Posts By: Tom Nassif

Public-Private Partnerships Key to AgTech Revolution

On May 25, 1961, one month after Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space, President John F. Kennedy stood before a joint session of Congress and urged that “this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him ...

No, Automation Does Not Mean Job Loss

The inaugural AgSharks™ Competition took place last week at our Western Growers Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, and the outcome was both unexpected and sensational! Six agtech start-up companies pitched their technologies—everything from robots that cart berries up and down the field to little sachets that reduce decay and extend the shelf life of fresh ...