Ever been confused on exactly what blockchain is? Or how it can help agriculture? Raja Ramachandran is the CEO of Ripe.io, and in this edition of Voices of the Valley, he explains exactly when blockchain can be useful and how to harness its power. Raja goes into how Ripe.io leverages blockchain technology to create a digital bridge that engenders transparency, trust and honesty for food producers, distributors, and consumers.

Brian Curtis is CEO and founder of Concentric Power Inc. Concentric Power has developed a pre-engineered, prefabricated, modular power plant design that can be installed at food processing facilities for fresh produce. Most recently, this agtech startups built a cogeneration plant for Taylor Farms that helps the ag giant generate onsite electric power for low temperature refrigeration, producing an annual energy offset of 64 percent. During the podcast, Brian speaks about his entrepreneurship journey into agriculture and explains the steps to how and why he jumped into cogeneration.

Brian Curtis is CEO and founder of Concentric Power Inc. Concentric Power has developed a pre-engineered, prefabricated, modular power plant design that can be installed at food processing facilities for fresh produce. Most recently, this agtech startups built a cogeneration plant for Taylor Farms that helps the ag giant generate onsite electric power for low temperature refrigeration, producing an annual energy offset of 64 percent. During the podcast, Brian speaks about his entrepreneurship journey into agriculture and explains the steps to how and why he jumped into cogeneration.

Colin Brown is Founding Director of TracMap, an agtech company that offers a complete precision guidance system for ground applications to improve how crops receive pesticides. He will touch on how his company’s Spray and Harvest Management System can help growers reduce costs and improve yields across a wide range of specialty crops. With their technology, growers easily select which blocks or rows need pesticides from a computer, which sends the data to the tractor operator and then tracks if any portion of the blocks or rows were missed during pesticide application. TracMap says their system works for 100% of vehicles, 100% of staff, 100% of the time!

Colin Brown is Founding Director of TracMap, an agtech company that offers a complete precision guidance system for ground applications to improve how crops receive pesticides. He will touch on how his company’s Spray and Harvest Management System can help growers reduce costs and improve yields across a wide range of specialty crops. With their technology, growers easily select which blocks or rows need pesticides from a computer, which sends the data to the tractor operator and then tracks if any portion of the blocks or rows were missed during pesticide application. TracMap says their system works for 100% of vehicles, 100% of staff, 100% of the time!

Abby Taylor-Silva is Vice President, Policy and Communications at Grower-Shipper Association of Central California. In this episode of Voices of the Valley, Abby speaks about the latest updates in groundwater and water technology. She also touches on the types of technology she has seen being develop to improve water quality and soil health.

Abby Taylor-Silva is Vice President, Policy and Communications at Grower-Shipper Association of Central California. In this episode of Voices of the Valley, Abby speaks about the latest updates in groundwater and water technology. She also touches on the types of technology she has seen being develop to improve water quality and soil health.

Nathan Dorn is the founder and CEO of Food Origins. Food Origins is a data-driven start-up company that works with growers to assess the impact of potential innovations. In this episode of Voices of the Valley, Nathan explains how his innovative technology will significantly improve the efficiency of the $20B hand harvested fruit industry with the single click of a precision data collection system. He shares the journey of how he developed tech to offer precision harvest data in real time with one click of a low cost handheld device in the field.

Nathan Dorn is the founder and CEO of Food Origins. Food Origins is a data-driven start-up company that works with growers to assess the impact of potential innovations. In this episode of Voices of the Valley, Nathan explains how his innovative technology will significantly improve the efficiency of the $20B hand harvested fruit industry with the single click of a precision data collection system. He shares the journey of how he developed tech to offer precision harvest data in real time with one click of a low cost handheld device in the field.

Patrick Zelaya is the founder and CEO of Heavy Connect. HeavyConnect, one of the first residents of the Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology, prides itself on creating diversity in the workforce by offering youth opportunities and careers in technology. The startup builds mobile workflow platforms that automate and simplify many of the tasks that consume a farming manager’s day. In this episode of Voices of the Valley, Patrick shares how his agtech start-up company stays attuned to the needs of the industry and details the steps of how he got his company off the ground and into the agtech space.