IRVINE, Calif. (October 29, 2018) – Western Growers today announced that Ron Ratto, president of Ratto Bros., Inc., has been elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Taking over volunteer leadership responsibilities from Outgoing Chairman Craig Reade, partner at Bonipak Produce, Ratto will serve as chairman for a one-year term. He joined Western Growers’ ...
Western Growers, S2G Ventures offers $250,000 in seed funding to Augean Robotics for development of autonomous farming robot IRVINE, Calif. (October 30, 2018) – Augean Robotics walked away from Western Growers’ AgSharks™ Competition today with a $250,000 equity investment offer, as well as access to farm acreage for pilot testing, to take its collaborative robotic ...