If you read our blog post "Everyday Agri-tech", you'll know that research on cocoa is very important for your chocolatey mid-morning snack. A chocolate bar is a good way to see how important agriculture around the world is to us in …
When I found out that I would be working in the agri-tech team, my first thought was… “What is agri-tech?” I had managed to figure out that it was short for agricultural technology, but that was about as far as …
“While shepherds used drones to watch their flocks by night” doesn’t quite have the same ring to it, but according to FORTUNE, drones in agriculture should have taken off by now. Whether this is correct or not, drones and satellites …
I have now updated our Agri-tech Catalyst map to include details and locations for all of the Catalyst projects funded so far, including the most recent Round 4 projects. You can click here to view the map – the projects …
It is well known that the UK has an amazing research and innovation history. Right now in our universities and companies discoveries are being made that could have a major impact on society and the economy. However, it’s not an …
I recently headed out to the end of the DLR line, past the towers of Canary Wharf to the low rise distribution units of Becton to visit Unit 84 - home of GrowUp Urban Farms, London’s first commercial aquaponics urban …
Seaweed is often dismissed as the slippery nuisance in the sea that snakes around our ankles. But for centuries it has been used as food, or even daresay a delicacy, from Dulse in a Scottish broth to Nori used in …
The way that we produce our food will change over the next few decades. Recently I had an inspiring visit to Alex Fisher and his company Saturn Bioponics, based in Birmingham, who design and build vertical hydroponic systems. The technology …
The agriculture sector is undergoing major changes in the way it produces our food in the UK, and across the world. An overused, but important, forecast is that by 2050 60 per cent more food will need to be produced …
Our innovative Agri-tech Catalyst project, led by the Processors and Growers Research Organisation (PGRO), is developing a “lure-and-kill” approach to manage agricultural pests. Currently blanket sprays of insecticide are used against the pea and bean weevil (Sitona lineatus) which attacks …
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