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by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation
Posted on July 19, 2017 03:09 PM
Labor & #water are key issues for Western Growers. Will robotics fill some gaps? @TomNassif @Forbes #agtech http://www.westernfarmpress.com/water/labor-and-water-remain-key-issues-western-growers
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What our Innovators are Reading Right Now
by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation
Posted on July 19, 2017 01:11 PM
AgTech Provides Food for Thought
The Californian, Tom Leyde
Last month Forbes Magazine announced its list of the top 25 agtech startups at its annual Agtech Summit in Salinas. The startups’ specialties range from crop tracking and shelf life extension to satellite imaging and soil pathogen detection.
Two of the top Forbes 25 are represented at the Western Growers Innovation and Technology Center is Salinas, which has 37 startups represented. They are SWIIM, coming it at number 23, and Trace Genomics, coming it at number 25.
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Western Growers Earns Second $30K AgTech Innovation Grant from Wells Fargo
by sthara Communications Manager, Western Growers
Posted on June 30, 2017 09:21 AM
IRVINE, Calif. (June 30, 2017) – In a joint effort to accelerate the development of agricultural technologies, Wells Fargo has awarded Western Growers a $30,000 grant for the second year in a row. The grant was presented at a private luncheon at the Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology during the 2017 Forbes AgTech Summit on June 29.
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