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Resident Only Programming Calendar

by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation

Posted on August 01, 2017 04:34 PM

Western Grower’s CIT resident programming calendar is set for the next three months! Please “Save the Date” and plan on joining us for the private resident WG Insider presentations. Resident Only Programming: August 9 @ 11 AM – Bruce Knobeloch and Lindsey Roberts, Monterey Mushrooms September 13...

GUEST BLOG: TracMap Expands into the US Market

by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation

Posted on July 27, 2017 01:20 PM

By: Colin Brown President & Founding Director of TracMap Global TracMap “set up shop in America” less than four months ago, inside the Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology. TracMap, the job management system for sprayers and harvesters, had their New Zealand-based Chairman out...

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...

Thank you to our Newest Sponsors!

by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation

Posted on April 28, 2017 09:46 AM

Thank you to the newest sponsors of the Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology! BioWorks: For more than 20 years BioWorks has been helping customers in the horticulture, agriculture and turf markets develop effective and efficient custom programs using products that are safe and...

The Latest on the Twittersphere!

by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation

Posted on April 27, 2017 02:58 PM

Tom Nassif‏ @TomNassif Congrats 2 @wg_cit #agtech startup @concentricpower & WG mmbr @YourTaylorFarms on your #sustainability collaboration pic.twitter.com/QbLjKMksWd Trace Genomics‏ @tracegenomics Our cofounder Diane Wu speaks about applying AI to microbiome science to deliver...

Upcoming WGCIT Resident Events for May & June 2017

by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation

Posted on April 27, 2017 12:05 PM

May 4 - May 5 - PMA Tech Knowledge Monterey, CA Wednesday, May 10 @ 11 AM – WG Insider with Sammy Duda of Duda Farm Fresh Foods Tuesday, May 23 @ 3 PM – Tech Talk with TerrAvion June 13 – June 15 – United FreshTEC Chicago, IL June 27 - Mixing Bowl Food IT: Fork to Farm June 28 – June 29 – Forbes...

New Faces in the Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology

by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation

Posted on April 27, 2017 11:21 AM

April has been an exciting month at the Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology (WGCIT); with thirty-five residents housed at the WGCIT, there is a steady hum of collaboration and activity. A warm welcome to TracMap, FieldIn, iTrade Network, RootsTalk (AutoAgronom), and MagGrow!...

Bayer Crop Science’s Louis Holloway Speaks to WGCIT Startups During April WG Insider

by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation

Posted on April 21, 2017 02:15 PM

On April 18, Louis Holloway, regional manager at Bayer CropSciences, visited the WG Center for Innovation & Technology to speak with thirteen of the resident startups about innovating to meet consumer needs. Bayer Crop Science’s mission statement is “Science for a Better Life,” and they have...

Silicon Valley Forum 2017

by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation

Posted on April 06, 2017 08:40 AM

On April 3, 2017, the Silicon Valley Forum kicked off its second annual AgTech Week “The Seeds of Our Future: AgTech and the Connected World.” This year, the three-day event incorporated a stop at the Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology in Salinas. Dennis Donohue welcomed the...

Save the Dates - Resident Programming April 2017

by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation

Posted on March 30, 2017 02:58 PM

Salinas Valley AgTech Summit: April 12, 2017 at Hartnell East Campus WG Insider: Louis Halloway from Bayer Crop Sciences - April 18, 2017 WGCIT at 11 AM Tech Talk with TraceGenomics: Register Here or RSVP to elyons@wga.com to attend in person - April 28, 2017 at 3 PM

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