Rural reboot: Salinas is turning crop pickers into computer programmers
By Kim Brunhuber CBC News (Canada) October 5, 2016 — Salinas, CA (Photo above: Adilene Constante, the daughter of crop pickers, is among the first..
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UC MBEST: High-tech ambitions rekindled on Fort Ord
By James Herrera Monterey Herald October 5, 2016 — Marina, CA (Photo above: Steve Matarazzo, planning director at UC MBEST, speaks in front of..
CSUMB selected to receive $5.6M STEM grant
(Contributed) September 28, 2016 — Seaside, CA California State University Monterey Bay (CSUMB) has been selected to receive funding under the Department..
CSUMB students, local researchers to benefit from NOAA Grant
(Source: CSUMB news.) September 28, 2016 — Seaside, CA CSUMB is one of six universities across the nation that will benefit from a new five-year,..
City of Salinas: Results from the 2016 Forbes AgTech Summit
By Spencer Critchley City of Salinas September 14, 2016 — Salinas, CA [Editor’s note: Santa Cruz Tech Beat published a variety of article about the..
Western Growers Opens AgTech Innovation Arena Competition
(Contributed) August 31, 2016 — Irvine and Salinas, CA Agtech startups can now apply to compete for invaluable ag industry resources Western Growers (WG)..
Taylor Farms looks to new technologies to attract millennial workers
By Amy Wu The Californian August 25, 2016 — Salinas, CA (Photo above: Taylor Farms is stepping up its automated technologies to increase efficiency and..
Q&A: Nathan Dorn, Food Origins, on solving growers’ problems
By Jan Janes Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat August 25, 2016 – Salinas, CA (Photo above: Food Origins has data trials that show who picked it, where they..
Ocean Program Celebrates 20 Years, Online Curriculum To Go National
By Laura Barnes Walker and Liz Kroft Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat August 24, 2016 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Students participate in O’Neill Sea..
FORA seeks input on coworking in the Monterey Bay region
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat August 18, 2016 — Monterey, CA The survey is actively seeking responses from..