January 2021
Keeping it clean with agri-tech innovation
Activated air, electrolysed water, free radicals – all provide alternatives to chemistry for sustaining the life span of fruit and vegetables, improving the quality of seed and reducing risk of contamination in food processing.
As international pressure grows to reduce the reliance on chemistry, we’re looking at different solutions to keep it clean, from “seed to sandwich”. Join us and be part of the discussion about how agri-tech is keeping the agri-food chain clean and healthy.
Find out more »February 2021
Controlled Environment Agriculture – The Industry is Growing Up
With talks, panel sessions, discussion and exhibition opportunities, as well as an update on the progress of the global vertical farming industry, we’ll be celebrating the success so far and exploring the bottlenecks still to be busted.
Find out more »March 2021
Young Innovators’ Forum Conference
Since 2015 we’ve visited a range of organisations including the Earlham Institute sequencing DNA, a mushroom farm in Littleport, vegetable sorting and packing plant to an anaerobic digestor. You can find out more about these visits from our previous events blogs which you can find below as well as upcoming visits. In addition we hold an annual conference focusing on relevant topics and issues. Sign up to the quarterly newsletter for updates on our 2021 Conference.
Find out more »Putting the N in FarmiNg—SolutioNs for On-Farm NitrogeN Production
Pressure is growing to find new ways of producing nitrogen and reducing dependency on chemical synthesis of this important nutrient via the Haber process. Harnessing biological and physico-chemical approaches to the problem is yielding some exciting opportunities for production of alternatives to synthetic fertilisers. Join us and learn how to make fertiliser from air and water, fix nitrogen from the air into soil, and how to provide a nitrogen turbo-charge for fields.
Find out more »May 2021
From Farmer to Pharma – The Potential for Medicinal Plant Production
This is your opportunity to meet the key players in the value chain and learn more about the agronomy of these crops, new variety development, processing solutions and needs, regulatory requirements and potential routes to market.
Find out more »Improving Farm Safety With Innovative Agri-Tech
Remote sensing and monitoring, communications technology and automation are being deployed to help make agriculture a safer industry. Hear about some of the latest tools to help improve the safety track record around managing livestock and arable, as well as in controlled environment conditions. We’ll be highlighting some of the latest new products, tools and services, as well as hearing from farmers what they’d like to see to make their working lives even safer.
Find out more »September 2021
Agriculture 101
This unique one-day introduction provides an overview of agri-industries, the challenges faced and the opportunities. It is aimed at giving useful insights to those new to the sector and to people from other industries.
Find out more »October 2021
Future Farming-Tech – Insights from Elsewhere
Digital twins, 5G, edge computing, 3D printing, graphene, artificial intelligence – all new technologies which could join those already making a major difference in productivity, profitability and sustainability in agriculture. We’ll look towards the horizon (and beyond) to see where the next game-changers for agricultural innovations are likely to be, and help businesses and researchers be prepared!
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