UKaren Ross, unobhala woMnyango Wezokudla Nezolimo waseCalifornia, utshele izethameli zangoMashi 18 zokuvula iSalinas Valley Ag Tech Summit ukuthi ukuxazulula izinkinga kukodwa kuwukuthekelisa okubalulekile kwezolimo zaseCalifornia - kanye nemboni yemikhiqizo emisha ikakhulukazi.
Ngokombiko wezindaba, ingqungquthela eku-inthanethi iyaqhubeka ngoMashi 19, kuvulwa ngo-9 am Pacific, futhi ukubhaliswa kwamahhala kuyatholakala kwa- www.salinasvalleyagtech.com. Iwebhusayithi futhi iqukethe uhlelo olugcwele kanye nezixhumanisi zamadokodo e-expo abaxhasi bomcimbi.
"Ezolimo, ikakhulukazi ezolimo zaseCalifornia, zingokwemvelo emhlabeni wonke," kusho uRoss, "futhi uma singabhekana nezinselele izwe lakithi esilethela lona, ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu okusiletha kithi, ukuthi izinselele zethu zamanzi zisinikeza zona, ukuthi ukudla kwethu Izinkinga zokuthobela ukuphepha ezethulwa kithi - uma singazixazulula lapha, siyilabhorethri ephilayo, futhi sizoqhubeka nokuba imibono emisha ethunyelwa emhlabeni wonke.
“Ingxenye yalokho okuqhubeza amabhizinisi kanye nokusungula izinto yizona kanye izinselelo esethulwa ngazo,” kusho yena, “futhi ngenxa yokuthi sinohlelo lwamanyuvesi futhi sinemali yokusungula ibhizinisi, futhi sinabantu ingxenye yemindeni yefa.
“Uma uyisizukulwane sesine noma sesihlanu emndenini wakho, kuningi lokho emahlombe akho: Sikugcina kanjani lokhu kuqhubeka? Silingenisa kanjani ithalente elisha esilidingayo ukuze siqinisekise ukuthi izizukulwane ezinhlanu ezizayo nazo zingakwenza lokho? Sizokuthola lokho, noma ngabe kuyinkinga ekhathazayo yanamuhla.”
U-Ross wabelane ngokuthakasela kwakhe nethemba nge-Zoom ngesikhathi sengxoxo ethi “Fireside Chat” no-Dennis Donohue, umqondisi we-Western Growers for Innovation and Technology.
Ingxoxo yavala ubusuku bokuvulwa kwengqungquthela, ephinde yaveza amazwi kaDkt. Raúl Rodríguez, insumpa yesikhashana/umongameli we-Hartnell College e-Salinas, kanye no-Miguel Gomez, owathweswa iziqu e-Hartnell ngo-2020 emkhiqizweni wezolimo. Ikolishi lethula ngokuhlanganyela le ngqungquthela nabakwa-Western Growers.
UGomez, ongowokuzalwa eSalinas, ubhalise ohlelweni olusha lweziqu zesayensi yenhlabathi kanye nesayensi yezitshalo eCal State Monterey Bay ngenkathi esebenza ngokugcwele ekuthengiseni nasekusebenzeleni iTaylor Farms, lapho aphothula khona i-internship ngenkathi eseHartnell.
Wabelane ngeseluleko esilandelayo nabafundi abaningi basesikoleni esiphakeme nasekolishi abebebuka uhlelo ku-inthanethi:
“Ungesabi ukushintsha. Njalo phakamisa isandla sakho bese uthi, 'Lapha, yebo, ngizokwenza lokho. Noma yini enye?' Futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke, zimisele ukufunda. Akudingeki ukuthi uyilungise, kufanele uyilungise.”
Uhlelo lwanamuhla luhlanganisa ishejuli egcwele yamaphaneli nezipikha ezibonisa ubukhulu obukhulayo bamazwe ngamazwe embonini yokukhiqiza kanye nobunkimbinkimbi bayo obandayo obukhula ngokushesha, ikakhulukazi mayelana nokuzuza nokuqeqesha abasebenzi abahlomele izidingo zabo ezishintshayo.
Ingxoxo kaRoss noDonohue ihlanganise izihloko eziningi ezihlukahlukene, okuhlanganisa nomthelela wobhubhane lwe-COVID-19 kubalimi abasha nabathumeli bempahla.
Uncome imboni ngokugcina umkhiqizo wayo ungena ezitolo ezinkulu ngesikhathi ezinye izimpahla, ikakhulukazi zamaphepha, zicishe zingatholakali. Uphinde waphawula nenselele yokujwayela ukushintsha okungazelelwe kwabathengi kusukela ekudleni ngaphandle kokuthenga ukudla abazokupheka ekhaya.
“Angikwazi ukucabanga, eSalinas Valley, lapho unolayini wokukhiqiza omayelana nenkonzo yokudla, lokho kumayelana nokupakisha okuhluke kakhulu – kanye nesiteshi sokumaketha esihluke kakhulu okuyiso uma nje ubhekene nalo. abadayisi,” kusho uRoss. "Asizange sibaphoxe abantu, futhi sithole ukuthi, ngokusebenzisana ne-FDA, singaphinda sisebenzise ezinye zezinto zokupakisha ukudla ukuze singene ezitolo, futhi sivele sijike futhi sizivumelanise nezimo."
Ukhulume nekhono lokuvikela abasebenzi kanye nokuvumelanisa uchungechunge lokuhlinzeka ngesikhathi sodlame ukuze lube namashumi eminyaka emisha emifino enamaqabunga.
“Bambalwa abantu abangabonga, ngicabanga, ukukhalipha kwemboni yezokukhiqiza, ngiqonde khona lapha eSalinas,” kusho uRoss, “ngakho uma ucabanga ngezikhathi zokukhipha izinto ensimini, embonini nangaphesheya kwezilwandle. ezweni emahoreni amangaki - noma emhlabeni jikelele - lokho kuyisimangaliso sokuhlelwa kwempahla engicabanga ukuthi bambalwa abantu abanokwazisa ngalokho okuqale ngo-ag. Futhi kuyasebenza; iyasebenza ngempela.”
Uhlelo lwanamuhla lwengqungquthela luzovulwa ngesethulo esibalulekile sikaDennis Donohue, umqondisi weWestern Growers for Innovation and Technology, kanye noTed Taylor, umongameli weMission Ranches kanye neSeco Packing.
Uhlelo olugcwele luzoqhubeka nengxoxo ebanzi ethi “Izinkinga Zomlimi Nobuchwepheshe Nezinselele Zezemfundo, Ukuqeqesha kanye Nezabasebenzi,” okuhlanganisa no-Leon Brish, umsunguli kanye noMphathi Omkhulu we-FarmDog; UMariana Valdez, umphathi wesayensi yenhlabathi we-Ag-Wise Enterprises Inc.; kanye noSebastien Boyer, umsunguli kanye ne-CEO ye-FarmWise, eyenza uhlu lwe-Best Inventions ka-2020 yephephabhuku i-Time nge-weeder yayo ezimele.
Esinye iseshini esifakiwe sizothi “Ukubaluleka Kwemfundo Nohlobo Olusha Lwezisebenzi,” kanye nephaneli esezingeni eliphezulu e-Central Coast elakhiwe u-Tom Nunes ongumlimi wesizukulwane sesine nomongameli weNkampani yakwaNunes, umlimi ohamba phambili okhiqiza imikhiqizo. eCalifornia, e-Arizona naseNevada; UJohn D'Arrigo, umongameli, i-CEO kanye nosihlalo we-D'Arrigo Bros.; kanye noMiles Reiter, oyi-CEO kanye nosihlalo we-Driscoll's. Umongameli kuzoba u-Brie Reiter Smith, umqondisi we-Driscoll's quality systems design, supply chain.
Futhi, amaseshini amabili azokwethulwa ngeSpanishi, okuhunyushwa kwesiNgisi, okugqamisa kokubili “iMexico neMelika: Izinkinga Zabakhulisayo” kanye “Nesimo Sokuqalisa.” Phakathi kwabethuli be-Latin America kukhona u-Tomás Peña, umsunguli we-S4, omunye wabaqalisi bokuqala base-Argentina be-AgTech kanye nomshayeli oholayo we-AgTech ecosystem yonkana eLatin America; isazi sezomnotho sezolimo u-Elisa Blanco, enikeza umbono womhlaba wonke ngamanzi njengomsunguli weSikhungo Somthetho Nokuphathwa Kwamanzi eChile; kanye noJairo Trad, umthuthukisi wesoftware, usosayensi wedatha kanye nosomabhizinisi onebhizinisi emazweni ayisithupha aseLatin America nase-United States.
Vakashela ikhasi lewebhu lomcimbi ku www.salinasvalleyagtechsummit.com ukuze ufunde kabanzi ngohlelo lwalo nyaka nangabaxhasi. Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe, xhumana nethimba le-Ag Tech Summit ku agtech@hartnell.edu.