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, …
Vertical Farming
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Vertical Future successfully completes Innovate UK funded research aimed at cutting agrichemical use
3 minute read Vertical Future has successfully completed research to develop a new way to deliver sustainable fresh produce with zero agrichemical inputs. …
Scottish vertical farming pioneer to create 114 jobs in US expansion
2 minute read A Scottish vertical farming pioneer has unveiled plans to further expand into the US, creating more than 100 jobs. Intelligent …
Is vertical farming profitable?
5 minute read One of the most frequently asked questions is whether vertical farming is profitable. The simple answer is that it depends …
£25m project to build world’s biggest ‘vertical farm’ nears completion
2 minute read Construction work has been completed on the world’s largest “vertical farm” outside Norwich – a £25m agri-science project which is bringing 27 …
‘A growing machine’: Scotland looks to vertical farming to boost tree stocks
4 minute read Hydroponics unit can produce saplings six times faster than it takes to grow them naturally outdoors. It is a long …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …