Irvine, California-based Western Growers thiab Radicle Growth tau koom tes los tsim Radicle Automation Challenge, kev sib tw uas AgTech automation ua lag luam tsim nyog los sib tw rau yam tsawg kawg nkaus ntawm $ 250,000 hauv peev peev thiab tsuas yog nkag mus rau thaj chaw ua liaj ua teb los sim lawv cov thev naus laus zis. Plaub qhov kawg yuav raug xaiv los nthuav qhia lawv cov thev naus laus zis nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm pab pawg neeg ua lag luam, cov neeg koom tes thiab cov kws tshaj lij kev lag luam thiab cov yeej yuav raug tshaj tawm thaum lub sijhawm Western Growers Innovation Showcase Noj hmo ntawm Forbes AgTech Summit thaum Lub Rau Hli 26, 2018.
Western Growers thiab Radicle Growth tau koom tes los nrhiav thiab pab nyiaj rau cov tswv yim zoo tshaj plaws thiab ci ntsa iab los ntawm thoob plaws ntiaj teb los pab ua haujlwm ua liaj ua teb. Cov kev lag luam macro- thiab microeconomic yuav tsum muaj txoj hauv kev kom muaj kev xav tau ntau ntxiv rau kev tsim khoom noj thiab txo cov khoom siv zog. Western Growers thiab Radicle Loj hlob ntseeg hais tias los ntawm kev ua ib qho tseem ceeb ntawm cov noob-theem peev thiab muab kev nkag mus rau cov neeg cog qoob loo kom sim cov thev naus laus zis uas lawv tuaj yeem ua kom tau txais txiaj ntsig zoo ntawm ag-automation technologies.
Yuav kom tsim nyog, cov tuam txhab yuav tsum tau txais yam tsawg kawg nkaus ntawm $ 100,000 hauv peev peev, lossis cov peev txheej zoo, lossis tau dhau los ntawm AgTech incubator lossis accelerator program. Txhua daim ntawv thov yuav raug tshuaj xyuas los ntawm pawg neeg nqis peev, thiab daim ntawv teev npe kawg ntawm plaub lub tuam txhab yuav raug caw tuaj koom nyob rau pem hauv ntej ntawm pawg kws txiav txim plaub.
Tom Nassif, tus thawj tswj hwm thiab CEO ntawm Western Growers tau hais tias "Kev ua liaj ua teb tau poob haujlwm ntau dua kaum xyoo, thiab yog tias peb cov khoom noj khoom haus muaj sia nyob nrog cov neeg ua haujlwm poob qis peb xav tau R&D thiab cov thev naus laus zis tshiab," said Tom Nassif, tus thawj tswj hwm thiab CEO ntawm Western Growers. "Txij li thaum qhib ntawm Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology hauv 2015, lub hom phiaj tseem ceeb yog txhawm rau txhawm rau txhim kho cov thev naus laus zis txuag hluav taws xob, thiab peb txoj kev koom tes tshiab nrog Radicle Loj hlob los pib qhov Kev Sib Tw Automation yuav yog qhov tseem ceeb hauv ob peb lub zog rau tswj kev noj zaub mov kom ruaj khov. "
"Muaj ob tus yeeb ncuab ntawm kev pib ua lag luam, sijhawm thiab nyiaj txiag, thiab peb tab tom ua qhov kev cog lus muaj txiaj ntsig zoo-theem kom ntseeg tau tias peb pab cov neeg lag luam coj lawv cov thev naus laus zis los ua lag luam sai dua," said Kirk Haney, CEO & Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Radicle. Kev loj hlob. "Lub $ 250k yog haum rau cov kev xav tau tshwj xeeb ntawm cov neeg ua lag luam automation kom ntseeg tau tias lawv muaj peev txaus thiab, koom tes nrog Western Growers, lub platform los sim lawv cov thev naus laus zis. Yog tias peb ntseeg lawv, peb txav nrawm. Peb zoo siab heev tau ntsib cov neeg pib tshiab uas tuaj yeem yog lub neej yav tom ntej ntawm kev lag luam. "
Txhua daim ntawv thov tuaj yeem xa mus rau http://radicle.vc/the-radicle-challenge/. Cov ntawv thov yuav tsum xa ua ntej lub Tsib Hlis 1, 2018. Cov neeg sib tw kawg yuav raug ceeb toom txog kev xaiv thaum lub Tsib Hlis 29, 2018.
Founded hauv 1926, Western Growers sawv cev rau cov neeg ua liaj ua teb hauv zos thiab cheeb tsam hauv cheeb tsam cog qoob loo tshiab hauv Arizona, California, Colorado thiab New Mexico. Peb cov tswv cuab thiab lawv cov neeg ua haujlwm muab ntau tshaj ib nrab ntawm lub teb chaws cov txiv hmab txiv ntoo tshiab, zaub thiab ntoo txiv ntoo, suav nrog ze li ib nrab ntawm Asmeskas cov khoom organic tshiab. Thaum Lub Kaum Ob Hlis 2015, WG tau qhib lub agtech incubator - Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology - hauv Salinas, California los muab kev pib ua haujlwm nrog cov peev txheej thiab kev cob qhia uas xav tau kom tau txais lawv cov tuam txhab thiab cov thev naus laus zis nce thiab khiav haujlwm. Lub Center tam sim no muaj 51 startups. Txuas nrog thiab kawm paub ntxiv txog Western Growers ntawm peb Twitter thiab Facebook.
Radicle loj hlob yog San Diego-based acceleration fund uas xaiv lub ag tshiab thiab khoom noj khoom haus tech startups rau kev nqis peev, kom ntseeg tau tias muaj zog, cuam tshuam technologies ncav cuag lawv lub peev xwm. Ntxiv rau kev muab cov noob-theem peev, lawv muab qhov chaw muaj txiaj ntsig zoo rau cov neeg pom kev hauv qhov chaw ag, tsis yog kom loj hlob tab sis kom vam meej. Lawv cov tswv cuab platform tsuas yog ib qho ntawm nws hom hauv kev lag luam kev ua liaj ua teb, yog li ua tiav qhov khoob loj hauv kev ua lag luam los ntawm kev txheeb xyuas cov thev naus laus zis tshiab tshaj plaws thiab ua kom lawv nrawm nrog ntau yam ntawm cov nqi tsim tawm. Txhawm rau txuas thiab kawm paub ntxiv txog Radicle Growth ua raws li peb ntawm Twitter thiab Facebook.