The Organic Center was honored to host a watch party and Q&A panel for the documentary “From Farms to Incubators,” which shares powerful stories of the successes and challenges that women of color have faced in their journeys to develop inspirational, technological solutions to everyday issues affecting our food production. The documentary showing was followed by an engaged panel discussion with Amy Wu, the award-winning journalist and filmmaker who founded From Farms to Incubators, and Martha Montoya, the founder and CEO of Agtools, a worldwide SaaS global food and agricultural financial intelligence data tool. The discussion was lively with insight into how women are driving the current AgTech boom and what is needed to support current and future female entrepreneurs in the agriculture technology sector.

The watch party complements The Organic Center’s Organic Confluences Event Series focused on Agricultural Technology in organic examining potential opportunities for technology to support the organic sector, pitfalls when it comes to access and equity in AgTech, historical and current examples of AgTech exacerbating the pre-existing structures of racism in the food system, and methods for analyzing AgTech’s fit within organic ideals. Learn more about Confluences here.