

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: 2026 Annual Meeting
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 25 Mar, 2026 at 10:00 am (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: Registration and coffee starts at 9:30 am with the meeting starting at 10:00 am

​The Ag Ventures Alliance (AgVA) Annual Meeting is a focused event built around one principle: increasing farm profitability. ​Expect a room of farm operators, investors, and AgTech founders connecting directly to build solutions that perform in real field conditions.

​Keynote: John Kempf, Advancing Eco Agriculture
​We’re honored to welcome John Kempf, one of agriculture’s most respected voices on regenerative systems, profitability, and long-term farm resilience. His perspective challenges conventional thinking and pushes the industry forward.

About John Kempf - John Kempf is an entrepreneur, speaker, host of the Regenerative Ag Podcast, leading crop health consultant, and designer of innovative soil and plant management systems. He founded Advancing Eco Agriculture in 2006 and serves as Chief Vision Officer and Executive Board Chairman.

John’s Story - In the early 2000s, Amish farmer John Kempf was on a quest to save his family’s fruit and vegetable farm in Northeast Ohio. After years of intensive pesticide use, pest and disease pressure was unmanageable and unaffected by continued chemical applications. This resulted in an almost total loss three years in a row.

John then began renting a field from a neighboring farm, which sparked an “ah-ha” moment. Cantaloupe plants, located in soil previously managed with intense pesticides, were disease and pest-ridden. Those grown on the rented field with untreated soil were completely healthy. The difference was so pronounced that it launched John on an intense journey to understand why one plant could resist disease while the same variety planted two feet away could not.

After years of extensive agronomic research, first-hand growing experience, and close mentorship – from leaders such as Don Huber, Bruce Tainio, Jerry Brunetti, Arden Anderson, and Michael McNeil – John found new crop management methods. The practices he discovered and the products he created were the beginnings of Advancing Eco Agriculture.

​Speakers: Pete Nelson, AgLaunch

​Why Attend
​• Direct farmer–founder connection
​• Strategic member updates and direction
​• High-signal conversations
​• Practical insight you can apply immediately

​If you’re an AgVA member, investor, or builder in AgTech who values profitability, resilience, and real-world execution, this room is for you.

Board Nominees
Adam Drewelow, Nashua, IA
Chad Krull, Northwood, IA
Jeff Divan, Thompson, IA
Mark Hanna, Joice, IA
Steve Eastman, Riceville, IA

​Lunch Menu
Pork Loin Cajun Orange, Chicken Florentine, Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans with Bacon &amp; Onion, Garden Salad, Roll, and Assorted 
Dessert Bars.

This year's agenda will consist of:
Welcome &amp; Introductions
Founder Pitch Blocks
Business Meeting &amp; Election of Officers
State of the Coop – Spencer Stensrude
Discovery Trial Winner Announced – Loran Steinlage
Invocation &amp; Lunch 
Keynote Speaker – John Kempf
Guest Speaker - Pete Nelson, AgLaunch
Panel Discussions

Portfolio Companies that will be attending are as follows:
Poultry Patrol
Novoclade
Vane Ag
Animal Deterrent Solutions
EmGenisys
Seismi
Smooth Ag
Soil Action
Continuum Ag
Earnest Ag
BOPA
CryoBio
Soil Warrior

There will be a drawing at the end of the meeting for several items/services/baskets to those in attendance (must be present to win). We will have new T-shirts for your collection. Register by March 23rd below to save your spot!
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- **Event Categories**: meetups, business, art, health-wellness, fine-arts
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 6

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Clear Lake
- **state**: IA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Best Western Holiday Lodge
- **lat**: 43.14422118179
- **long**: -93.362535238266
- **full address**: Best Western Holiday Lodge, 2023 7th Ave N, Clear Lake, IA 50428-2103, United States

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Ag Ventures Alliance (https://allevents.in/org/ag-ventures-alliance/14397356)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 25 Mar, 2026 at 10:00 am (-05:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Best Western Holiday Lodge, 2023 7th Ave N, Clear Lake, IA 50428-2103, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Ag Ventures Alliance
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** meetups, business, art, health-wellness, fine-arts
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about 2026 Annual Meeting ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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