How policy hamstrings agtech in California, with Walt Duflock

How policy hamstrings agtech in California, with Walt Duflock

When it comes to the production of high-value food crops, California is, without question, a global leader. Plus, much of the state’s thousands of acres of farmland lies within close proximity of Silicon Valley, where high-tech tools and solutions are endemic. And yet, many California farmers are struggling to continue their work, and agtech startups are increasingly looking beyond the state for customers and sectors to serve.

So what gives?

To answer this question, we asked Walt Duflock, Senior VP of Innovation at Western Growers Association on the show to help us connect the dots on why California’s world-renowned ag and its state-of-the-art tech sectors are struggling to align. Policy plays a big role here, but shifting tides around agtech funding are also having an effect.

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Companies: Western Growers Association • Topics: government-policy, ag-tech-adoption, crops-horticulture, agtech-ecosystem

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