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Voices of the Valley — 173 episodes

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Peeling Back the Layers of Onions

2

The Water It Takes to Grow Your Food

3

Inside the Hidden World of Insects in Agriculture

4

Regenerative Roots: Farming for the Next 100 Years

5

Celebrating Women in Ag

6

From San Francisco to the Farm with Jacie and Zac

7

Six Generations of Farming in California’s Central Valley

8

Four Generations of Farming with the Talleys

9

Picking Memories at Tanaka Farms

10

Agtech’s Field of Dreams in Salinas

11

The 411 on H-2A

12

The Canyon House - A Sanctuary for Draft Horses

13

Agritourism: From Goat Yoga to Pumpkin Patches

14

Connecting Community to Farms and Fields

15

The Connection Between Farming, Food and Wellness

16

The Next Generation of Ag Leaders

17

Sniffing Out Pests with Agriculture Detector Dogs

18

Peeling Back the Farmer's Curtain with Chelsea Ketelsen

19

Olive Oil Unfiltered with Vincent Ricchiuti from Enzo Olive Oil Company

20

Cantaloupe 411 with Westside Produce's Garrett Patricio

21

Farm to Fork for Real with San Miguel Produce’s Garrett Nishimori

22

Innovations in Cross-Border Health Care for Ag Workers

23

The Nuts and Bolts of Almonds with Stuart Woolf, President and CEO of Woolf Farming & Processing

24

Megan Kavanaugh from Bio S.I. Talks About the Amazing World That Exists in the Soil on Voices of the Valley

25

What Fresh Produce Does a Food Safety Scientist Buy for Their Kids?

26

Katie Chiapuzio from Braga Fresh on How Bees Benefit Produce

27

Do You Really Know Where Your Food Comes From?

28

2024 Look Ahead: Agriculture’s Biggest Challenges

29

How Bayer’s Dr. Frank Wong Overcame His Skepticism About Biologicals

30

Asking the Right Questions with Josh Ruiz, Senior Director of Ag Technology and Innovation, on Voices of the Valley

31

Rabo Research's David Magaña on a Global Approach to Consumer Desires

32

Farmers are Entrepreneurs: Citi’s Adam Bergman Talks Agtech

33

Alex Cochran Discusses the Value of Biologicals in Agriculture

34

Christine Birdsong, Undersecretary for the CDFA, Talks Sustainable Pest Management Solutions on This Week’s Voices of the Valley

35

Amazon Web Services’ Elizabeth Fastiggi on Guiding the Industry to be More Predictive with Agtech Innovation

36

Hernan Hernandez on Working to Give Farmworkers a Voice in Politics and Policy

37

Ian LeMay, President of the California Fresh Fruit Association, on how Agtech Bolsters Ag Labor

38

Bountiful Founder and CEO Megan Nunes Wants to Use Satellites to Revolutionize Farming

39

Adrian Percy, Executive Director of the North Carolina Plant Science Initiative, Talks About the Exciting Rise of Automated Farm Equipment

40

The Future of Sustainable Desalination

41

Radicle Growth CEO and Managing Partner Kirk Haney on the Secret to Successful Agtech Investing

42

Tom Mulholland and the Bottom Line of Agriculture – Productivity

43

Stuart Woolf: Agtech from Apple Computers to Almonds

44

Belinda Clarke and the Many Ways Science Can Help Growers Adapt

45

Seana Day: How Farmers Can Use Technology to Make Financially Sound Decisions

46

Simon Pearson from The Lincoln Institute of Agri-Food Technology Talks Agtech Solutions on a Global Scale

47

Farm from a Box’s Brandi DeCarli on Creating Local Food Access Through Entrepreneurship

48

Central Valley Foundation CEO and Former Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin: Focused on a Better Future

49

Netafim’s President and CEO Mike Hemman Discusses How Growers Can Respond to California’s Record Drought

50

Eurofins U.S. Chief Science Officer Joelle Mosso on Why Testing Can't Solve Food Safety Problems

51

Carl Casale of Ospraie Ag Science on Doing More With Less

52

Trimble's Mike Dentinger on Strategies to Reach the Finish Line with Global Harvest Automation

53

The Produce Moms' Lori Taylor on Educating Consumers About Food and Farming

54

Stout CEO Brent Shedd Explores Artificial Intelligence in Ag

55

Global Competition Requires Urgent Supply Chain Tech Innovation

56

Jack Vessey on the Pressing Need to Implement Technology in Desert Agriculture

57

Linking Small Farmers and Scientists on the International Stage

58

Genius Beehives with Dick Rogers, Entomologist at Bayer Crop Science

59

Hank Giclas Tribute, Part Two

60

Remembering Hank Giclas, Part One

61

Sun World CEO David Marguleas Explains the Successful Strategies Behind a New Product Launch

62

New Zealand Forecasts the Future of Agriculture Amid Climate Change

63

En Solucion and Seeking the Food Safety Holy Grail

64

Grimmway Farms' Jeff Morrison on Using Business Acumen to Direct Agtech Investments

65

Tom Nunes and Monitoring the Speed of Technology Adoption on the Farm

66

Albert Keck, Pt. 2: It's Time to Stop Just Preaching to the Choir About Ag

67

Hadley Date Gardens President and Western Growers Chair Albert Keck on the Future of Specialty Crops

68

The Yield Lab and the Exponential Growth Potential of Latin America

69

Food Safety and Using Automation to Mitigate Risk

70

Space AG and the Secret to Producing More Food with Less Effort

71

Farmer's Business Network and the Power of a Big Idea for Small Farmers

72

Verdant Robotics Pt. 2: Turning Fieldworkers Into Data Workers

73

Verdant Robotics and the Secret to Making Farmers Superhuman, Pt. 1

74

Don Cameron on How Innovation and Automation Can Boost California Agriculture

75

Agtech's Role in Combating Climate Change

76

Farming's Secret Weapon: California Community Colleges

77

Cybersecurity and the Virtual Threats to Farming

78

Working at the Digital Farm of the Future

79

AI on the Farm: Sensing What Humans Can't

80

Using Social Media to Educate the Masses about Agriculture

81

Navigating Climate Change: A Guide on How to Use Technology to Foster Climate-Resilient Agriculture

82

Are Farm Robots Making a Dent in the Agriculture Labor Gap?

83

To Advance Food Safety, Get Out of the Box

84

AG Kawamura [Part 2]: Forging Uncommon Collaborations to Solve World Hunger

85

AG Kawamura [Part 1]: Dissecting the 21st Century Ag Renaissance

86

How to Establish Trust When it Comes to Food Safety

87

Lemons and Oranges and Limes, Oh My!

88

Inside the Brave New World of Pest Management

89

How to Make Tech Adoption Go from Revolution to Evolution

90

When NASA and Farming Collide

91

Changing the Farm Narrative through Innovation & Workforce Development

92

Intersection of Ag and Tech: Emerging Trends in 2022

93

Building Communities for Resuscitating Water Conservation

94

How to Become an Agtech Impact Rainmaker

95

The Interplay Between Water, Tech and Regulation

96

The Next Wave of AgTech: Plant Probiotics

97

Dawn of the Drones: Spraying, Pollination and Imaging

98

Organic Farming: Selling Health, Well-Being and Lifestyle

99

Leveraging Military Expertise to Grow a Startup

100

Hands-Free is the Only Way to Be

101

What Happens When Your Co-Worker is a Robot?

102

Almond Evolution: Self-Pollinating Varieties, Rootstock Gene Editing, Labor-Saving Tech

103

Tackling Food Waste: Tech as the Watchdog of Quality Control

104

Building Autonomous Farm Tractors…and Totally Winning

105

Rise of the City Bee: Building Urban Bee Farms

106

Peter Wren-Hilton of Wharf42/Agritech New Zealand

107

Tim York of California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement

108

Walt Duflock of Western Growers and Neill Callis of Turlock Fruit Company

109

Neill Callis of Turlock Fruit Company and Walt Duflock of Western Growers

110

Amy Tomlinson of Concentric Power

111

Candace Wilson of GreenVenus

112

Hank Giclas of Western Growers

113

Rodrigo Nieto Gómez of Naval Postgraduate School

114

Carol Snyder of Trimble Inc.

115

Dennis Donohue of WG Center for Innovation and Technology

116

Brian Curtis of Concentric Power

117

Richard Strafehl of Healthy Cow Corporation

118

Jon King and Robert Forsythe of Milk Moovement

119

Martha Montoya of AgTools (part 2)

120

Martha Montoya of AgTools (part 1)

121

Aaron Archibald of CO2 GRO Inc.

122

Abby Taylor-Silva of Grower-Shipper Association (part 2)

123

Abby Taylor-Silva of Grower-Shipper Association (part 1)

124

Brian Dawson of HarvestPort (part 2)

125

Brian Dawson of HarvestPort (part 1)

126

Roi Adar of RootsTalk

127

Genevieve Griffin-George of PICMI

128

John McPherson of rfxcel

129

Elliot Jaramillo of Concept Clean Energy

130

Jamie Bacher of Boost Biomes

131

Jason Mellow of Croptracker, Inc.

132

Natasha Shields of Nuffield Australia Farming Scholars

133

Harry Ferdon of SWIIM System

134

U.S. AG Solutions

135

Tensorfield Agriculture

136

John Skardon of Tailwater Systems

137

Amy Wu of From Farms to Incubators

138

Harrison Enright of iTradeNetwork

139

Virginia Corless of Novihum Technologies

140

Mike Dodson of Pago

141

Richard De Andrade of Solare Trace Inc.

142

Aaron Gobin of AgVoice

143

Charles McGregor of GeoVisual Analytics

144

Jesse Arteaga of Ganaz

145

Pádraig Whelan of ApisProtect

146

Hank Giclas of Western Growers

147

Connor Cunningham of WaterBit

148

Eyal Amit of FieldIn

149

Dan Reighn of iTrade Network

150

Willard Lewallen of Hartnell College

151

Chris Becerra of Terrapin Systems

152

Capp Culver of California Safe Soil

153

Ruchit Garg of Harvesting

154

Martha Montoya at AgTools

155

David Moore & Cesar Martin at MagGrow

156

Jim Stottlemyre at UNIBEST

157

Kevin Payne of Zest Labs, Inc.

158

Aidan Mouat of Hazel Technologies, Inc.

159

Anita Garcia of CSU Monterey Bay

160

Bruce Rasa of AgVoice

161

Nora La Torre of Ganaz

162

Diane Wetherington of iFood Decision Sciences

163

Raja Ramachandran of Ripe.io

164

Brian Curtis of Concentric Power

165

Colin Brown of TracMap

166

Abby Taylor-Silva of Grower-Shipper Association of Central California

167

Nathan Dorn of Food Origins

168

Patrick Zelaya of HeavyConnect

169

Drew Ketelsen of HMC Farms

170

Robert McBride of Boost Biomes

171

Colby Pereira of Costa Farms

172

Kevin France of SWIIM Systems

173

Sean Duncan of Duncan Family Farms