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Willard Lewallen of Hartnell College Nov 20, 2018

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Willard Lewallen, Ph.D., is superintendent/president of Hartnell College, and in this episode of Voices in the Valley, he speaks with host Dennis Donohue on the future of agtech. He also touches on how academia and education has played a role on the growth of agtech thus far and what the community can expect moving forward.

Chris Becerra of Terrapin Systems Nov 06, 2018

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Network security is the theme of today’s Voices of the Valley episode. Chris Becerra, CEO of Terrapin Systems, provides his thoughts on how agriculture is relying more on technology than it has in the past and speaks about how crucial data security is. Becerra founded Terrapin Systems in 2005, and today, the company is the leader in open networking and a trusted partner for comprehensive networking services and solutions. Becerra touches on how his company’s vendor-agnostic approach gives them the flexibility to customize a solution for customer needs and adapts that solution as their needs evolve. © 2018 Western Growers

Capp Culver of California Safe Soil Oct 23, 2018

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California Safe Soil Vice President of Strategic Sales Capp Culver speaks about the start-up company’s breakthrough technology that recycles organics from supermarkets into a proprietary liquid fertilizer called Harvest to Harvest (H2H), and a solid livestock feed, called Hog Heaven. He shares how California Safe Soil uses heat, mechanical action and enzymes in a three hour patented process that eliminates waste, cuts GHG emissions, increases crop yields and improves the sustainability of agriculture. The startup expects its technology to make a meaningful contribution to eliminating food waste and improving agricultural productivity.

Ruchit Garg of Harvesting Oct 15, 2018

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In this episode, we explore credit risk profiling and monitoring for agricultural economies. Ruchit Garg, the founder & CEO of Harvesting, shares how you can make lending decisions faster, transparent and more reliable using his agtech startup’s award winning digital platform – which is built on top of powerful machine learning & satellite based technologies. Harvesting leverages its team’s global understanding and your customer data to provide dynamic risk assessment aligned with your business goals.

Martha Montoya at AgTools Oct 08, 2018

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Martha Montoya, president of AgTools, joins us for episode 20 of Voices of the Valley to speak about her agtech company’s revolutionary solution that serves as a key component to address major communication gaps between farmers and food retailers. She explains how at its core, AgTools’ technology takes immense amounts of data and simplifies it down to key factors to improve decision making for farmers, corporate buyers and all food supply chain stakeholders. © 2018 Western Growers

David Moore & Cesar Martin at MagGrow Oct 01, 2018

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A first for Voices of the Valley, host Dennis Donohue is joined by two guests to speak about MagGrow, a magnetic spraying system that helps farmers grow more by using less. MagGrow Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer David Moore and West Coast Sales Executive Cesar Martin share how their spraying technology system reduces drift by up to 70% and delivers superior coverage by enabling you to spray using fine droplets - a key challenge for conventional spraying technology. © 2018 Western Growers

Jim Stottlemyre at UNIBEST Sep 24, 2018

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In this episode of Voices of Valley, agtech start-up company UNIBEST International shares how it has been providing farmers and agribusinesses with soil monitoring products and data that are tailored to their own unique needs – whether that be to optimize crop management, understand environmental contamination or grow a healthier plant – for the past four years. Increased governmental regulation concerning environmental issues is continuing to greatly affect the agriculture industry. With less available farmland and a rapidly increasing global population, growers must maximize acreage by increasing crop yields and quality. Increasing yields often involves increasing fertilizer inputs, driving a greater demand for precision nutrient data. Current methods make the balance of plant uptake, nutrient application timing and the minimization of environmental impacts difficult. UNIBEST International, Inc. COO Jim Stottlemyre explains how the company’s precision nutrient monitoring products and services assist in achieving both agricultural and environmental objectives. Quantifying sustainable agricultural production is an attainable goal with UNIBEST precision nutrient data. © 2018 Western Growers

Kevin Payne of Zest Labs, Inc. Sep 11, 2018

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In this episode of Voices of the Valley, Zest Labs VP of Marketing Kevin Payne explains how agtech company Zest Labs is working to modernize fresh food distribution by delivering proactive shelf-life management solutions that have been proven to reduce field-to-shelf food waste by 50% or more. Reduced waste means better margins for retailers and growers, and consistent delivered freshness for consumers. © 2018 Western Growers

Aidan Mouat of Hazel Technologies, Inc. Aug 28, 2018

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Aidan Mouat is CEO and co-founder of Hazel Technologies, an agtech start-up company who invented packaging inserts (or sachets!) that extend shelf life. With Hazel's drop-in solution, the shelf-life of fresh produce can be extended by as much as three times by preventing fungus and decay. During this episode of Voices of the Valley, Mouat speaks about how this startup combats the growing global food waste problem by increasing the shelf life of produce. © 2018 Western Growers

Anita Garcia of CSU Monterey Bay Aug 20, 2018

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In this episode of Voices of the Valley, Anita Garcia speaks about her journey as a computer science student to an intern at several agtech start-up companies to, now, a Computer Science Education Coordinator at CSU Monterey Bay. She shares how she used her college education to assist start-up companies in development new technologies to advance ag. She also reflects on her career journey and delves into how she sees the world of ag and tech.

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