by Alex Yanez | May 29, 2025 | Company News, News
Transplants are in the ground! We’re planting nearly an acre of pumpkins for an AgTech Club U-Pick event this October and we have a corn maze coming soon. Tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash, melons, and more are also on the way. This is just a preview of the...
by Alex Yanez | May 29, 2025 | Company News, News
Some of our VISTA team participated in the BioCatalyst 2025 event hosted by BEAM Circular and powered by Gener8tor on May 22 in French Camp, CA. Dr. Leigh Bernacchi, Jose Cobos, and Hanna Bartram represented UC Merced, and the team joined startups, investors, and...
by Alex Yanez | May 27, 2025 | Company News, News
Congratulations to Jujube and the Pits, a senior capstone team of mechanical engineering students, for showcasing their project at Innovate to Grow last week! Supported by the F3 Local, F3 Initiative, VISTA UC Merced, and in collaboration with UCANR, the team is...
by Alex Yanez | May 23, 2025 | Company News, News
F3 researchers from UC Merced were recently featured on NPR’s Marketplace podcast, discussing how technology is transforming agriculture, from AI-guided irrigation sensors to electric tractor applications. Faculty like Professor Reza Ehsani are mentoring students and...
by Alli Sweigard | Apr 29, 2025 | Company News, F3 Highlight, News
We’re excited to share that UC Merced researchers were recently featured in an Iowa PBS Market to Market news story, “Reducing a Carbon Footprint by Turning Trash and Manure Into Power.” The segment spotlights California’s leadership in climate action and...
