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Thank you to our Newest Sponsors!

by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation

Posted on April 28, 2017 09:46 AM

Thank you to the newest sponsors of the Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology! BioWorks: For more than 20 years BioWorks has been helping customers in the horticulture, agriculture and turf markets develop effective and efficient custom programs using products that are safe and...

The Latest on the Twittersphere!

by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation

Posted on April 27, 2017 02:58 PM

Tom Nassif‏ @TomNassif Congrats 2 @wg_cit #agtech startup @concentricpower & WG mmbr @YourTaylorFarms on your #sustainability collaboration pic.twitter.com/QbLjKMksWd Trace Genomics‏ @tracegenomics Our cofounder Diane Wu speaks about applying AI to microbiome science to deliver...

Upcoming WGCIT Resident Events for May & June 2017

by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation

Posted on April 27, 2017 12:05 PM

May 4 - May 5 - PMA Tech Knowledge Monterey, CA Wednesday, May 10 @ 11 AM – WG Insider with Sammy Duda of Duda Farm Fresh Foods Tuesday, May 23 @ 3 PM – Tech Talk with TerrAvion June 13 – June 15 – United FreshTEC Chicago, IL June 27 - Mixing Bowl Food IT: Fork to Farm June 28 – June 29 – Forbes...

New Faces in the Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology

by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation

Posted on April 27, 2017 11:21 AM

April has been an exciting month at the Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology (WGCIT); with thirty-five residents housed at the WGCIT, there is a steady hum of collaboration and activity. A warm welcome to TracMap, FieldIn, iTrade Network, RootsTalk (AutoAgronom), and MagGrow!...

Silicon Valley Forum 2017

by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation

Posted on April 06, 2017 08:40 AM

On April 3, 2017, the Silicon Valley Forum kicked off its second annual AgTech Week “The Seeds of Our Future: AgTech and the Connected World.” This year, the three-day event incorporated a stop at the Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology in Salinas. Dennis Donohue welcomed the...

Bringing you the latest in AgTech…from the Twittersphere!

by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation

Posted on March 31, 2017 12:42 PM

Tom Nassif‏ @TomNassif Nice @thepacker article on @wg_cit & 31 #agtech startups working on #tech—from saving #water to improving nutrition http://ow.ly/GpVO30ajpR0 Bayer CropScience US‏ @Bayer4CropsUS Remote Sensing, GE and robots are just a few new technologies that will improve #ag: http...

Save the Dates - Resident Programming April 2017

by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation

Posted on March 30, 2017 02:58 PM

Salinas Valley AgTech Summit: April 12, 2017 at Hartnell East Campus WG Insider: Louis Halloway from Bayer Crop Sciences - April 18, 2017 WGCIT at 11 AM Tech Talk with TraceGenomics: Register Here or RSVP to elyons@wga.com to attend in person - April 28, 2017 at 3 PM

WG Center for Innovation Collaborates with Israel to Expand AgTech Innovation

by sthara Communications Manager, Western Growers

Posted on March 10, 2017 04:04 PM

In an effort to connect agtech innovation centers in Israel with those in California, the Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology hosted a delegation of agtech companies from Israel on Wednesday, March 8. The delegation included nearly 20 representatives from companies who are...

STARTUP PROFILE - TerrAvion Using ‘Old’ Technology for New Analytics

by sthara Communications Manager, Western Growers

Posted on March 09, 2017 04:47 PM

Robert Morris admits it would be “cooler” and easier to find venture capital funding if he used drones to map out farmland in California, Chile and other places that his firm is operating. But the fact is, Cessna aircraft piloted by flight school instructors is much more cost effective and...

STARTUP PROFILE - CSS: Firm Pioneers Use for Farm & Environment Benefit

by sthara Communications Manager, Western Growers

Posted on March 09, 2017 04:45 PM

While working on Wall Street, Dan Morash, who studied organic chemistry at Yale and is a Dartmouth M.B.A. graduate, spent a lot of time looking at the adaptive reuse of waste. The global head of energy and infrastructure for CIT was responsible for evaluating the financial and risk characteristics...

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