Although it wasn’t a picture of Armani-suited city slickers fighting to keep soil off their fancy leather loafers, a group of venture capitalists recently visited the Central Valley to learn about agriculture technology.
“It was typical California business casual, which meant jeans and tennis shoes,” said Phil Christensen, founder and president of Fresno farm asset manager Agriglobe. “A very relaxed atmosphere.”
What the group took away from the visit, ideally, is a keener grasp of investment opportunities in the state’s $36 billion farming industry. Surprisingly for such a powerhouse economic sector, there has been little such funding to date, Christensen said.
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Author: Todd R. Brown
