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How were 50,000 meals worth of fruit prevented from going to waste?
Reading Time: 2 minutes The B2B Fresh Produce Marketplace FruPro celebrates a huge fresh produce donation made possible through their platform and are calling for more businesses to join
Robotics, artificial intelligence and advanced agriculture are changing the way we produce food!
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
Growing plants with sound: LettUs Grow develops ultrasonic technology to boost sustainable production in horticulture
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
Produce Packaging Ripe for Innovation
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
Small robot company launches robot services to 50 farms
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Small Robot Company (SRC) plans to roll out Britain’s first fully autonomous crop-scanning service across 50 farms next season, which has the potential to
Could vertical farms be the answer to ending soft fruit and herb imports to UK?
Reading Time: 3 minutes ‘It won’t be long in the future that it will become unacceptable to air-freight fresh herbs into the country,’ said the company’s head of growing.
Root Extracts: Revolutionising the potato production supply chain
Reading Time: 3 minutes Root crop R&D agri-tech firm B-hive Innovations has developed Root Extracts Ltd. The venture will extract plant-based protein from outgrade potatoes and peeling waste, as part of a
Global food supply chain at risk from malicious hackers
Reading Time: 4 minutes Modern “smart” farm machinery is vulnerable to malicious hackers, leaving global supply chains exposed to risk, experts are warning. It is feared hackers could exploit
£11.4m innovation centre aims to fire Norfolk up the food rankings
Reading Time: 3 minutes An £11.4m project is taking shape outside Norwich which aims to fulfil the potential of East Anglia’s food and drink economy. The Broadland Food Innovation
This Dutch tomato farm might just solve the global food crisis
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
Detecting crop disease in the palm of your hand
Reading Time: 2 minutes Detecting crop disease invisible to the naked eye could soon be a reality for UK farmers, thanks to the development of an innovative handheld imaging
OneFarm unveils plans for its first UK vertical farm installation
Reading Time: 3 minutes Sustainable food producer OneFarm has announced its plans to deliver a 6,400m2 vertical farm in Newmarket, Suffolk, capable of growing up to 415 tonnes of food per annum
Robot chef that has learned to chew, taste and alter seasoning is unveiled
Reading Time: 3 minutes The ‘chef’ can already cook omelettes – and could one day help out in busy homes and assisted living complexes. Researchers at the University of
John Deere Partners With Innovator of Semi-Autonomous Sprayers
Reading Time: 2 minutes Deere & Co. has formed a joint venture with GUSS Automation, a pioneer in semi-autonomous orchard and vineyard sprayers. Many GUSS (Global Unmanned Spray System) sprayers can be
New technology: Solar-powered robot for drilling and weeding
Reading Time: 2 minutes A fully autonomous, solar-powered robot capable of precision drilling and weeding has been launched by Opico. Offering pesticide-free weed control with zero fuel bills, the
Robot fruit pickers could be deployed to stop Britons going hungry
Reading Time: 2 minutes Robots could be used to pick fruit under plans to stop Britain from suffering food shortages. Ministers have ordered a review into new measures to prevent empty supermarket shelves,
British strawberry season could be year round with vertical farming
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
Nottingham Trent University to address global food challenges
Reading Time: 2 minutes A next-generation vertical farming system is being developed in Southwell, which will address global food challenges by using hi-tech growing methods to produce nutritious fresh
Using smart data to maximise fertiliser ROI
Reading Time: 2 minutes UK growers are adopting smart, digital farming at a rapid rate, but as fertiliser prices escalate and new environmental regulations roll out, their use can
Using AI in agriculture could boost global food security
Reading Time: 4 minutes As the global population has expanded over time, agricultural modernisation has been humanity’s prevailing approach to staving off famine. A variety of mechanical and chemical