“If food security and the damage the conventional food supply chain does to the environment weren’t a priority before COVID, they absolutely are now,” says Johnathan Ransom, CEO of Square Mile Farms.
There is growing interest in the Middle East for agri-tech, particularly in controlled environment agriculture; algae-based biofuels; precision agriculture and agricultural robotics – areas where Agri-TechE members have considerable strengths.
Autonomous growing systems in the UK have attracted funding from the Government’s Transforming Food Production programme and tens of millions are being invested in a new training and demonstration facility but can CEA help drive social change?