As we gear up for the show season, we review the challenges that were facing farmers 175 years ago when the UK’s first agricultural show opened. Many of the issues will be recognised today, but the solutions are innovative.
Breedr, Small Robot Company and Cellular Agriculture were among the top global agri-tech companies listed in the FoodTech 500 report by Forward Fooding.
“With Agri-TechE, we saw the potential to create a viable relationship that would accelerate the development of solutions, and ultimately, solve the issues our growers are facing,” Western Growers
“We’ve got some great individuals in the GROW competition this year, from students looking to leverage their research and technical expertise, to entrepreneurial farmers who have spotted a niche in the market, and business-focussed scientists seeking to help improve the bottom line of farming,” says Alex
So to speed up the ideas generation Agri-Tech East has teamed up with Allia Serious Impact to host a hackathon called >sudo : grow.
One industry’s food waste is a raw material for another. Cambridge start-up Entomics thinks it has found an interesting and innovative way to convert waste
Enhanced protection against airborne disease, nutritious alternatives to wheat flour, decision-support for plant breeders, a retrofit converter for tractors to biogas and an app to
The need for new thinking in the development of pest control is becoming more urgent as the EU is withdrawing many of the mainstay chemicals
A new long-life rice substitute made from cauliflower is one the innovations to be funded in the latest round of funding by the Eastern Agri-Tech