Reading Time: 2 minutes One of the UK’s largest vertical farms could be launched in London next year by a business which supplies basil grown in a Leyton warehouse. The 5,000 square metre site
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
Reading Time: 4 minutes Each batch of 600 lettuces needs only the equivalent of a household dishwasher’s worth of water. round the corner from the traffic-choked roundabout at Elephant
Reading Time: 2 minutes Vertical farming is forecast to grow by 20% per year through to 2030, with Credit Suisse pinpointing UK’s Ocado as the most engaged company. Vertical
Reading Time: 2 minutes Sixteen UK universities have come together to agree research and innovation priorities for agriculture. The aim is to help farmers meet net-zero and environment targets,
Reading Time: 3 minutes Yield, taste, and time to harvest can all be impacted by light. Photosynthesis (the process by which plants convert sunlight to biomass) is a bottleneck
Reading Time: 3 minutes Over the past 12 months, the potential promised by Agritech has finally established itself, reflects Simon Deacon, CEO and founder of Light Science Technologies. We’re
Reading Time: 3 minutes A unique proposal, combining the modern farming technique of hydroponics with a bespoke holiday chalet development, could see farmers from around the world attending courses to
Reading Time: 2 minutes While hydroponic farms, also known as “vertical farms,” swap land use for electricity use one project is trying to achieve the best of both worlds.
Reading Time: 3 minutes A former mushroom farmer, now said to be Ireland’s first commercial vertical farmer, has signed a contract with foodservice provider, Compass Group Ireland. The foodservice
Reading Time: 2 minutes A food firm is planning what it says will be the world’s largest ‘vertical farm’ near Bristol as it seeks to supply some of the
Reading Time: 3 minutes Two new dynamic and highly relevant events have been developed by the UK’s Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC) to educate and arm the industry in terms
Reading Time: 3 minutes A next generation “vertical farming” system is being developed which will address global food challenges by using hi-tech growing methods to produce high quantities of
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC), in conjunction with the University of Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology (LIAT), will present two exciting, new events for the
Reading Time: 1 minute Harper Adams University partnered with horticulture lighting firm Vertically Urban, to work on vertical farming technology. As part of a Defra funded project, the institution
Reading Time: 3 minutes Modern farming relies heavily on agritech. From using technologies like blockchain to measure the food supply chain, to having IoT sensors placed in the ground to test
Reading Time: 4 minutes What is vertical farming and does it have a role in the future of UK agriculture? With the pandemic having increased the focus on the
Reading Time: 3 minutes In its latest launch of new tractor models New Holland firmly committed itself to Agriculture 4.0, a term that has started creeping into the public consciousness without
Reading Time: < 1 minute With the much-loved FPC Fresh Awards returning this year, celebrity presenter, Chris Bavin, joined Chief Executive of the Fresh Produce Industry (FPC) Nigel Jenney to
Reading Time: 2 minutes Infarm has announced plans to open a new 9,760-square-metre vertical farm in Bedford, UK. The new facility – which Infarm claims will be one of
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