November 3, 2025 – More than 300 students and agricultural professionals attended the 19th Annual Ag Jobs: Bringing a Greater Vision – Harvesting Data: Careers in Agriculture event at CSUMB on November 3, 2025. A joint effort with the College of Science and the Grower-Shipper Foundation, whose Executive Director, Lisa Dobbins, assembled an exceptional set of presenters.
A fireside chat featured Salinas Mayor Dennis Donohue (Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology) and Lorri Koster (Coastal Grower Magazine), and panel discussions on innovation and careers in agriculture featured Hua Huynh (Driscoll’s), Steve Church (Church Brothers Farms), Nathan Dorn (F3 Innovate), Hillary Thomas-Sanchez (Naturipe), Jon Detka (CSUMB Drone Tech/WATR), Greg Gonzales (The Thornhill Companies), and Angie Martinez (Driscoll’s). Thanks also to faculty MCs, Sumadhur Shakya and Maj-Britt Kimm!
Event recap video coming soon!