Taste of the future? Vertical farming is finally growing up in the UK
3 minute read Vertical farms promise to boost food security, reduce emissions and do away with fertilisers – and they are springing up …
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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 …
Innovation Agri-Tech Group Appoints Global Sales Team To Transition Business To Revenue
2 minute read Agricultural technology company, Innovation Agri-Tech Group (‘IAG’), has appointed an experienced sales team as the business heads out of R&D phase and …
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 …
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 …
£11.4m innovation centre aims to fire Norfolk up the food rankings
3 minute read An £11.4m project is taking shape outside Norwich which aims to fulfil the potential of East Anglia’s food and drink …
OneFarm unveils plans for its first UK vertical farm installation
3 minute read Sustainable food producer OneFarm has announced its plans to deliver a 6,400m2 vertical farm in Newmarket, Suffolk, capable of growing up to 415 …
British strawberry season could be year round with vertical farming
2 minute read Berry Gardens, the UK’s largest supplier of berries and cherries, and Jones Food Company, owner of Europe’s largest indoor vertical …
Nottingham Trent University to address global food challenges
2 minute read A next-generation vertical farming system is being developed in Southwell, which will address global food challenges by using hi-tech growing …
World’s largest vertical farm to deliver leafy greens to UK supermarkets
2 minute read Four acre site set to produce as much veg as 1,000 acres of traditional British farmland, after Fischer Farms secures …
Discolls and Plenty to develop exclusive strawberry indoor vertical farm
2 minute read One year after announcing their joint research and development work to grow strawberries indoors, Driscoll’s, the leading consumer brand in fresh …
One of the UK’s largest vertical farms to be created in Suffolk warehouse
2 minute read OneFarm plans to create one of the largest vertical farms in the UK at Newmarket Business Park. The first phase …
Start-up to launch one of UK’s biggest vertical farms in London next year
2 minute read One of the UK’s largest vertical farms could be launched in London next year by a business which supplies basil grown in a Leyton warehouse. …
£500k boost for indoor crop tech that could help UK become more self-sufficient in food
2 minute read A Derbyshire firm which makes technology to improve indoor crop yields has received £500,000 to develop a new type of …
New sustainable salad is being grown in urban shipping containers by a member of the Sainsbury’s dynasty
4 minute read Each batch of 600 lettuces needs only the equivalent of a household dishwasher’s worth of water. round the corner from …
Ocado at forefront of vertical farming revolution
2 minute read Vertical farming is forecast to grow by 20% per year through to 2030, with Credit Suisse pinpointing UK’s Ocado as …
Universities unite to improve farm research and innovation
2 minute read Sixteen UK universities have come together to agree research and innovation priorities for agriculture. The aim is to help farmers …
Using the Power of Light to Increase UK Crop Production
3 minute read Yield, taste, and time to harvest can all be impacted by light. Photosynthesis (the process by which plants convert sunlight …