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 …
Bio Tech
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 …
York firm wins euro funds for mason bee as commercial pollinator alternative to honeybee
3 minute read A Northern English biodiversity tech start-up company, AgriSound, has won European funding for a research and development project set to …
The future of farming: from eating insects to urban agriculture
8 minute read The issue of how to feed a growing population, and do it sustainably, is a crucial issue for the 21st …
Researchers identify genes to help fruit adapt to droughts
< 1 minute read Researchers from the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) and Cornell University have completed the first study that provides a comprehensive picture …
The twentysomethings changing the future of agriculture
4 minute read These are just some of the inventions created by the talented men and women under 30-years of age who have …
Wageningen University partners with LettUs Grow for aeroponic research trials
2 minute read Together with aeroponic technology experts LettUs Grow (UK), Wageningen University and Research (NL) are conducting side-by-side trials to evaluate ultrasonic aeroponic and …
New Gloucestershire agritech partnership aims to encourage sector collaboration
2 minute read A new agritech partnership is launching in Gloucestershire to encourage growth and innovation in the sector. The Gloucestershire Agri-Tech Partnership …
Agrivoltaic solar farms offer “shocking” benefits beyond producing energy
6 minute read Next-gen solar parks that enable energy and food production as well as water conservation to work in synergy on the same plot can help to solve solar‘s …
Engineered crops key to solving world hunger, says Bill Gates
2 minute read Bill Gates has called for greater investment in engineered crops that can adapt to climate change and resist agricultural pests, …
“Get the science part of Brexit done!” New PM warned we are “losing talent” to EU
3 minute read The UK’s new Prime Minister Liz Truss has been urged to get the “science part of Brexit done” as the …
New Study Reveals How Crucial Urban Farming Is To Food Security
2 minute read When most of us think of farming, we tend to picture wide-open fields of swaying wheat, or neat rows of …
Are indoor vertical farms really ‘future-proofing agriculture’?
7 minute read Heralded as the next step in food production, this practice is gaining ground in the US. But are they really …
Can food crops grow in the dark? Scientists are working out how
6 minute read Experiments suggest that it might become possible to nourish plants without photosynthesis—a tool that could one day help feed a …
Exploiting soil microbes to fight potato late blight
2 minute read Natural organisms found in soil and their use as novel fungicides, is being explored in a new project to help …
Yorkshire farm generates first carbon credits in pioneering new Net Zero approach from agriculture
3 minute read Cover crops on a Yorkshire farm have become the first in the world to generate arable carbon credits – in …
Robotics, artificial intelligence and advanced agriculture are changing the way we produce food!
4 minute read From commonsense sustainable practices to idiocentric genome-specific personalisations, to robotic kitchens, to cellular agriculture, food systems in the future will …