by Alli Sweigard | Jun 18, 2025 | Company News, F3 Highlight, News, Uncategorized
By Alli Sweigard, VISTA F3 Communications Coordinator Growing up in Watsonville, a vibrant agricultural community on California’s Central Coast, Adamaris Alvarez always knew she wanted to work in agriculture. She worked on her family’s berry ranch, Alvarez...
by Michael Tapia | Aug 22, 2023 | Event
By Patty Guerra, UC Merced August 22, 2023 For UC Merced students working to maintain the campus’s Experimental Smart Farm this summer, the day’s tasks can range from the high-tech to the grubby. Kat Corti and Austin Mercado, both fourth-year students come...
by Michael Tapia | Apr 3, 2023 | Faculty News
By Patty Guerra, UC Merced April 3, 2023 While UC Merced’s Experimental Smart Farm is focused on technology and automation, it’s also about machine-human collaboration. That was among the messages UC Merced’s representatives shared in a panel...
by Michael Tapia | Mar 28, 2023 | Event, Faculty News
LOCATION:SCUP Pacific Regional Conference Davis, CA SPEAKER:Brendan Connolly DATE & TIME:03.28.2023 | 1:30 pm–2:30 pm Food production is a significant driver of human and environmental health. University of California (UC) Merced’s new interdisciplinary...
by Michael Tapia | Nov 28, 2022 | Company News
By Patty Guerra, UC Merced November 28, 2022 Land has been tilled at UC Merced’s smart farm, the first physical step in developing the state-of-the-art project. “Even though it’s just a blank field, we have overcome some pretty big obstacles to be where we are today,”...
