Defra Land Use Consultation Workshops
On 18 March 2025, Farm491 hosted the Royal Agricultural University’s Defra Land Use Consultation workshops with LUNZ Hub at the Alliston Centre. The Government has launched a national conversation about ...
Top names to judge Farm491 Innovation Competition
A top-level judging panel, including Henry Dimbleby and Baroness Young of Old Scone, has been announced for the Royal Agricultural University’s innovative Farm491 Challenge Prize competition. The Challenge Prize, a ...
Clean Growth Fund joins Farm491 Investor Network
We are very pleased to welcome Clean Growth Fund (CGF) to our network of Farm491 Investors. Clean Growth Fund was set up to invest in UK-based innovations that significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions ...
Farm491 Challenge Prize Series Launched
We are delighted to announce the launch of an exciting new competition to encourage and support companies fostering innovation in our natural world. Generously supported by Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, our ...
Member News: AgriFrontier Growth Fund – ICFA Award
We are excited to announce that Agri Frontier is one of 5 fund managers that has been awarded funding and acceleration support for 2024 from the International Climate Finance Accelerator, ...
Farm491 co-sponsors AgriTech category at TechSW Awards
Farming can often be overlooked as an integral part of the South West’s economy of innovation – and Tech South West is aiming to change that. From improving efficiency in ...
‘Converting the Nitrate Timebomb’ with Mike Waite, AguaDB
Mike Waite, Founder and CEO of Agua DB, spent 20 years working on improving ion exchange processes for nitrate removal in the water sector before realising that fundamentally the process ...
Val Crowder joins the Farm491 team
We are so pleased to welcome Val Crowder to the Farm491 team this month. Val has joined us in the exciting new role of Membership Experience Coordinator. This role is ...
Farm491 Member, CapChar, start trials at The RAU
Farm491 members, CapChar, have teamed up with Dr Nicola Cannon, Associate Professor of Agriculture at the Royal Agricultural University to undertake a spring wheat plant trial at the living lab ...
The Rawcliffe Bridge Award for Sustainability 2023
We are delighted to be partners on the BASF Rawcliffe Bridge Award for Sustainability for the second year running. The Rawcliffe Bridge Award for Sustainability is back for 2023 celebrating ...