Featured Startup of the Month: Conservis
by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation
Posted on June 29, 2016 03:15 PM
On June 7, 2016, the Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology hosted its monthly Tech Talk Webinar and introduced Conservis to Western Growers members. Conservis provides an enterprise level view of entire farming operations. During the Tech Talk, Conservis discussed how they can...
Continue ReadingWestern Growers Center for Innovation & Technology – In the News!
by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation
Posted on June 29, 2016 02:19 PM
The Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology [WGCIT] has only been open a few months now (opened December 2015), but is already shaping the “AgTech” arena. The WGCIT currently houses 16 startups who represent a wide variety of business sectors. The WGCIT is a technology incubator...
Continue ReadingWorld Cup is Not Just for Soccer Anymore
by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation
Posted on May 25, 2016 03:28 PM
The Silicon Valley Forum is hosting the 3rd Annual World Cup Tech Challenge on June 1 where startups meet to compete for the World Cup Tech championship. Among the competitors will be California Safe Soil, a resident of the Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology. Winners will be...
Continue ReadingBudding AgTech Entrepreneurs Visit WGCIT
by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation
Posted on April 18, 2016 04:16 PM
Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology is again bridging the global agtech gap! Eight entrepreneurs from across Eastern Europe visited the WGCIT on April 11 to glean information about developing their agtech brand. The visitors, who are all founders of early-stage agtech companies,...
Continue ReadingShaping the Next Generation of AgTech Leaders
by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation
Posted on April 15, 2016 04:12 PM
ETH Zurich, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, visited the Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology (WGCIT) yesterday to learn how technological innovations can be used to tackle food system challenges. Twenty students from Switzerland, Spain, Philippines, Germany, U.S. and...
Continue ReadingMitsui Chemicals Inc. Visits WGCIT
by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation
Posted on March 30, 2016 02:52 PM
On Tuesday, March 29, 2016, the Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology had a special visit from UC Davis, Mitsui Chemicals Inc. and the Monterey County Farm Bureau. Representatives from California Institute of Food and Agricultural Research, UC Davis—including Executive Director...
Continue ReadingThree WGCIT Residents Chosen as THRIVE Accelerator Finalists
by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation
Posted on March 24, 2016 12:09 PM
Forty start-up companies pitched their heart out during the Seed Camp competition this week, and 12 have been chosen as the finalists for the THRIVE Accelerator program. Three residents in the Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology— GeoVisual Analytics, Inteligistics and Specright—...
Continue ReadingBridging Irish and US AgTech Sectors
by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation
Posted on March 22, 2016 02:15 PM
AgTech collaboration was taken to new heights this St. Patrick’s Day, when Salinas, Calif. and Ireland virtually conversed about ways to advance high-tech solutions in the ag industry. Paul Bell, the mayor of Drogheda in Ireland, and Dennis Donahue, former mayor of Salinas, connected via Skype on...
Continue ReadingCongressman Sam Farr Connects with Agtech Innovators at WGCIT
by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation
Posted on March 15, 2016 03:30 PM
Congressman Sam Farr visited the Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology (WGCIT) last Thursday, where he had the opportunity to connect with agtech innovators and collaborate with Western Growers on ideas to further advance the ag industry. While touring the WGCIT, Farr, who...
Continue ReadingAccelerating the Development of AgTech
by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation
Posted on March 14, 2016 11:50 AM
Western Growers (WG) is accelerating the development of agricultural technology with its recently opened Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology (WGCIT). The WGIT, which is located in the heart of Salinas Valley, connects innovative entrepreneurs with farmers and other agricultural...
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