Updates on our Innovators
by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation
Posted on February 08, 2018 11:24 AM
HarvestPort: HarvestPort to be featured on PBS Success Files. HarvestPort is a shared economy marketplace, benefits specialty crop farmers in California and beyond. Portions of the videos and interviews were filmed inside the Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology in Salinas, CA. Watch the HarvestPort Success Files preview clip here.
WaterBit: AT&T Plants IoT Seeds in Agriculture Industry, By Ken Briodagh
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What our Innovators are Reading Now
by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation
Posted on February 08, 2018 10:51 AM
WG Partners with Phoenix Business Journal to Host Next Generation AgTech Panel
On February 27, the next generation of farmers will come together to have an in-depth discussion about the challenges currently faced on the farm and the possibilities of the agricultural technology. The “Power Breakfast: AgTech - View from the Farm” event features a panel of future farming leaders in the Arizona region who will share insight on how agriculture and technology are coming together.
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Resident Town Hall at the WGCIT
by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation
Posted on January 30, 2018 02:28 PM
The Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology (WGCIT) launched its first Resident Town Hall on Monday, January 29, 2018. More than 15 agtech start-up companies housed in WGCIT participated in a variety of events throughout the day.
Dennis Donohue, lead of the Center, started the day with a roundtable discussion detailing upcoming events, such as the Innovation in the Imperial Valley summit taking place on February 8th in Brawley, and resident programming changes, like the new format for Tech Talks. Dennis also unveiled his plan for connecting agtech startups to the grower populations in the different growing regions throughout California, Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico.
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