STARTUP 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 iFoodDecisionSciences. “We can get a call from a grower at 5:00 p.m. saying they need to add 500 new blocks to our system so they can start harvesting those plots of land the next morning, and we will meet their request almost immediately.”
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STARTUP 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.
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STARTUP 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’t solving major operational challenges for farmers,” he said.
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