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Innovator Spotlight

Here we profile some of the interesting companies and new technologies being developed in the agri-tech cluster.

Peter Orrell, founder of MycoNourish (credit Matt Davis)

‘A dating service for plants and microbes’

A ‘dating service for plants and microbes’ is how Peter Orrell, founder of MycoNourish, describes his company.

It is creating customised strains of mycorrhizal fungi that are tailored to suit specific crops. Its initial focus is on optimising the performance of strawberry and tomato plants by influencing specific growth traits, helping to maximise crop quality and reduce wastage.

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23/02/2022
Vitabeam, James MM

Vitabeam’s novel ‘Quantum Energy’ lighting boosts yield and extends shelf-life

Vitabeam CEO James Millichap-Merrick discusses an innovative lighting system that promotes plant growth whilst improving product shelf life by disinfecting the product during growth and before packaging, ahead of the Agri-TechE event ‘Let there be Light’ on 22 February.

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07/01/2022
Biopesticides are produced with the help of proteins from Clostridium

Biocleave teams up with Rothamsted Research to synthesise promising biopesticides

Insect pheromones used in nature for communication are to be engineered synthetically to produce powerful crop protection tools.

Biocleave uses a benign soil bacterium, Clostridium, as a micro-factory to create recombinant proteins such as enzymes, for use in the production of biopesticides.

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23/06/2021
Antobot - B01

REAP Start-up Antobot raises £1.2m

Antobot raises £1.2m for development of its fruit scouting robot, the company presented in the Start-Up Showcase REAP 2020

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04/06/2021
Farm Safety

Removing the heartache and headache of farm safety and compliance

It was after near miss at the family farm in Arthurton, South Australia, that the idea behind Safe Ag Systems came about. The software is currently used by over a 1000 agribusinesses to remove the paperwork associated with compliance, and make it easier to embed a safe working culture into the business.

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26/04/2021
sprout suppressant Potatoes growing

Sharing knowledge helps potato industry rise to storage challenge

The sudden removal of sprout suppressant CIPC, created a big issue for the industry, but LiveTrace was quick to respond. By sharing knowledge and best practice the industry managed to adopt new approaches to storage.

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26/03/2021
N2 Applied on farm nitrogen production

Nitrogen enriched slurry to cut carbon footprint and boost yields

Our technology can cut the carbon footprint of a dairy farm by 27% – N2 Applied

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26/02/2021
aeroponic container farm

How Drop & Grow container farms offer chance to rethink urban food systems

Jack Farmer LettUsGrow explains how aeroponic Drop & Grow container farms can revolutionise the way we feed urban populations.

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29/01/2021
net zero livestock production Willand Group - artist render 2

Intelligent facility offers potential of net zero livestock production

The Willand Intelligent Livestock System offers the potential for methane and carbon capture.

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08/12/2020

REAP 2020 Start-Up Showcase: BeeSecure

Improving bee health, BeeSecure translates vibrations to provide early alerts.

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10/11/2020
Elsoms Seeds Tree Seed Trials

Tree Seeds Primed for Growth

“Forestry and Land Scotland has strong ambitions to grow millions more trees, but they simply don’t have enough trees to meet demand,” says Phillip Ayres of Elsoms Seeds, speaking about recent experiments ahead of October’s Agroforestry webinar.

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25/09/2020
Agri-tech innovation

REAP Start-Up Showcase for farmer-centric agri-tech innovation

The REAP Start-Up Showcase has helped to launch many agri-tech innovations that address a real world challenge. Below is an update on some of the
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22/09/2020
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