THOUGHT PIECES

By Ehsan Soltan There was once a farmer out working his land in the August heat when suddenly a sports car screeched to a stop on a nearby road… A young man jumped out of the car and began to walk towards the farmer. Being a little alarmed at the unusual disturbance, the farmer stopped… Farmer First: The Better Way to Develop AgTech

On an early August morning in California’s Imperial Valley, tractors rumble across verdant fields of alfalfa, mowing down the tall plant and leaving it to dry in shaggy heaps under the hot sun. Here, in one of the oldest farming communities in the Colorado River basin, the forage crop is king. One out of every… It’s the thirstiest crop in the US south-west. Will the drought put alfalfa farmers out of business?