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 …
Three months after my first visit to the Milan Expo for the Agri-tech GREAT Week, at the start of October I returned to Milan for another UKTI-led Agri-tech Expo event. This time the focus was on exploiting innovation across sectors: …
...future for growers across the UK. Saturn Bioponics The company was started by Alex in 2010, with the Saturn Grower design going from kitchen table to commercial trials in 5...
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 …
...to engage with our stakeholders. Once sceptical team members have become enthusiastic, and are now taking digital seriously. Here is the story so far about what we have done and...
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 …
Last week I was privileged to visit Milan for a busy, swelteringly hot but enjoyable few days of expo-related activities. UK Trade and Investment colleagues, with partners, have been working incredibly hard over the past few months to put on …
By 2050 global agricultural output will need to increase by 60% on current levels to meet demand for food. Agricultural output on such a scale will put an increased strain on resources such as water. Lack of fresh water supply …
...background for performance, nutrition, stress, pathogen and disease responses. Find out more about the octocoper. https://twitter.com/Patrick_Midd/status/608933048676159488 Luis Mulet from UKTI met with UK Company Micromix Plant Health to discuss potential...
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