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Voices of the Valley — 172 episodes

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The Water It Takes to Grow Your Food

2

Inside the Hidden World of Insects in Agriculture

3

Regenerative Roots: Farming for the Next 100 Years

4

Celebrating Women in Ag

5

From San Francisco to the Farm with Jacie and Zac

6

Six Generations of Farming in California’s Central Valley

7

Four Generations of Farming with the Talleys

8

Picking Memories at Tanaka Farms

9

Agtech’s Field of Dreams in Salinas

10

The 411 on H-2A

11

The Canyon House - A Sanctuary for Draft Horses

12

Agritourism: From Goat Yoga to Pumpkin Patches

13

Connecting Community to Farms and Fields

14

The Connection Between Farming, Food and Wellness

15

The Next Generation of Ag Leaders

16

Sniffing Out Pests with Agriculture Detector Dogs

17

Peeling Back the Farmer's Curtain with Chelsea Ketelsen

18

Olive Oil Unfiltered with Vincent Ricchiuti from Enzo Olive Oil Company

19

Cantaloupe 411 with Westside Produce's Garrett Patricio

20

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

21

Innovations in Cross-Border Health Care for Ag Workers

22

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

23

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

24

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

25

Katie Chiapuzio from Braga Fresh on How Bees Benefit Produce

26

Do You Really Know Where Your Food Comes From?

27

2024 Look Ahead: Agriculture’s Biggest Challenges

28

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

29

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

30

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

31

Farmers are Entrepreneurs: Citi’s Adam Bergman Talks Agtech

32

Alex Cochran Discusses the Value of Biologicals in Agriculture

33

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

34

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

35

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

36

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

37

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

38

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

39

The Future of Sustainable Desalination

40

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

41

Tom Mulholland and the Bottom Line of Agriculture – Productivity

42

Stuart Woolf: Agtech from Apple Computers to Almonds

43

Belinda Clarke and the Many Ways Science Can Help Growers Adapt

44

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

45

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

46

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

47

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

48

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

49

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

50

Carl Casale of Ospraie Ag Science on Doing More With Less

51

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

52

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

53

Stout CEO Brent Shedd Explores Artificial Intelligence in Ag

54

Global Competition Requires Urgent Supply Chain Tech Innovation

55

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

56

Linking Small Farmers and Scientists on the International Stage

57

Genius Beehives with Dick Rogers, Entomologist at Bayer Crop Science

58

Hank Giclas Tribute, Part Two

59

Remembering Hank Giclas, Part One

60

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

61

New Zealand Forecasts the Future of Agriculture Amid Climate Change

62

En Solucion and Seeking the Food Safety Holy Grail

63

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

64

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

65

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

66

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

67

The Yield Lab and the Exponential Growth Potential of Latin America

68

Food Safety and Using Automation to Mitigate Risk

69

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

70

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

71

Verdant Robotics Pt. 2: Turning Fieldworkers Into Data Workers

72

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

73

Don Cameron on How Innovation and Automation Can Boost California Agriculture

74

Agtech's Role in Combating Climate Change

75

Farming's Secret Weapon: California Community Colleges

76

Cybersecurity and the Virtual Threats to Farming

77

Working at the Digital Farm of the Future

78

AI on the Farm: Sensing What Humans Can't

79

Using Social Media to Educate the Masses about Agriculture

80

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

81

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

82

To Advance Food Safety, Get Out of the Box

83

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

84

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

85

How to Establish Trust When it Comes to Food Safety

86

Lemons and Oranges and Limes, Oh My!

87

Inside the Brave New World of Pest Management

88

How to Make Tech Adoption Go from Revolution to Evolution

89

When NASA and Farming Collide

90

Changing the Farm Narrative through Innovation & Workforce Development

91

Intersection of Ag and Tech: Emerging Trends in 2022

92

Building Communities for Resuscitating Water Conservation

93

How to Become an Agtech Impact Rainmaker

94

The Interplay Between Water, Tech and Regulation

95

The Next Wave of AgTech: Plant Probiotics

96

Dawn of the Drones: Spraying, Pollination and Imaging

97

Organic Farming: Selling Health, Well-Being and Lifestyle

98

Leveraging Military Expertise to Grow a Startup

99

Hands-Free is the Only Way to Be

100

What Happens When Your Co-Worker is a Robot?

101

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

102

Tackling Food Waste: Tech as the Watchdog of Quality Control

103

Building Autonomous Farm Tractors…and Totally Winning

104

Rise of the City Bee: Building Urban Bee Farms

105

Peter Wren-Hilton of Wharf42/Agritech New Zealand

106

Tim York of California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement

107

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

108

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

109

Amy Tomlinson of Concentric Power

110

Candace Wilson of GreenVenus

111

Hank Giclas of Western Growers

112

Rodrigo Nieto Gómez of Naval Postgraduate School

113

Carol Snyder of Trimble Inc.

114

Dennis Donohue of WG Center for Innovation and Technology

115

Brian Curtis of Concentric Power

116

Richard Strafehl of Healthy Cow Corporation

117

Jon King and Robert Forsythe of Milk Moovement

118

Martha Montoya of AgTools (part 2)

119

Martha Montoya of AgTools (part 1)

120

Aaron Archibald of CO2 GRO Inc.

121

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

122

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

123

Brian Dawson of HarvestPort (part 2)

124

Brian Dawson of HarvestPort (part 1)

125

Roi Adar of RootsTalk

126

Genevieve Griffin-George of PICMI

127

John McPherson of rfxcel

128

Elliot Jaramillo of Concept Clean Energy

129

Jamie Bacher of Boost Biomes

130

Jason Mellow of Croptracker, Inc.

131

Natasha Shields of Nuffield Australia Farming Scholars

132

Harry Ferdon of SWIIM System

133

U.S. AG Solutions

134

Tensorfield Agriculture

135

John Skardon of Tailwater Systems

136

Amy Wu of From Farms to Incubators

137

Harrison Enright of iTradeNetwork

138

Virginia Corless of Novihum Technologies

139

Mike Dodson of Pago

140

Richard De Andrade of Solare Trace Inc.

141

Aaron Gobin of AgVoice

142

Charles McGregor of GeoVisual Analytics

143

Jesse Arteaga of Ganaz

144

Pádraig Whelan of ApisProtect

145

Hank Giclas of Western Growers

146

Connor Cunningham of WaterBit

147

Eyal Amit of FieldIn

148

Dan Reighn of iTrade Network

149

Willard Lewallen of Hartnell College

150

Chris Becerra of Terrapin Systems

151

Capp Culver of California Safe Soil

152

Ruchit Garg of Harvesting

153

Martha Montoya at AgTools

154

David Moore & Cesar Martin at MagGrow

155

Jim Stottlemyre at UNIBEST

156

Kevin Payne of Zest Labs, Inc.

157

Aidan Mouat of Hazel Technologies, Inc.

158

Anita Garcia of CSU Monterey Bay

159

Bruce Rasa of AgVoice

160

Nora La Torre of Ganaz

161

Diane Wetherington of iFood Decision Sciences

162

Raja Ramachandran of Ripe.io

163

Brian Curtis of Concentric Power

164

Colin Brown of TracMap

165

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

166

Nathan Dorn of Food Origins

167

Patrick Zelaya of HeavyConnect

168

Drew Ketelsen of HMC Farms

169

Robert McBride of Boost Biomes

170

Colby Pereira of Costa Farms

171

Kevin France of SWIIM Systems

172

Sean Duncan of Duncan Family Farms