Workforce Development
Developing Talent
Education and training partners help people build practical skills and pursue careers in agricultural technology.
A statewide alliance, rooted in California’s regions.
The California AgTech Alliance is a statewide network of universities, colleges, public agencies, industry groups, and community organizations working together so that agricultural innovation and opportunity reach every region of California.
About the Alliance
Our Purpose
Making expertise and opportunity
easier to find.
California’s agricultural strengths span farms, research institutions, businesses, classrooms, and communities. The Alliance helps connect that expertise, making it easier for an entrepreneur to find a testing partner, a worker to discover training, or an educator to connect with an employer.
Our mission is to unite California’s agricultural regions through shared platforms, targeted investment, and collaboration that expand equitable access to good-paying jobs, entrepreneurial opportunity, and climate-smart innovation.
Planned Outcomes
What we’re
working toward.
Our vision is a California that leads in agricultural and food innovation, with connected regions, technologies accessible to every farmer, and pathways to stable, well-paying careers for every worker.
These are the outcomes we aim to achieve.
01Greater visibility for California AgTech
Broader recognition of California’s agricultural technology expertise and opportunities among entrepreneurs, investors, and industry leaders.
02Stronger skills and career pathways
More students, farmworkers, and career changers gaining practical skills, industry credentials, and pathways into agricultural technology careers.
03More innovations in the market and field
More startups progressing through testing and demonstration toward commercial readiness, customer adoption, and business growth.
04More investment and job opportunities
More private capital supporting agricultural technology companies and their growth, creating opportunities for skilled workers.
05Stronger connections across regions
More collaboration among farmers, educators, businesses, and community organizations, with easier access to expertise, programs, and resources.
How We Work
Talent, innovation,
and the connections between them.
Workforce development builds the talent needed to put new technologies into practice. Commercialization advances innovations that create opportunities for skilled workers. The Network connects both with the partners, expertise, and resources that help them progress.
Commercialization
Advancing Innovation
Program partners help innovators develop, test, and bring solutions to market with California’s research and agricultural communities.
Network
Connecting the Work
The Alliance connects people, programs, and resources so that partners can collaborate across regions and build on one another’s progress.
Who We Serve
Across California’s agricultural community.
The Alliance serves the people and organizations who develop, adopt, teach, and support agricultural innovation. Explore the programs, tools, and opportunities relevant to your work.
Entrepreneurs & StartupsBusiness support, research connections, and paths to market.Investors & FundersInvestment connections and California’s agricultural innovation ecosystem.Farmers & Agricultural OperationsTechnology demonstrations, research expertise, and industry connections.Workers & LearnersTraining, practical skills, and agricultural career pathways.Industry & Policy LeadersIndustry perspectives, shared priorities, and statewide collaboration.Alliance PartnersLocal partnerships, shared resources, and connections across regions.
Our Partners
Local Leadership, Statewide Reach
From the Salinas Valley to the Imperial Valley, the Alliance connects California’s agricultural regions: the programs, partners, companies, students, and growers working on the future of food. Shared platforms, targeted investment, and cross-regional collaboration hold it together.
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