New VofV Podcast Episode – Building Autonomous Farm Tractors…and Totally Winning
by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation
Posted on October 05, 2021 03:30 PM
Will C-3PO and R2-D2 be working on the farm anytime soon? According to robotic tractor startup Bear Flag Robotics, the possibility may happen sooner rather than later.
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Latest WGCIT Resident Town Hall
by elyons
Posted on October 04, 2021 01:43 PM
On Monday, September 27, 2021, Dennis Donohue hosted a ‘Resident Town Hall’ meeting for agtech startup and entrepreneurs. Dennis is the Executive Director of the Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology (WGCIT) in Salinas, and provided an overview and update of the following with the agtech innovators:
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New VofV Podcast Episode - Rise of the City Bee: Building Urban Bee Farms
by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation
Posted on September 28, 2021 12:06 PM
Detroit Hives has one goal: transforming vacant lots in Detroit into urban bee farms.
In this episode of the Voices of the Valley podcast, Detroit Hives’ founders Timothy Paule and Nicole Lindsey speak about the steps it took to build one of the very first urban bee farms. During the interview, they delve into how their ever-expanding bee farm is bringing diversity and cognizance to bee awareness, rebuilding inner-city communities and supporting technology being developed to save the declining bee population. Plus, they speak about the magic behind local raw honey curing “incurable” colds!
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