by Alli Sweigard | Jun 20, 2025 | Company News, News
See AgTech in Action—Right in the Field On September 17, VINE Connect brings its Field Day series to UC Merced. This grower-focused morning features live demonstrations of six emerging technologies tackling key farming challenges. Each solution is vetted through the...
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 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 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...
