Ngenkathi kuhlolwa ukuthi "yini" kanye "kanjani" yobuchwepheshe obusafufusa, iNgqungquthela ye-2020 ye-Salinas Valley Ag Tech ngoMashi 17-18 eSalinas izophinde igxile kakhulu kokuthi "ngubani" - ukulungiselela abasebenzi kuwo wonke amazinga ukuthi basebenzise ubuhlakani obuqhubekayo kwezolimo zokukhiqiza. .
Ingqungquthela yaminyaka yonke yesikhombisa esikhungweni esikhulu saseHartnell College, ngokubambisana ne-Western Growers Association, izokwethula uhlelo lwezinsuku ezimbili lobuchwepheshe obungenziwa obuvela kubaholi abahlonishwayo kwezemfundo yezolimo nakuyo yonke imboni yezithelo nemifino.
Usihlalo weNgqungquthela uDennis Donohue, umqondisi weWestern Growers Center for Innovation & Technology, undunankulu we-ag tech startup incubator ozinze eSalinas, uthe le ngqungquthela iyithuba lokusiza ukuqhuba “ingxoxo kazwelonke” ebalulekile mayelana nezidingo zabasebenzi bezolimo ezishintsha ngokushesha.
"Sizohlinzeka ngemininingwane ephelele yobuchwepheshe bamuva, njengoba le micimbi ivamisile ukwenza," kusho u-Donohue, "kodwa sizokhuluma ngolwazi namakhono adingekayo ukuze kuhlinzekwe ngalobo buchwepheshe - sizobe sesiphendukela kubo. inselelo yokuqinisekisa ukuthi abasebenzi bethu nabaphathi banawo lawo makhono.”
Ingqungquthela yezinsuku ezimbili izoqala ngoMashi 17, uSuku luka-St. Patrick, ngokwamukela i-VIP enetimu yase-Ireland kusukela ngo-5:30-8 pm, okubandakanya ukwamukelwa okuvela kunsumpa/umongameli omusha ka-Hartnell kanye “Nengxoxo Yomlilo” enama-Irish ag amathathu. osomabhizinisi bezobuchwepheshe, kanye nobhiya bezandla, iwayini ne-deluxe hors d'oeuvres. NgoMashi 18 uzonikeza usuku olugcwele lwezikhulumi ezingochwepheshe, amaphaneli nababukisi abagxile kwezobuchwepheshe, ezishintshayo kanye nemfundo yabasebenzi.
Iphaneli yosomabhizinisi base-Ireland izohlanganisa uMareese Keane, umeluleki wamasu okukhula weFieldin kanye neSmart Farming Platform; UPadraig Whelan, usosayensi omkhulu wesiqalo sokufuya izinyosi i-ApisProtect; kanye noMick Heatherington, iphini likamongameli wezokuthengisa zoMprofethi, umthuthukisi we-inventory-centric consignment accounting.
“Sizojabula ngoba usuku luka-St. Patrick,” kusho u-Donohue, “kodwa kugcizelela iqiniso lokuthi i-ag tech iwumdlalo womhlaba wonke, futhi ama-Irish aphakathi kwabadlali.”
Ukuze kuvulwe indawo yokwamukela abantu, uSuperintendent/President Patricia Hsieh omusha (obizwa ngokuthi “SHEE-uh”) uzogqamisa ukuzibophezela kukaHartnell ukuqhubeka nokuqinisa imfundo ye-ag ngezinhlelo zeziqu, ubudlelwano namanyuvesi eminyaka emine kanye nokuqeqeshwa okugxile emakhono kubasebenzi bamanje.
U-Hsieh, ojoyine u-Hartnell ngoSepthemba esuka e-Miramar College e-San Diego, usebenza emabhodini omabili e-American Association of Community Colleges kanye ne-NC3, i-National Coalition of Certification Centers yemfundo yezobuchwepheshe.
Uhlelo lwe-Main Day ngo-March 18 luzoqala ngo-7 ekuseni ngesidlo sasekuseni, i-Exhibitors Showcase kanye ne-movie ye-IMAX eboniswa ku-Hartnell Planetarium, e-STEM Centre. I-Monterey Bay Chapter of California Association of Pest Control Advisers (CAPCA) izokwethula uchungechunge losuku lonke lwemihlangano yokucobelelana ngolwazi kuzo zonke izici zokulawulwa kwezinambuzane, ezingafika kumayunithi ayisikhombisa emfundo. Uhlelo lwamaphaneli nezipikha luzoqala ngokushesha ngo-9.
Ngemva kwengxoxo yephaneli yokuqala yokunikeza uhlolojikelele lwezobuchwepheshe kanye nephaneli lesibili elidonsela phansi kubuchwepheshe bokuzenzakalela, iphaneli lesithathu losuku lizogxila “Ohlotsheni Olusha Lwezisebenzi,” oluqondiswa uDanielle McShane, isikhulu esiphezulu sokuphatha eSalinas Valley-based Merrill Farms. I-LLC.
Abahlanganyeli bephaneli nguDeneen Guss, unsumpa weHhovisi Lezemfundo Lesifunda saseMonterey; uNancy Gutierrez, umxhumanisi wephrojekthi yezolimo eReedley College; UMarcus Shebl, iphini likamongameli wezokusebenza eTaylor Farms; kanye noChrissie Davis, iphini likamongameli weCore Builders.
Womathathu amaphaneli asekuseni azobanjwa endaweni yeplanethi, ehlinzeka ngezinsiza ezifanele zokwethulwa kwevidiyo yabahlanganyeli kanye nokuqukethwe kwe-PowerPoint.
Ekugcineni, Iphaneli Yenothi Ebalulekile elandelayo isidlo sasemini izohlanganisa izingqikithi zosuku. Kuzoba nabaphathi abaphezulu abavela ezinkampanini ezintathu ezihamba phambili zokukhiqiza: uMiles Reiter, oyi-CEO yakwaDriscoll; UJohn D'Arrigo, i-CEO ye-D'Arrigo Brothers; kanye noTom Nunes V, umongameli weFoxy Produce. Ozongamela kuzoba yindodakazi kaReiter, uBrie Reiter Smith, ongumqondisi wedizayini yekhwalithi yezinhlelo ze-Driscoll nobuchwepheshe kanye ne-supply chain.
"Bazokhuluma ngomthelela wezinto ezintsha kanye nokubaluleka okulinganayo kokutshala imali kwezemfundo," kusho uDonohue. "Kufanele utshale imali kwezemfundo futhi uqiniseke ukuthi imfundo imelelwa egunjini lebhodi ukuze wenze izinto ezintsha zenzeke."
Usuku luzophetha ngenkulumo eyisihluthulelo yango-3 ntambama kanye ne-Q&A evela ku-Mark Hanchett, oyi-CEO ye-Atlis Motor Vehicles, inkampani yokuqala e-Mesa, e-Ariz., egxile ekuletheni iloli lokuqala elinosayizi ogcwele webhethri likagesi emakethe yaseMelika. .
Njengenjwayelo, le ngqungquthela izohlinzeka ngamathuba ayingqayizivele okufunda nokuxhumana ngenkathi isekela abafundi nezinhlelo zebhizinisi lezolimo eHartnell College. Futhi izogqamisa ukuvela kwe-Salinas Valley njenge-incubator nehabhu lokuqamba izinto ezintsha nokuthuthukiswa kwe-ag tech.
Amalungu omphakathi, amalungu emboni ye-ag, abalimi, ama-PCA, ama-CCA, ama-QAL, abashayeli bezindiza, abafundi nabahlanganyeli bezimboni ze-ag tech kanye nezinhlelo zesofthiwe bayakhuthazwa ukuba babekhona. Lo mcimbi uhlelwe yiHartnell College Agriculture Business and Technology Institute ngokubambisana neMonterey Bay Chapter yeCAPCA.
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