Ann Donahue serves as Director, Communications for Western Growers, where she is responsible for external communication efforts and publicizing the Association’s executives, initiatives, and members across all media platforms. Ann spent more than 20 years as an editor and reporter covering entertainment journalism, with bylines at publications including Variety, the L.A. Times, Billboard, IndieWire, and […]
The Nonpoint Source Grant Program – Clean Water Act is now open for proposals; the deadline to submit is Dec. 19, 2022. The Nonpoint Source Grant Program seeks proposals for projects that reduce runoff of pollution to waters of the state of California, such as agricultural projects that reduce pesticide and nutrient runoff, improvement or ...
The first edition of FIRA USA, the agtech robotics conference, attracted more than 900 attendees to Fresno from Oct. 18-20, 2022. Over the three days of the event, co-organized by Western Growers, GOFAR, UC ANR, UC Merced, Fresno State and Fresno-Merced Future of Food Innovation, those in the attendance had the opportunity to attend panels about ...
Brent Shedd, CEO of Stout Industrial Techology, Inc., joins Voices of the Valley to examine Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the agriculture industry. Brent joined Stout with a background in technology and tends to approach farming issues through this lens. The decision for Stout to build its own hardware and software was based around Brent’s…
