New VofV Podcast Episode – Organic Farming: Selling Health, Well-Being and Lifestyle
by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation
Posted on November 16, 2021 11:52 AM
Organic agriculture is more than just about eating healthy; it’s a lifestyle. Tonya Antle, Co-founder and EVP of the Organic Produce Network, was among the industry pioneers who helped build the organic industry from scratch.
In this new episode of Voices of the Valley, she shares how to create consumer confidence with burgeoning and unknown industries…because she did it with organic agriculture. She also reveals how to identify opportunities to expand, change the mindset of both consumers and farmers, and how to meet your triple bottom line (profit, people and the planet).
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New VofV Podcast Episode – Leveraging Military Expertise to Grow a Startup
by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation
Posted on November 09, 2021 08:21 AM
As a the first female aviator ever selected to serve with the Blue Angels, Amy Tomlinson is a pro at going 0 to 150 miles per hour in under 3 seconds – both literally and figuratively. After serving in the navy for 20 years as a weapons systems officer, she traded in her F-14 Tomcat and F/A-18 Super Hornet for microgrids. Yes, you heard right – microgirds. Amy is now a self-proclaimed “energy nerd” for agtech startup Concentric Power.
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WG AgTech Center Expands Global Reach to Portugal, Canada and UK
by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation
Posted on November 04, 2021 02:49 PM
The Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology (WGCIT) is supporting efforts to accelerate the development and adoption of agricultural technology in Portugal, Canada and the United Kingdom.
This morning, WGCIT Director Dennis Donohue and Geovisual Analytics (a startup housed in the WGCIT) worked with the California Department of Food and Agriculture to provide Portugal with an update on the state agtech in California. The panels and seminars featured in the “AgTech and Climate Smart Agriculture” virtual event focused on best practices for enhancing collaboration between Portugal and California to advance technology and research in agriculture.
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