Innovation Row, a new stage for ag tech

Innovation takes center stage at the Southeast Regional Fruit and Vegetable Conference in a new partnership with the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) and Grand Farm to launch the SE Regional Innovation Row — a new hub within the conference that will spotlight the cutting-edge technologies transforming specialty crop production.

Located just outside the trade show floor in one of the conference’s highest traffic areas, SE Regional’s Innovation Row is designed to showcase startups and emerging ag tech companies that are redefining how fruits and vegetables are grown across the Southeast. From automation and robotics to precision irrigation, sensors, and AI, this new feature offers attendees an up-close look at technology in action and agriculture in motion.

Innovation Row will be open to registered attendees during the normal trade show hours, Friday, January 9, from 9 AM to 6:15 PM, and Saturday, January 10, from 9 AM to 2:30 PM.

AgriPass, Tel-Aviv, Israel
An Agtech innovator focused on bringing the next generation of AI to support farmers in their transition to sustainable agriculture. AgriPass’s flagship weeding robot, RHIC (Robot of Human Inspired Cultivation) eliminates weeds with zero chemicals and minimal tillage while reducing labor and carbon emissions.

Aigen, Kirkland, WA
Aigen builds solar-powered, autonomous weed-control robots that use AI vision to detect and mechanically eliminate weeds without herbicides. For growers facing labor constraints, rising chemical costs and herbicide resistance, Aigen offers a scalable, chemical-free alternative with potential operative cost savings.

Ground Control Robotics, Atlanta, GA
Develops autonomous, low-profile robotic platforms designed to navigate challenging terrain under crop canopies in specialty fruit and vegetable production. Their technology helps growers overcome labor constraints and precision-management challenges by enabling consistent, efficient field operations with minimal disruption.

Owl Vision, Watertown, MA
Empowers growers with real-time pest monitoring using AI-driven modular trap systems. Their flagship product, eScout™, delivers immediate alerts when target pests are captured, enabling faster interventions and significantly reducing chemical use. The system is designed to be scalable for both greenhouse and field operations, giving specialty crop growers an edge in managing pest pressure, reducing input costs and protecting yield outcomes.

ReEnvision Ag, Nora Springs, IA
ReEnvision Ag’s SeedSpike™ planter is built for the Soil Health Era—giving growers cleaner seed placement, earlier planting windows, and less compaction. Whether you’re no-tilling, planting through heavy residue, or punching through plastic mulch, SeedSpike™ delivers better emergence, healthier soil, and lower labor and long-term operating costs for vegetable and specialty crop production.

Scan It, Fremont, CA
Scanit offers a pathogen-detection platform (SporeCam™) that autonomously captures airborne spores and alerts growers before disease outbreaks. By enabling proactive disease management, this technology helps growers reduce yield losses, optimize spray timing and lower input costs in high-risk fruit or vegetable production.

Scoutlabs, Budapest, Hungary
Real‑Time AI Pest Monitoring- Develops an IoT‑based digital trap network powered by AI and entomologists to monitor insect pest pressure. Their flagship Mini device captures daily images, sends them to the cloud, and provides growers with actionable insect‑pressure insights through a mobile/web app—helping reduce blind, blanket spraying while lowering input and labor costs. For fruit and vegetable growers, Scoutlabs offers high potential: by enabling precise pest monitoring they can protect yield, extend crop life and minimize crop losses due to pests

Sentinel Ag, Ithaca, NE
Sentinel provides a software-platform that uses satellite imagery and field data to deliver precise nitrogen scheduling recommendations and crop water use insights. By helping growers optimize when and where nitrogen is applied, Sentinel supports higher yields, reduced input costs, and better environmental stewardship for operations managing nitrogen and irrigation.

Soiltech Wireless, Rupert, ID 
Soiltech gives fruit and vegetable growers a simple way to track field activities, irrigation, and crop conditions from planting through storage by combining Insights software with real-time Beacon sensor data. That shared data stream connects the food chain end-to-end, making it easier to collaborate with advisors, retailers, and packers.