Editor’s View: UK Agritech Trends Set To Reshape British Food Supply In 2026
Reading Time: 4 minutes If 2026 had a motto for UK food supply, it might be: “Do more, with less, in weirder weather… and don’t get hacked.” Between volatile
Reading Time: 4 minutes If 2026 had a motto for UK food supply, it might be: “Do more, with less, in weirder weather… and don’t get hacked.” Between volatile
Reading Time: 2 minutes A fresh wave of agri-innovation is taking shape across UK farms as the first projects funded through DEFRA’s Accelerating Development of Practices and Technologies (ADOPT)
Reading Time: 3 minutes At a time when food security and environmental stewardship sit squarely at the heart of national debate, a bold new framework is emerging from Westminster
Reading Time: 2 minutes A new initiative — FASTA — backed by the UK Agri-Tech Centre and delivered in partnership with the Carbon Trust, has been unveiled to accelerate
Reading Time: 2 minutes The UK Agri-Tech Centre has unveiled a bold new initiative designed to put the spotlight on cutting-edge agri-tech companies that are quietly, but firmly, reshaping
Reading Time: 3 minutes There’s a subtle but sure revolution happening across the British countryside, and you won’t spot it in a headline or an annual review — you’ll
Reading Time: 2 minutes Tesco has launched a major initiative aimed at strengthening farm-level resilience and national food security, alongside a call for government and industry to unite behind
Reading Time: 2 minutes Funding access, technology fragmentation and a persistent misalignment with farmers’ needs remain the major barriers to the latest agritech adoption, industry leaders told delegates at
Reading Time: 4 minutes UK greenhouse growers are gearing up for a perfect storm. From April 2026, the controlled-environment horticulture sector is set to face a 94% increase in
Reading Time: 2 minutes A new cross-party parliamentary report has raised alarm bells about the future of UK food production, warning that output could fall by up to one
Reading Time: 2 minutes Big data has quietly become one of the most powerful forces reshaping British agriculture. We are no longer talking about a future vision of farms
Reading Time: 2 minutes A leading German organic vegetable producer has co-developed an autonomous laser-weeding robot in response to rising labour costs and growing difficulty sourcing seasonal workers. The
Reading Time: 2 minutes The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has unveiled a fresh round of 23 international collaborations under its International Bilateral Fund (IBF), injecting £6.5 million into UK-led
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Conservative Party has announced plans to abandon the UK’s 2050 net-zero target, signalling a major shift in the nation’s approach to climate policy and
Reading Time: 2 minutes In a bold move to elevate the role of farmers in the food-production value chain, PepsiCo has formally introduced its Global Farmer Initiative, recognising agricultural
Reading Time: 3 minutes Cities around the world face two interconnected challenges: feeding growing populations and doing so sustainably. Agriculture is responsible for around one-third of human-induced greenhouse-gas emissions,
Reading Time: 2 minutes The UK’s ambition to become a world leader in agricultural innovation has taken a major leap forward with the launch of AgriScale – a pioneering
Reading Time: 3 minutes In a bid to transform the UK fruit-growing sector, Place UK is spearheading a wave of technological innovation across its farms and processing operations, deploying
Reading Time: 3 minutes (Adapted from Dr Ngonidzashe Chirinda, “Seeds of stability: How African agritech can secure global food futures,” BusinessGreen Opinion, 3 October 2025) If we abandon the
Reading Time: 2 minutes A fresh push is underway to harness the power of artificial intelligence in the agrifood sector: UK tech accelerator Digital Catapult has inaugurated a tailored
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