Project to develop robotic harvest system matching human speed
2 minute read A new project aims to tackle the lack of seasonal labour in the UK horticulture industry as researchers look to accelerate the delivery of robotic…
2021: A blazing year for Agritech
3 minute read Over the past 12 months, the potential promised by Agritech has finally established itself, reflects Simon Deacon, CEO and founder …
Project to develop robotic harvest system matching human speed
2 minute read A new project aims to tackle the lack of seasonal labour in the UK horticulture industry as researchers look to …
UK firms expand into S’pore through global incubator programme
3 minute read Churning out alternatives to animal proteins can often be an expensive and lengthy process, but new software by British firm …
Old Macdonald had a robot: Driverless tractors appear on farms
5 minute read For generations, enormous tractors with ruddy-cheeked farmers at the wheel have been a familiar symbol of countryside and farming life. …
Harvest London secures funding for its 13,000m2 vertical farm in South London
2 minute read Foresight Group, the listed sustainability-led alternative investment manager, is pleased to announce it has reached an agreement with Harvest London, …
Bayer collaborates with Microsoft to unveil new cloud-based enterprise solutions
4 minute read Following a 2021 strategic partnership announcement with Microsoft, Bayer today launched new cloud-based solutions for the agri-food industry: AgPowered Services …
Research: Co-locating crops and solar can increase performance
2 minute read Growing commercial crops on solar farms can both increase commercial food production and improve solar panel performance and longevity, according to new …
The future of food? Pioneers hail advances in vertical farming
7 minute read Empty shelves have become as common as tomatoes are rare but, according to experts, Scotland’s depleted supermarkets expose the fragility …
France launches 500 million euro support scheme for agri-food sector
< 1 minute read France has moved to support its agri-food sector, which is suffering from high costs and struggling to compete on world …
New Directions: Embracing Innovation for a Brighter Food Future!
4 minute read Our food system is at a major turning point. Now, more than ever before, we need to embrace innovation and …
Connected farming and the IoT
3 minute read Agriculture is one of the oldest fields of human activity, but today it cannot remain aloof from total digitalization. Through …
BerryWorld partnering with vertical farm to secure year-round supply
< 1 minute read Global berry supplier BerryWorld has announced a strategic partnership with Dutch agtech enterprise SMARTKAS. SMARTKAS is currently the largest vertical farm in the UK, and …
Bayer links up with Kimitec for biological crop protection
2 minute read Bayer and Kimitec have announced a new strategic partnership to accelerate the development and commercialisation of biological crop protection solutions …
Winged robot smaller than a pea could pollinate crops
< 1 minute read A miniscule robot that flies by wind and is controlled by light could help to pollinate crops. Researchers at Tampere …
Agritech 4.0: New technologies and leading players to watch
5 minute read The agritech industry is turning to industrial IoT and other technologies as firms aim to solve the challenges of feeding …
Scaling up gene-edited food
3 minute read Sonia Jassi reveals how the biosynthetic industry must prepare for scale The biosynthetic industry, especially those organisations working with gene-edited …
Can agritech really transform the future of food?
4 minute read Feeding the world is getting trickier. The sharp rises in the cost of living that followed the Covid-19 crisis have …
Cropin secures funding from investors including Google
2 minute read Cropin, the global agritech company which built the world’s first industry cloud for agriculture, has secured funding from new investors …
How far can vertical farming go?
10 minute read Vertical farming promises a future in which our food is grown in pockets of spaces in our cities and beneath …