Female Farmers Struggle to Work and Take Care of Children. And No One’s Really Talking About It

by vine-admin | Jun 21, 2018 | Agriculture, Featured Stories

By Danielle Beurteau published in The New Food Economy Across the country, the newest generation of female farmers is discovering that having children can redefine their relationship to farm work. Danielle Beurteau for The New Food Economy  ...

Startups Focus on the Microbiome As An Organic Solution to Increase Crop Yields

by vine-admin | Jun 20, 2018 | Agriculture, Featured Stories

By Jonathan Shieber published in TechCrunch One of the multi-billion dollar problems facing the world these days is how to grow more food…    

Growers Get Labor-saving Ideas at UC Grape Day

by vine-admin | Jun 19, 2018 | Agriculture, Featured Stories, Technology

By Pamela Kim-Rice  published in UCANR Blog Will machines replace the romance of the hand-cultivated wine grape vineyard?  

The Robot Farm Is Here: It will solve a lot of problems — and create some worrying new ones.

by vine-admin | Jun 19, 2018 | Agriculture, Featured Stories

By Adam Minter published in Bloomberg It will solve a lot of problems — and create some worrying new ones.

AgTech Investment Topped $10 Billion in 2017. How Much Went to Women?

by vine-admin | Jun 19, 2018 | Agriculture, Featured Stories

By Amy Wu,  originally published in The New Food Economy Now, a new generation of startups led not just by women, but by minority women specifically, is seeking to solve agriculture’s problems with tech innovation. I am back in Salinas, California. It is spring, and...