Innovator Spotlight: Irwin R. Donis-Gonzalez, an agriculture engineer specialist at UC Davis, is developing new dehydrating and refrigeration techniques to improve our food system

by vine-admin | Nov 4, 2019 | Featured Stories, food waste, Innovator Spotlight

As a child, Irwin R. Donis-Gonzalez grew up on an avocado and dairy farm in Guatemala. It was there that he says he learned to appreciate what farming meant, where his food came from and the hard work that went into growing and harvesting everyday commodities. Now,...

Innovator Spotlight: Biome Makers Creates Ag Solutions with Micoorganisms

by vine-admin | Oct 2, 2019 | Agriculture, Featured Stories, Guest Post, Innovator Spotlight, Technology

Biome Makers is a biotech company that recently relocated from the Bay Area to West Sacramento. Biome Makers specializes in understanding the microbiome – the microlife – around agriculture, in order to improve agricultural production and quality. These improvements...

Innovator Spotlight: Pheronym – Directed Plant Protection

by vine-admin | Sep 15, 2019 | Agriculture, Featured Stories, Guest Post, Innovator Spotlight

Pheronym is an ag biotech startup that uses nematode pheromones to control beneficial and parasitic nematodes. The firm is located in Alachua, Florida and at the UC Davis HM.CLAUSE Life Sciences Innovation Center in Davis, California.   Pheronym has two products in...

Innovator Spotlight: Caroline Cotto of Renewal Mill on the Upcycled Food Movement and the Next Generation of Ingredients That Are Leading the Way

by vine-admin | Sep 11, 2019 | Featured Stories, food waste, Guest Post, Innovator Spotlight

Renewal Mill, a Bay Area food ingredients company that upcycles the byproduct leftover from soy milk production, is at the forefront of the food waste movement. Its current focus is okara, the wet pulp-like substance that’s left behind after the soy milk manufacture...

Innovator Spotlight: Maas Energy Works, Providing Renewable Energy, Economic and Environmental Benefits in the California Dairy Industry  

by vine-admin | Aug 27, 2019 | Featured Stories, food waste, Guest Post, Innovator Spotlight

Maas Energy Works develops, owns, and operates anaerobic manure digesters which produce methane that is turned into electricity and compressed natural gas. Maas harnesses this “cow power” in partnership with dairies and other commercial facilities. Sixteen of the...