Editor’s View: Agritech Must Become Britain’s Climate Toolkit
Reading Time: 5 minutes In a sector that has spent years discussing climate change in the future tense, this summer has rather firmly, moved the conversation into the present.
Reading Time: 5 minutes In a sector that has spent years discussing climate change in the future tense, this summer has rather firmly, moved the conversation into the present.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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;
Reading Time: 3 minutes There is no shortage of innovation flowing into modern agriculture. From robotics and autonomous machinery to livestock monitoring systems, AI-driven analytics and precision application tools,
Reading Time: 2 minutes Former science minister and Mid-Norfolk MP George Freeman has called for a renewed government focus on agri-tech investment, warning that the UK risks undermining one
Reading Time: 2 minutes Interko, the global leader for the design, manufacture, and installation of state-of-the-art fresh fruit ripening rooms, is pushing ahead with digital transformation by integrating advanced data processing and
Reading Time: 2 minutes The escalating conflict involving Iran has sparked renewed calls for the UK to accelerate investment in agritech, as policymakers warn that global instability is once
Reading Time: 2 minutes Agritech innovators must design technologies that integrate seamlessly with real-world farm operations and emerging digital standards if they are to accelerate the transition towards a
Reading Time: 2 minutes A pioneering project by Sustain Wiltshire aims to turn landfill sites into low‑carbon, affordable fresh produce production hubs, using inflatable growing domes powered and enriched
Reading Time: < 1 minute Nearly nine in 10 UK farmers believe their sustainability efforts are being ignored by the wider food supply chain, according to fresh research from Pinstone
Reading Time: 3 minutes At a reception at the House of Lords on 3 February 2026, the UK Agri-Tech Centre set out new priorities centred squarely on accelerating the
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