Sweet Innovation

Working along California’s Central Coast, Vishal Shinde excels at two different jobs in agriculture – growing food and helping other growers succeed.Shinde is Research Director at Growers Research and Innovation Network (GRIN). He and his team work with many clients, including Redox, to garner valuable data, including product efficacy. He also grows organic blueberries, which are in high demand and help major retailers including Costco maintain good supplies for their customers. Shinde said new technology, including biostimulants, offers great promise for productive farming, providing proper research is carried out.“Since I've grown up with this biological pest management, and so I minimize least amount of pesticides and this blueberry operation, I have not used any insecticides because I rely on those natural enemies of all kinds of pests,” he said. “That's helping us pretty well.’