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Beneath Britain: Could Underground Farming Reshape The UK’s Food Supply Resilience?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Over a kilometre below the North Yorkshire moors, in a working polyhalite and salt mine, researchers have just started growing food in what is being
Berry Tough: Scotland Breeds Fruit for a Changing Climate
Reading Time: 2 minutes Scientists at the James Hutton Institute are developing stronger, more sustainable soft-fruit varieties designed to help growers withstand climate volatility while meeting exacting consumer and
Oxford Spinout Moa Technology Raises €25.9 Million To Fight Herbicide-Resistant Weeds
Reading Time: 2 minutes Moa Technology, an Oxford University spinout, has closed a €25.9 million (£22.2 million) Series C round to accelerate development of next-generation herbicides designed to overcome
Tech Leaders Sound Alarm Over Burnham Plan To Abolish Innovation Department
Reading Time: 2 minutes Britain’s technology community has reacted with alarm to reported plans by incoming prime minister Andy Burnham to abolish the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Agri-TechE And MDS Join Forces To Cultivate Next Generation Of Industry Leaders
Reading Time: 2 minutes A new strategic partnership between Agri-TechE and Management Development Services (MDS) is set to connect emerging talent with innovative businesses across the food, farming and
Blueberries Become One Of The UK’s Most High-Tech Crops
Reading Time: 3 minutes British blueberry growers are accelerating investment in production and post-harvest technologies to satisfy rising consumer demand and increasing appetite for larger fruit sizes and better eating quality
Agri-Innovation Village to Put Future Farming Centre Stage at Great Yorkshire Show
Reading Time: 3 minutes High-tech answers to some of farming’s toughest challenges will take centre stage at this year’s Great Yorkshire Show, with the launch of a new hydrogen-powered
High-Tech Harvests: How Innovation Is Changing the Way We Eat
Reading Time: 3 minutes Innovation is no longer sitting politely at the edge of the food system. It is moving straight onto the plate. As global resources tighten and
Editor’s View: AI Can Spot A Blemish But Fresh Produce Still Needs Human Judgement
Reading Time: 5 minutes Anyone who has spent time around fresh produce, flowers or plants knows that visual inspection is not as straightforward as it sounds. On paper, it
Editor’s View: Why Smart Logistics Is The New Front Line In UK Food Security
Reading Time: 3 minutes Sensor technology and artificial intelligence are beginning to reshape the way goods move across the UK, offering fresh opportunities to improve efficiency, resilience, safety and
Tesco Calls For Low-Carbon Fertiliser Push To Protect British Farming
Reading Time: 2 minutes Tesco has called for the wider adoption of low-carbon fertilisers across UK agriculture, warning that promising innovation must move beyond small-scale trials if British farmers
AI Forecasting Platform Set To Transform Berry Harvest Planning
Reading Time: 3 minutes Artificial intelligence is moving deeper into the soft fruit sector, with a new forecasting platform promising to help berry growers plan crops, labour and supply
AI Moves From Checkout Gimmick To Grocery Game-Changer
Reading Time: 2 minutes Artificial intelligence is rapidly moving from the back office to the beating heart of the UK grocery market, reshaping how retailers predict demand, manage fresh
Cornish Farmers Turn To Robots And Drones To Boost Yields
Reading Time: 2 minutes Cornish farmers are turning to a new generation of agricultural technology as pressure grows to produce more efficiently, improve productivity and manage the daily demands
Aberdeenshire Agritech Set For Diddly Squat Spotlight
Reading Time: 2 minutes An Aberdeenshire farming couple behind one of Scotland’s emerging livestock technology businesses are preparing to take their agritech innovation to one of the most high-profile
Editor’s View: Why Europe’s Foodtech Sector is Finally Growing Up
Reading Time: 4 minutes For a while, Europe’s foodtech sector felt unstoppable. Money flooded into vertical farming, alternative proteins, rapid grocery delivery platforms and futuristic food concepts that promised
AgriSound Secures Innovate UK Backing For Strawberry Pollination Project
Reading Time: 2 minutes UK bioacoustic crop monitoring specialist AgriSound has been awarded funding as part of the Innovate UK Full Adopt Grant Round 3, to support its project aimed
Tesco Launches Global Agritech Hunt To Help Safeguard The Future Of British Farming
Reading Time: 2 minutes Tesco has launched applications for its 2026 Agri-tech Challenge, inviting innovators from around the world to develop technologies capable of strengthening the resilience, sustainability and
Editor’s View: AI, GLP-1s And The Agritech Revolution Reshaping What We Eat
Reading Time: 3 minutes The food industry absolutely loves a trend. One minute everybody is drinking charcoal smoothies and eating activated almonds, the next they’ve vanished without a trace;
Berry-Picking Robots Edge Closer To Commercial Reality Following £3m Fieldwork Robotics Boost
Reading Time: 2 minutes Autonomous harvesting could soon become a far more familiar sight across British soft fruit farms after Cambridge-based agritech company Fieldwork Robotics secured £3m in fresh