STARTUP PROFILE - GeoVisual Using Imagery to Build a Better Crop
by sthara Communications Manager, Western Growers
Posted on March 09, 2017 04:38 PM
In several ways, Jeffrey Orrey, chief executive officer of GeoVisual Analytics, has been prepping for a business connection with agriculture for a long time. He grew up in California’s Castro Valley in the Bay Area and got his undergraduate degree at UC Santa Barbara. For years he was in close...
Continue ReadingSTARTUP PROFILE - Agralogics Turning Available Data into Accessible Insights
by sthara Communications Manager, Western Growers
Posted on March 09, 2017 04:34 PM
Though he grew up on a farm in the Punjab region in northern India, Sumer Johal, the CEO and founder of Agralogics, didn’t “connect the dots” between the role of information technology for global agriculture and the impact it could have in people’s lives until much later in his career. However, the...
Continue ReadingSTARTUP PROFILE - Plant Nutrition Technologies: From Mine Waste to Soil Gold
by sthara Communications Manager, Western Growers
Posted on March 09, 2017 04:22 PM
The discovery of gold nuggets in California in the late 1840s is arguably one of the most significant events that shaped American history. Now, Plant Nutrition Technologies, Inc. is looking to bring the Gold Rush back to America…through farming. Plant Nutrition Technologies has developed an...
Continue ReadingSTARTUP PROFILE - Trace Genomics Brings Cutting Edge Technology to Testing
by sthara Communications Manager, Western Growers
Posted on March 09, 2017 04:18 PM
Using high-tech genome sequencing, a San Francisco start-up company is beginning to offer growers a much more detailed, and quickly achieved, look at their soil profile before planting. Trace Genomics, which won an innovation award at the July Forbes AgTech conference in July, is currently offering...
Continue ReadingSTARTUP PROFILE - SWIIM: A Solution for Water-Starved States
by sthara Communications Manager, Western Growers
Posted on March 09, 2017 04:15 PM
SWIIM’s story begins seven years ago when an entrepreneur, scientist, engineer and businessman came together and conceptualized the idea for a technological solution that would help manage water use more efficiently. “When we started in late 2009, the concept of ‘AgTech’ didn’t really exist yet so...
Continue ReadingSTARTUP PROFILE - HarvestPort: The Airbnb of Farm Equipment
by sthara Communications Manager, Western Growers
Posted on March 08, 2017 04:59 PM
Wipe the dust off that tractor sitting idle on the farm. There is now an online marketplace where farmers can rent out their equipment not currently being used for harvest—and it’s called HarvestPort. HarvestPort helps farmers monetize idle equipment during their off-season. “Agribusinesses are not...
Continue ReadingSTARTUP PROFILE - BAM: Formula for Farming in Space Offered to Earthly Growers
by sthara Communications Manager, Western Growers
Posted on March 08, 2017 04:56 PM
If you watched the 2015 movie “The Martian” with Matt Damon stranded on Mars and having to figure out a way to grow food, you have the necessary information to understand the background story for BAM Agricultural Solutions. Glenn Stinebaugh, chief executive officer of the Boca Raton, FL, based firm...
Continue ReadingSTARTUP PROFILE - iFoods: Food Safety Data Anytime, Anywhere
by sthara Communications Manager, Western Growers
Posted on March 08, 2017 04:53 PM
Providing real-time food safety data at your fingertips is just one part of iFoodDecisionSciences’ business model. “Our team’s passion to serve the industry, our dedication to helping our clients deliver their produce in a safe and timely manner is above and beyond,” said Diane Wetherington, CEO of...
Continue ReadingSTARTUP PROFILE - Concentric Power Delivers Innovative Energy Savings Model
by sthara Communications Manager, Western Growers
Posted on March 08, 2017 04:51 PM
Brian Curtis’ passion for clean energy in the food industry spurs from having been raised in the Salinas Valley and being exposed at an early age to cooling and refrigeration systems on surrounding farms. “I grew up around coolers my whole life,” he says. Curtis, the founder and CEO of Concentric...
Continue ReadingSTARTUP PROFILE - HeavyConnect Builds Technology Out of Farming
by sthara Communications Manager, Western Growers
Posted on March 08, 2017 04:49 PM
It all started with a “How to Start a Business in 6 Weeks” course. After supporting product design development and deployment for different farm equipment manufacturers for more than a decade, Patrick Zelaya started to notice a trend. “Technologies that were being developed for the equipment weren...
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