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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Announcing the 2025 Salinas Biological Summit Venue & Dates

We are hugely excited to share the news that on 24-25 June 2025, the 2025 Summit will be hosted at the Yolo County Fairgrounds in Woodland, California.

The 2024 Salinas Biological Summit delivered!

The 2024 Salinas Biological Summit delivered! Details of the Summit session recordings will be shared over the coming weeks.

Meet these highly innovative California Growers

Growers are at the centre of the conversation which will be reflected by the large number in the room.

“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

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“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 ".

“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".

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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“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".

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