California Ag Today

Brian Curtis is the founder and CEO of Concentric Power---the next generation provider of smart microgrid systems that adapts proven technology to create on-site, dispatchable power using modular cogeneration systems. It fully optimizes energy efficiency and controls costs.

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Cindy Smith is the Agricultural Relations Director with the Yuma-based Gowan Co. She speaks about the company, which his grown globally.

On May 30, 2018, the Fifth District Court of Appeal in Fresno issued a unanimous decision that the ALRB must count the Gerawan farm workers votes, which were cast in 2013. A recent motion by Attorney Anthony Raimondo is again pushing for the vote count.

Tom Nassif, President, and CEO of Western Growers Association, Irvine CA, on ideas to help ag not suffer from collateral damage.

Sarah Bloch is a Senior Scientist with Berkeley-based Pivot Bio, a company sourcing soil micros that can fix nitrogen gas from the soil and convert it to ammonia that the plants can use. The aim is to help farmers reduce the need for nitrogen fertilizers

Food safety is critically important to all California farmers, however, Carriere Farmily Farmsmade a commitment to raise the bar even higher. In fact, they earned a Pinnacle Award from the Safe Food Alliance!

Gary Van Sickle is the executive director of California Specialty Crops Council, which hosts the annual MRL Conference in San Francisco.

Tamika Sims, Director, Food Technology Communications, with the International Food Information Council (IFIC) Foundation, based in Washington D.C. She explains how consumers are confused about food.

Greg Crutsinger left academics to launch Scholar Farms, a company that helps farmers and others understand Drone use as well as the limitations of UAVs. Scholarfarms.com @scholarfarms

David Doll, UCANR Farm Advisor, Merced County, showed that thinning cuts instead of heading cuts would help Chandler walnuts yield more in the first 4 years of growth