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Vietnamese AgTech delegation comes to Salinas
(Contributed) June 27, 2017 — Salinas, CA Last April, a group of Vietnamese agriculture business delegates visited Salinas for one specific reason. They wanted to learn about and acquire the latest AgTech solutions that exist […]
New Microsite AgTechSalinasCA.com Highlights Salinas’ AgTech Ecosystem
(Contributed) May 22, 2017 — Salinas, CA “Located just 60 miles south of Silicon Valley, Salinas is an ideal location for agtech startups to grow. Salinas entrepreneurs and major ag companies alike are developing cutting-edge […]
Watch: Food Origins Success Story
(Source: Western Growers Association, YouTube) May 11, 2017 — Salinas, CA Nathan Dorn, founder of Food Origins, tells us about a case study where he helped a grower save money by helping the grower track […]
10 named THRIVE Accelerator winners
By Amy Wu The Californian April 13, 2017 — Salinas, CA (Photo above: Eric Smith, visiting fellow at Western Growers, and Jessica Bollinger of Arable enjoy the THRIVE Accelerator Seed Camp reception on Tuesday at […]
Watch: Incubator to Farm – Minority Women Working in Agtech
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat February 23, 2017 — Salinas, CA (Photo above: Diane Wu and Poornima Parameswaran, co-founders of Trace Genomics, a comprehensive microbial evaluation for soil health and […]
Minority Women Entrepreneurs Share Stories in “From Farms to Incubators”
By Jan Janes Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat February 18, 2017 — Salinas, CA (Photo above: Amy Wu, producer of the multimedia presentation “From Farms to Incubators,” welcomes the audience and explains the purpose […]
Food Origins receives scholarship to advance AgTech development
(Contributed) February 14, 2017 — Salinas, CA [Editor’s note: Santa Cruz Tech Beat published Q&A: Nathan Dorn, Food Origins, on solving growers’ problems, August 24, 2016.] Western Growers announces first set of scholarship winners; seven […]
Agtech part of Salinas’ economic future
By Amy Wu The Californian February 2, 2017 — Salinas, CA Agtech – the merging of agriculture and technology – remains at the forefront of the city of Salinas’ efforts to grow its economy. Over […]
Agriculture and Technology Leaders Gather in The Heart of Silicon Valley to Advance The Future Of Agriculture
(Contributed) February 1, 2017 — Menlo Park, CA SVG Partners host their THRIVE AgTech Innovation Forum to advance pioneering agtech innovations and forge new partnerships across technology and agriculture. The forum brings together entrepreneurs, technologists, […]
News: July – December 2016
News: December 2016 Mobile Ranger Goes on Pause in 2017 – December 29, 2016 Agriculture Producers Can’t Sit on the Sidelines Waiting for Farm Robotics to Come to Them – December 28, 2016 FORA coworking […]