengthened relationships with corporate clients in the Western Region of the US. He joined Rabobank in 1996 as a project manager. In 2003, he was named Head of Credit, and a year later became Head of Credit and Legal. Manuel was appointed Deputy General Manager in 2007, and just a year later promoted to General Manager in 2008.  Under his leadership, the Mexico franchise significantly strengthened business performance, achieving considerable increases in revenue, cross-sel