confidential basis around the way each grower processor operates. With its core foundation built from work with national research agencies such as NASA, USDA, and FFAR, GeoVisual’s data scientists build information focused to help your team tackle what you see as the biggest problems or greatest opportunities. A lean operation funded by family and friends, it is boots on the ground backed by top-notch scientists, working side-by- side with you and organizations you trust like Western Growers, YCEDA, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Cal State Monterey Bay, and the University of Arizona, to build unique tools that make your best people even better. iFoodDS (iFoodDecisionSciences) has expanded its solution suite to offer food safety, quality and traceability solutions from the field to the consumer, with solutions optimized for growers, packers, processors, distributors, retail and foodservice organizations. The company is expanding its Salinas and Seattle hubs and has sales or distribution presence in North America, Mexico, Chile, Peru and Australia. Naïo Technologies USA had a very successful season in Salinas/Santa Maria cultivating more than 950 acres with its grower partners. Naïo will be adding two more robots to its U.S. fleet in December, and will now have a total of five Dinos in operation. The company is shifting its operations to Yuma, AZ and is looking for
companies interested in its WaaS program for the winter in Yuma. Harnessing the power of DNA, SafeTraces continues to offer rapid on-food traceability and rapid sanitation verification solutions to customers throughout the food and agriculture industries. SafeTraces’ miniDART solution is the most cost-effective, scalable on-product traceability solution for produce and bulk goods, applying unique edible, invisible DNA tags (FDA-GRAS) directly to the product for unsurpassed supply chain security. The saniDART solution is the first rapid solution for verifying sanitation effectiveness at a microbial level to receive certification from the Association of Analytical Chemists Research Institute (AOAC-RI). As consumers and regulators continue to demand higher standards and visibility into food safety practices throughout the supply chain, SafeTraces’ solutions provide valuable risk management and are easily integrated into existing food production and safety programs to protect product quality, consumer health and safety, and brand equity. SWIIM and WiseConn hosted another edition of its Equipment Integration Series where attendees learned how SWIIM, combined with WiseConn, can further help growers achieve desired yields through the use of sensors, plant requirement recommendations and advanced water use data analytics. For
those farmers who already have, or are considering WiseConn telemetry for their farming operation, with the flip of a switch, they can add the power of SWIIM’s water balance data easily without adding new equipment. SWIIM is able to connect with most already-installed brands of commercial irrigation automation equipment in the field including Netafim, Bermad, Campbell and many others, which allows SWIIM to use the data already created to provide detailed, multi- dimensional water use reports. A list of current of SWIIM-compatible equipment providers is located on its website. If you don’t see your equipment vendor listed, contact SWIIM to discuss integrating your equipment provider of choice. Are you a specialty crop grower interested in reducing your hand-weeding labor costs? Tensorfield Agriculture has been conducting on-site weed pressure studies throughout 2020 in order to provide competitive quotes for its precision post-emergence thermal weeding services. Using on-board cameras, their precision sprayers hit only the weeds and leave your crops to flourish—suitable for all specialty crops grown on 40/80 inch beds. The only applicant is organic-approved food-grade canola oil, which is heated, then precisely sprayed to destroy weeds upon contact. Early projections estimate a 40% reduction against today’s hand-weeding labor costs using their technology. To arrange a trial for 2021, contact them today at info@ tensorfield.ag
We share your commitment to nurturing a healthy California. That is why supporting initiatives that improve the lives of people we serve is important to us. Last year, Anthem spent: Cultivating good health in California
In service to our California communities: 15,876 meals packed, served, and distributed 1,771 people trained in Hands-Only CPR pregnancy with specialized care 3,356 mothers-to-be supported through
$7.1 million total on healthy programs in California $3.8 million in Foundation grants $2.4 million in community sponsorships $935,000 in associate giving
Improving the well-being of all Californians is our top priority.
*Associate Program Value includes Dollars for Dollars donations plus Foundation match; Dollars for Doers rewards directed, associated value for volunteering; Anthem Cares Fund and Directors Fund grants.
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