Reservoir Farms opens applications for inaugural cohort - The Robot Report

Reservoir Farms, an agricultural technology incubator located in California’s Salinas Valley, has opened applications for its inaugural cohort of 12 startups. The incubator aims to accelerate innovation in specialty crop production by connecting AgTech startups with growers, leveraging the expertise and network of the Western Growers Association’s 2,500 members. Supported by the Western Growers Association and established through a long-term lease with the Tanimura family and Tanimura & Antle, Reservoir Farms offers office and shop space, secure storage, and year-round test fields near some of the world’s most productive farmland in Salinas. The incubator provides startups with access to a fully equipped maker space featuring machine tools, welders, CNC routers, and 3D printers to facilitate rapid prototyping and in-field testing of robotic solutions. Focus areas include robotic harvesting, rugged mobility, machine vision, lightweight end effectors, modular field robotics, edge AI, and precision soil analytics. Reservoir Farms emphasizes a collaborative approach,