{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgrowing-the-future.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Falannakoch-bxP6q1Gw","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Innovation Isn't the Problem. Policy Is.","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/1fa356cd-6e54-41a2-bbf4-99a91ee4ce68/1a06ddd8-f4b6-480a-9b64-2cac13414a80/cropped_1788967270787.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/7328898c-2d38-4583-8c68-588006697360\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Innovation Isn&apos;t the Problem. Policy Is.\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Alanna Koch, Chair of the Board at the Global Institute for Food Security and a grain farmer near Edenwold, joins Dan to connect three vantage points on the same industry. She traces building a farm from a single quarter section starting in 1994, more than a decade as Saskatchewan's Deputy Minister of Agriculture under Premier Brad Wall, and her current work chairing a global food security institute. The through line is her argument that Western Canadian agriculture's capacity to innovate has outrun the regulatory environment's willingness to let it, and that the practical view from a working farm is what keeps big strategy honest."}