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WGCIT Continues to Expand Global Reach with Visit from Thai Delegate

by elyons

Posted on October 11, 2018 10:53 AM

On Wednesday, October 10, 2018, a large delegate from Thailand visited the Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology in Salinas, CA. Dennis Donohue introduced the International MBA program from Bangkok’s Thammasat Business School to the Center and Western Growers Family of Companies....

The Latest from the Twittersphere

by elyons

Posted on October 09, 2018 01:54 PM

Western Growers CIT‏ @wg_cit Dennis Donohue will lead a panel on #AgTech trends at @GrassInnovation - featuring several of the companies housed in the @wg_cit. #LasVegas Register Today! https://www.growinginnovations.com/attend/whyattend/?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=carousel Silicon...

The Latest from the Twittersphere

by elyons

Posted on September 05, 2018 11:52 AM

Western Growers‏ @WesternGrowers Calling all #agtech entrepreneurs & #startups! Applications for the 2018 AgSharks Competition are now open. You can earn $250,000 in investment capital to support the development & growth of your businesses. Apply at https://www.research.net/r/G6LRVXY ...

Welcome Designed Workfoce Solutions!

by elyons

Posted on September 05, 2018 10:43 AM

Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology is proud to introduce a new Center sponsor, Designed Workforce Solutions (DWS), to the companies that make up the WGCIT community. Designed Workforce Solutions is an affiliate company of Masis Staffing Solutions, with a focus on customized...

The Latest from the Twittersphere

by elyons

Posted on August 09, 2018 02:40 PM

@Forbes There's never been a better time to be part of the global agtech community http://on.forbes.com/6013Dt2sB @PrassackAdvsrs Here's How America Uses Its Land - infochart from @Bloomberg View here: https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-us-land-use/ … #ag #agtech @HeavyConnected When...

Western Growers CIT is an Exciting part of the Salinas City Center Boom

by elyons

Posted on August 03, 2018 12:11 PM

There have been many exciting updates around the Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology’s location in the Taylor Building – right in the heart of Salinas City Center! First of all, we have fun, new neighbors on the first floor at 150 Main Street, Salinas. The retail level of the...

Six Things you Didn’t Know about the Design of the Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology

by elyons

Posted on July 27, 2018 08:40 AM

The WGCIT was designed specifically with collaboration and idea generation in mind. Furniture manufacturer Steelcase helped Western Growers design a furniture layout that is extremely fluid and allows the WGCIT space to be used for a multitude of diverse functions. There is an informal...

WGCIT Innovators TracMap & Food Origins Collaborate in the Field

by elyons

Posted on July 20, 2018 11:32 AM

Innovators at the Western Growers CIT are working together in exciting new ways! Earlier this week, Food Origins and TracMap—two startups working out of the WGCIT—collaborated on a confidential project. Food Origins CEO Nathan Dorn needed to be able to have people drive a golf cart at a precise...

Five Major Trends in AgTech

by elyons

Posted on July 20, 2018 08:24 AM

Four Major Factors are Driving AgTech Adoption: Population Growth, Environmental Regulations, Changing Diets Internationally, & Declining Sensor Costs AgTech Startups Raised $10.1 billion in 2017, a 29% increase from 2016 Venture Capitalist firms consider AgTech a ‘Horizontal’...

Yuma Center of Excellence for Desert Agriculture prepares WGCIT Startups for the Seasonal Shifts in Ag

by elyons

Posted on July 18, 2018 10:09 AM

On Monday, July 16th, the Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology welcomed Paul Brierley, the Director of the University of Arizona’s Desert Research Center to meet with Center residents. Paul was accompanied by WG board-members Vic Smith (JV Smith Companies) and Robby Barkley (...

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