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The 20-year-old CEO changing the face of farming
Reading Time: 3 minutes Sean Lee, co-founder of E-farm, explains how he is changing people’s perceptions of farming by growing organic vegetables in the city using innovative methods. Lee got
FPC gears up for inaugural UK events to drive agritech innovation and recruitment
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
Harper Adams University embarks on vertical farming trials
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
New Agritech Project to Improve Detection of Potato Diseases
Reading Time: < 1 minute A new project has received a substantial grant to detect potato diseases and defects before they hit supermarket shelves. Agritech firm B-Hive Innovations’ project has
The Catalyst Fund Announces First Investment
Reading Time: 3 minutes Sustainable Thinking Scotland becomes the first social enterprise to secure investment from the Catalyst fund. Sustainable Thinking Scotland (STS) has become the first social enterprise in
FarmVent Unveils Autonomous In-Home Micro-Farming Solution
Reading Time: < 1 minute A Dutch vertical farming start-up, FarmVent, has developed an in-door micro-farming solution. It is an autonomous farm vending machine, created to make food production easier
How Agritech is Creating an Urban Farming Ecosytem
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
Why Indian agritech Start-ups are Surviving and Growing during the Pandemic
Reading Time: 3 minutes Last week, a report by Bain & Co. said the Indian e-commerce market grew by 25% to reach USD 38 billion in the financial year
Will Soft Robotics Bring Human-Like Robots to the Farm?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Robots have come to populate factories, warehouses, war zones, and even our homes. From the Terminator films to Steven Spielberg’s A.I. or the TV series Westworld, science fiction is full of
Vertical farming on the rise in the UK
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
What exactly is Agriculture 4.0?
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
The Future of Agriculture Relies on Technology, says TV Presenter Chris Bavin
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
‘Ten years ago this was science fiction’: the rise of weedkilling robots
Reading Time: 5 minutes The makers of robot weeders say the machines can reduce pesticide use and be part of a more sustainable food system In the corner of
IoT and its Impact on Modern Day Agriculture
Reading Time: 3 minutes Today the Internet has become ubiquitous, has touched almost every corner of the globe, and is affecting human life in unimaginable ways. It can now
Infarm announces plans for largest vertical farming facility in UK
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
FPC Future to Showcase Dutch Agritech Innovation
Reading Time: 3 minutes FPC Future, taking place on 4 November at the Lincolnshire Showground, is proud to announce one of its special features, the Dutch Pavilion, is filling
Harvesting the Value of Fintech for Farmers
Reading Time: 11 minutes Nurul Halizan Ahmad Dewi keeps every invoice — even scribbled chits detailing the quantity and cost of chillies sold to her neighbours — tracking all
Yes, There’s a Robot That Can Save Salad!
Reading Time: 2 minutes A robotics solution to horticultural labour shortages is being developed to help secure the availability of the UK’s favourite salad veg – the lettuce. Agri-tech
AI Is Learning To Understand How Vegetables Taste
Reading Time: 3 minutes With the global demand for food escalating, vertical farms are becoming a critical component of agriculture’s future. They use robotics, machine learning and artificial intelligence
The ‘Cherry on Top’ for Computer Vision
Reading Time: 3 minutes In response to demand, agritech company Hectre, creators of computer vision AI solutions, are now extending their fruit type coverage to cherries. “We’ve received requests