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Reading Time: 2 minutes Two new funding streams are being made available by Growing Kent & Medway to back sustainable innovation and new technologies in the horticultural and plant-based
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Two new funding streams are being made available by Growing Kent & Medway to back sustainable innovation and new technologies in the horticultural and plant-based

Reading Time: 2 minutes In Iceland, a remarkable application of geothermal energy is transforming the way vegetables, including cucumbers, are cultivated. This innovative approach is particularly evident at Laugaland

Reading Time: 2 minutes The UK government has announced a substantial £75 million investment to support regional innovation clusters, including agritech advancements. This initiative, unveiled by UK Science Minister

Reading Time: 2 minutes In the realm of FoodTech, a selection of innovative companies is leading the charge in redefining food production for a sustainable future. These trailblazers are

Reading Time: 2 minutes The prospect of integrating generative AI into the UK’s fresh produce industry is generating increasing interest among technologists, farmers, and policymakers. While many are still

Reading Time: 4 minutes We live in a fast-paced and changing world where the ever-increasing demands on our food production systems and environment have never been greater. Society faces

Reading Time: < 1 minute Eurofins Agro Testing is now leading the soil, forage, and plant pathology laboratory at SRUC and will work in partnership with SAC Consulting to strengthen

Reading Time: 3 minutes The Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Agriculture & Controlled Environment Agri Global Business Innovation Programme (GBIP) with the Netherlands is a funded offering organized by Innovate

Reading Time: 3 minutes Embracing technological change is an imperative for industries aiming to stay afloat

Reading Time: 2 minutes Small and medium-sized farm businesses will be able to apply for a share of £5 million to fund innovative ideas aimed at boosting sustainable food

Reading Time: 3 minutes Defra has announced that they will be allocating £9.13 million to three innovative projects for research & development on strategies to increase agricultural production, sustainability,

Reading Time: 2 minutes Growing commercial crops on solar farms can both increase commercial food production and improve solar panel performance and longevity, according to new Cornell University research published in

Reading Time: 4 minutes Our food system is at a major turning point. Now, more than ever before, we need to embrace innovation and creativity to be able to

Reading Time: 3 minutes Agriculture is one of the oldest fields of human activity, but today it cannot remain aloof from total digitalization. Through the development of modern technology

Reading Time: 5 minutes The agritech industry is turning to industrial IoT and other technologies as firms aim to solve the challenges of feeding a growing global population. The

Reading Time: 4 minutes Feeding the world is getting trickier. The sharp rises in the cost of living that followed the Covid-19 crisis have only been exacerbated by the

Reading Time: 2 minutes Cropin, the global agritech company which built the world’s first industry cloud for agriculture, has secured funding from new investors Google and JSR Corporation, as

Reading Time: 4 minutes Despite there being a desire to increase the sustainability of farms across the world, sometimes the tools are simply not in place to see this

Reading Time: 8 minutes The issue of how to feed a growing population, and do it sustainably, is a crucial issue for the 21st century and has been brought

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
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