The Organic Center is excited to host a watch party and Q&A panel for the documentary From Farms to Incubators, which paints portraits of women entrepreneurs in the fast growing sector of agtech who are presenting inspiration solutions to many of these growing everyday issues affecting our food production. The documentary showing will be followed by a Q&A panel featuring Amy Wu, the award-winning journalist and filmmaker who founded From Farms to Incubators, and Martha Montoya, CEO of AgTools. Amy will share insight about how women are driving the present day agtech boom, an industry integrating agriculture and technology. She will share more about how she overcame skepticism, outdated traditions, and adversity to achieve her calling as journalist and entrepreneur.
The watch party will complement the Organic Center’s Organic Confluences Event Series focused on Agricultural Technology in organic examining potential opportunities for technology to support the organic sector, pitfalls when it comes to access and equity in AgTech, historical and current examples of AgTech exacerbating the pre-existing structures of racism in the food system, and methods for analyzing AgTech’s fit within organic ideals. Learn more about Confluences here.
About the Documentary
Agriculture and technology both have a long history in California, but have rarely intersected. Tech is focused on disruption and innovation, while much of Central Valley and Central Coast’s agriculture is still managed with clipboards and pencils. One commonality is that women and minorities have historically been underrepresented in both industries. Now, a new generation of startups led by minority women are seeking to solve agriculture’s problems with tech innovation. "From Farms to Incubators" tells the stories of women entrepreneurs dedicated to agtech, a fast-growing sector within agriculture.