Posts By: Taylor Lauson
The Social Wrap: Sept. 24-30
This week, we went into the field with Neil Beach of Nature’s Reward to see how colored cauliflower is harvested in Soledad, Calif. We also sat down with Polybee CEO and Founder Siddharth Jadhav as part of our AgTech Series to explore how drones are helping bring a little bit of nature into the greenhouse. Using controlled airflow and vibration, Polybee’s technology mimics the way bumblebees…
The Social Wrap: Sept. 17–23
This week, we featured Javier López Gómez, a farmworker from Chiapas, Mexico, sharing his perspective on working in agriculture in the U.S. We also went into the vineyard with Bart Haycraft of Jackson Family Wines to learn how ants and mealybugs create a unique challenge for wine grape growers and why integrated pest management is an important tool for protecting crops. We also shared a…
New Voices of the Valley: Why Good Food Gets Left Behind
This episode of Voices of the Valley takes a closer look at an often-overlooked part of the food system: food loss on the farm. Join Western Growers' Jeana Cadby as she sits down with Leigh Prezkop of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to learn more about why perfectly edible produce may be left in the field, from market signals and buyer specifications to the economic realities that influence…