About Agribusiness Matters

Namaste! My name is Venky. How are we doing? Trust you are reading this in the pink of your health and spirits.

It is my deepest conviction that when communities of changemakers in food and agriculture systems -Yes, I am talking about YOU- are nurtured, grown, and served with systems thinking about the possibilities that beckon us and the problems that bedevil us, it is possible to marry art and creativity with impact ventures in these insane climate chaos times. You can review the 2023 Agribusiness Matters in Review to learn more. If you’re thinking of subscribing, you probably want to know who I am, and what you can expect from this newsletter.

The Agribusiness Matters Community (across LinkedIn and Substack) is 34K+ strong and growing, with curious readers - Agtech professionals, VCs, and Agribusiness Leaders - across the globe.

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You might want to subscribe (or continue your ongoing subscription) if you want to…

  • …interrogate wicked, existential questions that sit at the uncomfortable interstices of Climate Change, Sustainability & Agriculture.

  • …venture boldly into the wilderness and grope the beast called Agriculture with humbling awareness of the impossibility of the task - We are the blind men, with each of us, trying to cope with the mysteries of the beast, grabbing hold of some part or other, and, in the words of John Godfrey Saxe’s poem:

Rail on in utter ignorance of what each other mean, And prate about an Elephant Not one of [us] has seen!

Each part of the Elephant, as seen in my stunted imagination, by various people who work in the domain of agriculture. Remember this. The elephant is more than the sum of the parts.

Currently, I publish “State of Agritech” posts for subscribers and host town halls for the members of Agribusiness Matters. You can subscribe at ₹ 1201/mo or ₹ 12,001/year to access all the paywalled content.

Subscriptions will be offered free for students and all those willing to bring other forms of energy in exchange to enliven and collaborate with the Agribusiness Matters Community. To know more and apply for complimentary subscriptions, click here. If you want to offer group subscriptions to colleges and institutions that are serious about the kind of questions I am interested in pursuing, do write to me at venkyr@hey.com.

You can tune in to my chatty self on LinkedIn, where I talk about pretty much everything under the sun.

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