Reading Time: < 1 minute Researchers from the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) and Cornell University have completed the first study that provides a comprehensive picture of changes in gene expression
Reading Time: 4 minutes These are just some of the inventions created by the talented men and women under 30-years of age who have made this year’s Forbes magazine’s
Reading Time: 2 minutes Together with aeroponic technology experts LettUs Grow (UK), Wageningen University and Research (NL) are conducting side-by-side trials to evaluate ultrasonic aeroponic and hydroponic irrigation systems. The trials’
Reading Time: 2 minutes A new agritech partnership is launching in Gloucestershire to encourage growth and innovation in the sector. The Gloucestershire Agri-Tech Partnership is a collaboration between the
Reading Time: 6 minutes 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 growing land-use issue, according to
Reading Time: 2 minutes Bill Gates has called for greater investment in engineered crops that can adapt to climate change and resist agricultural pests, in an effort to solve
Reading Time: 3 minutes The UK’s new Prime Minister Liz Truss has been urged to get the “science part of Brexit done” as the UK is “losing talent” by
Reading Time: 2 minutes When most of us think of farming, we tend to picture wide-open fields of swaying wheat, or neat rows of tomatoes and lettuce unfurling under
Reading Time: 7 minutes Heralded as the next step in food production, this practice is gaining ground in the US. But are they really a greener alternative to traditional
Reading Time: 6 minutes Experiments suggest that it might become possible to nourish plants without photosynthesis—a tool that could one day help feed a crowded planet. Science fiction stories
Reading Time: 2 minutes Natural organisms found in soil and their use as novel fungicides, is being explored in a new project to help farmers overcome potato late blight.
Reading Time: 3 minutes Cover crops on a Yorkshire farm have become the first in the world to generate arable carbon credits – in a new initiative that could
Reading Time: 4 minutes From commonsense sustainable practices to idiocentric genome-specific personalisations, to robotic kitchens, to cellular agriculture, food systems in the future will make you jump out of
Reading Time: 4 minutes How can you grow plants with sound? Indoor farming specialists at LettUs Grow have developed a method of growing plants using ultrasonics and water instead
Reading Time: 3 minutes From European plastic bans to consumers pushing for what they perceive to be more sustainable packaging, produce companies are finding ways to maintain or improve
Reading Time: 11 minutes On a dull morning in April, with chilly drizzle falling from a grey sky, it is possible to think of more promising places to grow
Reading Time: 2 minutes Berry Gardens, the UK’s largest supplier of berries and cherries, and Jones Food Company, owner of Europe’s largest indoor vertical farm, have agreed terms to
Reading Time: 2 minutes An innovative bee delivery system that builds up the natural immunity of plants to various fungal diseases, including Botrytis, a global threat to fresh fruit and
Reading Time: 3 minutes Trade is a two-way street and the UK agricultural sector will benefit from increased trade with Brazil, according to a Brazilian official. In February, a
Reading Time: 2 minutes A Derbyshire firm which makes technology to improve indoor crop yields has received £500,000 to develop a new type of lighting and sensor system. Light
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