For the first time in the UK, vertical farming will be trialled in a prison setting as part of a strategy to aid rehabilitation by empowering prisoners and helping them ...
Farm491 members, Muddy Machines, have successfully secured £1.5m in Seed Funding. This round of funding was led by Regenerate Ventures with participation from Ponderosa Ventures, Jude Gomilla and Thrive/SVG Ventures ...
The finalists of a new award, celebrating on-farm environmental, societal and financial sustainability activities, have been announced. Colin Chappell from Gander Farm in North Lincolnshire, and Guy Prudom of Northfields ...
Farm491, alongside Rod Horrocks, are proud to launch their very own online course available to all entrepreneurs across the globe. Having worked with Rod for the past 4 years developing ...
Fiona from Ruralink writes. A new professional development course for professional advisors, community convenors and other team and project facilitators has been designed as part of the GREAT Project in ...
Innovation for Growth Series: Agri-Innovation for Food Resilience There is an urgent need to transform agri-food systems towards higher levels of efficiency, resilience, inclusiveness, and sustainability. Agri-tech innovation plays an ...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-61336659 Chris Chavasse, the co-founder of Muddy Machines, which is trialling an autonomous asparagus-harvesting robot called Sprout, said: “There is a real risk that people anywhere in the world could ...
Cultured meat – a threat or an opportunity for UK farmers? Farming groups, scientists, and start-ups are teaming up to test how far cultured meat is a threat, or an ...
Access legal skills and expert content worth over £4k for just £750 plus the opportunity to pitch your business to leading investors in the AgriTech, FoodTech and ClimateTech spaces ...
Agrifood technology start-ups involved in the Farm491 incubation hub are beginning to think very differently about the products and service models for the future of agriculture as a result of ...