£11.4m innovation centre hailed as ‘game-changer’ for food industry
4 minute read An £11.4m new business hub has opened outside Norwich with ambitions to fulfil East Anglia’s potential as a powerhouse food and drink producer. …
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Alan Forrester recognised for lifetime achievement at FPC Fresh Awards 2022
2 minute read The entrepreneur, innovator and former Managing Director of Greenyard UK has dedicated his entire working career to the fresh produce …
Digital decision-making tool delivers on-farm efficiency
4 minute read Combining satellite technology with precision machinery, has enabled cereal grower, Pat Thornton, to reap the rewards of better crop uniformity …
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 …
UK innovation centre to help boost produce grown on Europe’s largest vertical farm
3 minute read As the increasing cost of living affects more households across Britain, people are paying more attention to where they get their basic …
AgriSound secures £75k funding to pilot insect listening tech
2 minute read The ‘pollination management’ company as developed ways to measure insect activity to benefit farmers. A innovative firm that uses acoustic …
Field scale data proving to be an important aspect in decision making
4 minute read The Hutchinsons Helix project allows growers to trial and adapt new technology developments and innovations at whole-farm scale. When asked …
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 …
Innovation Agri-Tech Group & University of Essex Secure Funding to Create £3.5 million Facility
3 minute read The major funding boost will be used to create a state-of-the-art indoor crop growth facility to explore how to future-proof …
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 …
Smart Farming Almond Pioneers Poised for International Growth
< 1 minute read The smart farming pioneers at Veracruz Almonds are poised for international growth, as they seek to expand exports into the …
How were 50,000 meals worth of fruit prevented from going to waste?
2 minute read The B2B Fresh Produce Marketplace FruPro celebrates a huge fresh produce donation made possible through their platform and are calling …
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 …
Growing plants with sound: LettUs Grow develops ultrasonic technology to boost sustainable production in horticulture
4 minute read How can you grow plants with sound? Indoor farming specialists at LettUs Grow have developed a method of growing plants …
Small robot company launches robot services to 50 farms
4 minute read The Small Robot Company (SRC) plans to roll out Britain’s first fully autonomous crop-scanning service across 50 farms next season, …
Could vertical farms be the answer to ending soft fruit and herb imports to UK?
3 minute read ‘It won’t be long in the future that it will become unacceptable to air-freight fresh herbs into the country,’ said …
Root Extracts: Revolutionising the potato production supply chain
3 minute read Root crop R&D agri-tech firm B-hive Innovations has developed Root Extracts Ltd. The venture will extract plant-based protein from outgrade potatoes and peeling …
Global food supply chain at risk from malicious hackers
4 minute read Modern “smart” farm machinery is vulnerable to malicious hackers, leaving global supply chains exposed to risk, experts are warning. It …