LettUs Grow, has integrated an Agile Business tariff from Octopus Energy into its Ostara management system that enables indoor farmers to adjust their plant’s growth cycles to align with lower energy costs.
Time, agriculture and the climate are themes of the REAP21, presenting emerging agri-tech solutions for Net Zero.
A new long-term funding programme to support farmers, growers, foresters and other businesses to embrace innovative new ways to maximise productivity and drive sustainability has opened for applications today, 20 October.
Lexington’s report, Planting the future: A moment of change for UK food, explores the explosion in popularity of the plant-based sector in recent years, against a backdrop of increased concern about public health and the environment.
In October 2021, Defra will launch the first of its competitions within the ‘Industry-led R&D Partnerships fund’. The aim of the fund is to encourage groups of farmers, growers, businesses and researchers to get involved in collaborative research and development.
If anything, this year has taught us that the future is unpredictable. And that makes planning problematic, how can you account for the impact of disruption, whether that is from a world event, extreme weather or technological breakthrough?
“This feels like a tipping point”, says Chris Brown, Senior Director of Sustainable Supply Chains at ASDA.
When weather extremes make growing conditions difficult, the chance to farm indoors becomes more appealing, and this month we are taking a deep dive into this vibrant sector. We are also looking outwards to Central Europe and forward into the future.
Many issues and uncertainties surround routes to Net-Zero, so we need consistent, robust and accurate metrics to improve our understanding and to drive confidence.We see great potential in using the YEN approach – with farmers, advisors, industry and academics working together to achieve this. Sharing data and ideas will enable benchmarking against peers and will generate insights for the community.
The entire agri-tech innovation ecosystem will be impacted by the journey to a net zero future, raising important questions about the route we take.
As we emerge into 2021, all eyes are looking forward and nurturing hopes, plans and ambitions that life will be better – healthier, happier, safer and more sustainable. So how do we make the future we want a reality, by design – and avoid ending up with the future we don’t want, by accident?
The Willand Intelligent Livestock System offers the potential for methane and carbon capture.