WG Members Educate Canadian Agtech Startups about Water, Labor Issues in the West
by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation
Posted on March 03, 2022 01:31 PM
Today, the Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology (WGICT) connected specialty crop farmers in California with agtech start-up companies from Canada to strengthen the development of agricultural technologies globally. The virtual event was hosted by Western Growers (WG), in...
Continue ReadingIdentifying Irrigation Tech Solutions to CA Water Issues with New Zealand
by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation
Posted on January 19, 2022 04:15 PM
Furthering Western Growers efforts to strengthen and accelerate the development of agricultural technologies globally, its Center for Innovation & Technology connected agtech leaders in New Zealand yesterday to WG members. More than 50 constituents of Callaghan Innovation—New Zealand’s...
Continue ReadingWGCIT Engages with Congressman Panetta during Microgrid California Event
by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation
Posted on October 07, 2021 09:35 AM
On Tuesday, Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology (WGCIT) Director Dennis Donohue and Concentric Power CEO Brian Curtis (a WGCIT resident) joined Congressman Jimmy Panetta for Microgrid California. The Microgrid California event offered a series of activities to demonstrate the...
Continue ReadingLatest Grower Trial Network Session Attracts 20 Farmers
by sthara Communications Manager, Western Growers
Posted on August 04, 2020 04:18 PM
On August 4, 2020, Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology (WGCIT) connected agtech companies SWIIM Systems and KipTraq with nearly 20 farmers across California to provide invaluable feedback on their technologies. The event was part of WGCIT’s Grower Trial Network – an initiative...
Continue ReadingCPS Innovation Challenge - Applications due April 22, 2019
by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation
Posted on April 10, 2019 10:08 AM
CPS Innovation Challenge - total award funds available $500,000 On January 16, The Center for Produce Safety announced their first Innovation Challenge award. This program, currently termed GRABIT - (Grower's Risk Assessment Biomarkers Investigative Tool) is designed to bring tools to the supply...
Continue ReadingWG Center for Innovation Hosts Panetta, Davis and Shope
by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation
Posted on March 28, 2018 04:03 PM
The Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology (WGCIT) has kicked this year off with a bang, already having hosted numerous events that have educated legislators, growers, technologists and other stakeholders about the importance of agricultural technology. The Center, which has been...
Continue ReadingWGCIT Updates CA Legislative Staffers about AgTech Updates, Center Happenings
by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation
Posted on October 06, 2017 03:53 PM
Nearly 20 representatives from the California State Capitol visited the Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology (WGCIT) on October 4, 2017, to learn about the latest happenings in the Center and throughout the agtech industry. As part of the California Legislative Staff Education...
Continue ReadingWG Insider with Pete Aiello
by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation
Posted on September 22, 2017 10:44 AM
Pete Aiello, General Manager of Uesugi Farms, joined us for an invite-only discussion with our Western Growers CIT innovators. On September 13, Aiello spoke about Uesugi Farms, its interesting origin story, and the operation's approach to innovative technologies as a means of staying competitive....
Continue ReadingAugust WG Insider: Monterey Mushrooms
by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation
Posted on August 14, 2017 04:15 PM
Bruce Knobeloch, Director of Marketing and Product Development, at Monterey Mushrooms, Inc. presented at August’s WG Insider. Bruce talked about the changes he has observed in the industry, after he started as a produce buyer in the Midwest for Schnucks, all stemming from new technologies and...
Continue ReadingSammy Duda, Duda Farm Fresh Foods: WG Insider for May
by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation
Posted on May 11, 2017 02:33 PM
Sammy Duda, Vice President of Duda Farm Fresh Foods, and Chairman of the Board for Western Growers, led May’s WG Insider with the residents of the Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology. Duda Farm Fresh Foods is the newest sponsor of the Western Growers CIT. Duda has become one of...
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