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Supporting
Growers Adapt
to a Changing
Environment

SAVE THE DATE:
June 25 – 26, 2024
Salinas
California

Supporting
Growers Adapt to a
Changing Environment

June 25-26, 2024
Salinas
California

Supporting
Growers Adapt to a
Changing Environment

June 25-26, 2024
Salinas
California

Supporting
Growers Adapt to a
Changing Environment

June 25-26, 2024
Salinas
California

Supporting
Growers Adapt to a
Changing Environment

June 25-26, 2024
Salinas
California

Supporting
Growers Adapt to a
Changing Environment

June 25-26, 2024
Salinas
California

Supporting
Growers Adapt to a
Changing Environment

June 25-26, 2024
Salinas
California

Supporting
Growers Adapt to a
Changing Environment

June 25-26, 2024
Salinas
California

Introducing the 2024 Salinas Biological Summit

Following last year’s sold-out inaugural 2023 Salinas Biological Summit, Western Growers and New Zealand-based AgriFoodTech consultancy, Wharf42, are delighted to announce the dates of the 2024 Salinas Biological Summit: June 25-26, 2024.

With so many challenges facing growers of specialty crops, ‘Supporting Growers Adapt to a Changing Environment’ will be a key outcome for the 2024 Summit. Key topics that will be placed under the microscope include:

  • The changing Regulatory environment
  • The changing Technology environment
  • The changing Consumer environment
  • The changing Retail environment
  • The changing Global Macro-economic environment

 

As calls for ‘less chemicals, more biologicals’ grow, the 2024 Summit will examine the impact of these calls on growers and the emerging technologies and biological solutions being developed to support them.

The Summit will hear from local and international experts on some of the key challenges and opportunities currently being addressed.

To view this year's draft Program, please visit Program | Wharf42 Limited (salinas-summit.com). To purchase a ticket for this year's Summit, please visit 2024 Salinas Biological Summit | Humanitix

Supporting Growers Adapt to a Changing Environment? The 2024 Summit program has been designed to deliver.

We look forward to seeing you in Salinas!

 

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Latest News

Register to attend an inaugural Salinas Biological Summit workshop

We're delighted to confirm that on the eve of this year's Summit, we'll be hosting 3 x 2.5-hour workshops on the afternoon of Monday June 22.

Apply to join the two Summit Startup Pitch events!

The Summit is delighted to confirm once again that we will be hosting 2 separate Pitch sessions in June.

The Summit announces negotiated Group Pricing for Accommodation

We are pleased to confirm that we have negotiated group rates for Summit delegates at two Salinas hotels.

Major Brazilian delegation to join the Salinas Biological Summit

Across regulation, application and adoption, Brazil has emerged as the Gold Standard for many significant biological input metrics.

“This is an incredibly important and timely Summit that focuses on an area that needs much more attention, planning and coordination of next Gen tools so we can ensure continued bountiful production of horticultural crops so critical to health and nutrition ".

California Food and Agriculture Department Secretary, Karen Ross, 

“For Western Grower members, biologicals have become a significant issue. The 2023 Salinas Biological Summit will provide the platform to share knowledge, insights and best practice to address the opportunity".

Dennis Donohue, Director, Western Growers Innovation & Technology Center

“Biologicals are growing at double digits and expected to surpass chemical pesticides within 20 years. The 2023 Salinas Biological Summit will allow California growers the opportunity to look at innovations in biologicals on a global basis.”

Pam Marrone, CEO and Founder, Chestnut Bio Advisors

“Growers from California, the nation and the world will all benefit from the 2023 Salinas Biological Summit. New ways of controlling plant pests and diseases with new tools will help maintain healthy crops while increasing on-farm sustainability.”

Don Cameron, President, Terra Nova Ranches 

 

“This major inaugural Summit will showcase key international research and commercial biological applications designed to enable growers accelerate sustainable agriculture, improve crop yields and offer protection against a wide variety of plant diseases and insect pests.”

Peter Wren-Hilton, founder & CEO, Wharf42

Summit Partners & Sponsors

Host County Sponsor

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Gold Sponsors

Silver Sponsors

UC ANR University Corp CSUMB Almond Board of California Acorp Logo BG Bayer Cross Basic 150Dpi On Screen RGB Wilbur Ellis

Bronze Sponsors

Driscolls Reiter Affiliated Companies Logo (5) Vestaron Impello Logo (1) ProFarm Harpe Bio Logo Ecorobotix Ltd Hartnell College

Exhibitors

Taylor Farms Driscolls UC ANR Almond Board of California Western Growers RTI AG Reiter Affiliated Companies Monterey County, California Cultiva Ac-Planta Logo Corigin Enlightened Soil Farm Ng Logo Vestaron Wilbur Ellis Impello Logo (1) ProFarm Harpe Bio Microbiometer Magrowtec Live Earth Products Biosensor Solutions AliBio MustGrow GroPro (1) Agro Bio USA AEMTEK Logo RGB Aglab (V2024) Parabug Logo (1) Scoutlabs

 

“For Western Grower members, biologicals have become a significant issue. The 2024 Salinas Biological Summit will provide the platform to share knowledge, insights and best practice to address the opportunity".

Dennis Donohue, Director, Western Growers Innovation & Technology Center


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Who is this 2024 summit for?

As the demand for nutritious and affordable food continues to rise, the need to accelerate sustainable agriculture, improve crop yields and offer protection against a wide variety of plant diseases and insect pests has never been more important.

Given this urgency, the 2024 Salinas Biological Summit is being designed to address the needs of multiple stakeholders.

These include;

  • Growers
  • R&D (Universities/Institutes)
  • Agribusiness leaders
  • Startups/Entrepreneurs (including. researchers that haven’t launched startups yet – still at University)
  • Investors
  • Government/NGO (policy/environmental experts)

Over the coming weeks, we'll be publishing details of both the Summit programme and keynote speakers to this website. To access this information in real time, please complete the 'Register Interest' button at the top of this page.

The 2027 Salinas
Biological Summit

Brought to you by:

Wharf 42

Platinum Sponsor:

Western Growers