WG’s automation initiative as well as the Association’s food safety and data initiatives. “Through these initiatives, we are hoping that the industry will get increasingly capitalized to push forward with innovations that are still in a nascent stage,” said Kapacinskas. “We anticipate that in the future, we can be more preventative and have a concrete system in place that allows us to test and deploy in a turnkey manner.” The S2G – Western Growers relationship is extremely valuable to Western Growers, as it allows the Association to marry deep domain expertise that originates from staff and members of WG with a massive technology pipeline administered by S2G and their expertise on what is necessary for a startup to succeed in the early stages of development. Together, the two organizations are poised to help these companies succeed and bring solutions to the industry much more quickly.
Aidan Mouat,CEO and co-founder at Hazel Technologies, pitches at 2017 AgSharks and walks away with a $1 million investment offer.
For the group image: AgSharks judges and winners at 2017 AgSharks Competition (l to r Chuck Templeton, MatthewWalker and Sanjeev Krishnan of S2G; WG President/CEO Tom Nassif; AgVoice CEO Bruce Rasa; Hazel Technologies CEO Aidan Mouat; D.M. Camp & Sons President Edwin Camp; Wonderful Orchards President Rob Yraceburu; and Talley Farms Co-Owner Ryan Talley)
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