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New VofV Episode: Verdant Robotics and the Secret to Making Farmers Superhuman

Verdant Robotics Co-Founders CEO Gabe Sibley and COO Curtis Garner join Voices of the Valley to discuss the power that digitized precision farming gives to the industry.

Verdant Robotics wasn't "a solution looking for a problem," Gabe says; instead, the multi-action robot that provides both data analytics and crop applications is the result of a six-month road trip that was spent talking to farmers and refining the technology that is now used on everything from carrots to onions to garlic.

Ann Donahue May 12 2022 in Ag Tech

Western Growers Leads Innovative Discussions at the Western Food Safety Conference

The Western Food Safety Conference was held May 4-5, 2022 at Hartnell College in Salinas, Calif. This year’s edition of the conference had the theme “The Culture of Food Safety,” and WG members and executives shared their first-hand learnings based on their years of experience in the industry.

Ann Donahue May 10 2022 in Ag Tech

VofV Epsiode: Don Cameron on How Innovation and Automation Can Boost California Agriculture

Don Cameron, Vice President and General Manager of Terranova Ranch, joins the Voices of the Valley podcast to share his experiences with agtech start-ups looking to gain traction in California agriculture.

"The ones that tend to come early and listen and hear what we're saying are the ones that tend to be successful," he says.

Ann Donahue May 05 2022 in Ag Tech

USDA Visits WGCIT to Learn About Agtech Innovation

On April 26, 14 representatives from the U.S. Department of Agriculture visited the Western Growers Center for Innovation and Technology in Salinas, Calif.

Among those who toured the facility to meet with the startups was Bill Richmond, Chief of the U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program for the USDA and Robin Chilton, Director, Standards Division of the USDA's Specialty Crops Program.

The group met with WGCIT member Solare Holdings about their hemp program and the USDA requirements for hemp. In addition, the group me with the following WGCIT startups:

Ann Donahue Apr 28 2022 in Ag Tech

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New VofV Episode: Verdant Robotics and the Secret to Making Farmers Superhuman

Western Growers Leads Innovative Discussions at the Western Food Safety Conference

VofV Epsiode: Don Cameron on How Innovation and Automation Can Boost California Agriculture

USDA Visits WGCIT to Learn About Agtech Innovation

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