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Meetup Brings Ag and Tech Together
By David Castellon The Californian March 17, 2016 — Salinas, CA (Photo above: Attendees of the Agtech Meetup talk last Tuesday night at the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas. The event brought people in the […]
HeavyConnect Builds Technology Out of Farming
By Stephanie Thara Western Growers Association March 17, 2016 — Salinas, CA [Editor’s note: Santa Cruz Tech Beat profiled HeavyConnect in Ten Hot Companies to Watch in the Monterey Bay Region’s Growing Ag Tech Hub […]
3rd Annual Salinas Valley AgTech Summit is Mar 30
(Contributed) March 9, 2016 — Salinas, CA Ag Tech Summit to Instill Research, Business, and Education “This event has doubled in size each year as it showcases how our leading researchers, businesses, trade organizations and […]
Salinas hopes to turn farm workers’ children into computer scientists
By Geoffrey Mohan LA Times February 11, 2016 — Salinas, CA (Photo above: Now a college student, Dario Molina, 22, stands among the fields of Salinas where he used to work as a day laborer. […]
Calling All AgTech and FoodTech Startups
(Contributed) January 20, 2016 — Salinas, CA Thrive Accelerator is a unique international business program for promising start-ups in the areas of Food and AgTech Join a vibrant innovation ecosystem shaping the future of Food and […]
A Silicon Valley for AgTech? Innovation Center for Startups Opens in Salinas
By Bryce Druzin Silicon Valley Business Journal (Photo above: Western Growers President and CEO Tom Nassif delivers opening remarks at the opening of the innovation center. Behind him are, from left to right, Vic Smith, […]
Past News Articles
News: June 2021 Time to tango: Sara Isenberg’s last dance with Santa Cruz Tech Beat – June 4, 2021 Invaluable Partners: Baskin School of Engineering and Santa Cruz Tech Beat – June 4, 2021 News: […]
Voices of the Valley: Rodrigo Nieto Gómez of Naval Postgraduate School
(Source: Voices of the Valley) April 30, 2020 — Monterey, CA (Photo: Rodrigo Nieto-Gomez is a professor at the Center for Homeland Defense and Security at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey. He describes himself […]
Voice of the Valley: John Skardon on Tailwater Systems
(Source: Western Grower Voices of the Valley) July 3, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA [Editor’s note: Santa Cruz Tech Beat published John Skardon’s startup story Tailwater: Removing Nitrates Affordably on July 17, 2018.] John Skardon, […]
Tomorrow’s tech you can use today: annual summit highlights commercially relevant agtech
By Patrick Reilly, Esq. and Clio Mykland Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat April 2, 2019 — Salinas, CA The Sixth Annual Salinas Valley Ag Tech Summit, co-presented by Hartnell College on Wednesday, March 27, […]