Agricultural irrigation company CODA Farm Technologies has implemented additional remote monitoring and control for any irrigation pump through its FarmHQ system, allowing farmers to watch and control their pumps from anywhere via smartphone.

Thinking about commercially growing organic strawberries on the Central Coast? To help prospective and current growers evaluate financial feasibility, University of California has estimated costs to produce and harvest organic strawberries for fresh market in Santa Cruz, San Benito and Monterey counties.

The Organic Produce Association (OPA) has elected Theojary “Theo” Crisantes Jr., chief operations officer for Wholesum, as chairman. Crisantes has been serving in an acting capacity since the fall of last year.

AgBiome Inc., a leader in global microbial innovation, is collaborating with W. L. Gore & Associates to discover and improve methods for growing commercially important microbes.

The Organic Produce Network offers a roundup of organic fruit and vegetable production for national and international markets. Week 37 brings us into fall production.

Jo Flackam has recently joined Marbleseed. Flackam’s background includes working as a worker-owner in the country’s oldest collectively owned and operated restaurant, Seward Cafe, in Minneapolis.