Technology news stories with a direct relevance to the UK fresh produce business, including updates on production and harvesting systems, sorting and grading machinery, packaging, coldstorage and controlled atmosphere, digital management, robots and automation, vertical farming, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.
Two tech firms have joined forces to help cut convenience-store-customer grocery-bills and reduce food waste
British apple supplier Adrian Scripps joins trial to evaluate special ‘listening’ technology, which could interpret stress signals in plants and help growers produce more sustainably
Agri-tech R&D firm secures funding to carry out 12-month project with apple grower that could cut crop wastage
UK indoor farming technology could eventually feed humans on the Moon and Mars
App wants to empower consumers to be part of a bigger, sustainable shopping movement
On 11-13 June, GreenTech Amsterdam returns to the Dutch capital as technology companies showcase solutions to the big issues facing growers in the horticulture sector
Company is making major strides in its work to develop robotic raspberry harvesters
Institute of Grocery Distribution publishes new report outlining long-term risks to a resilient UK food system
Retailers including Jumbo and Migros have apparently recorded higher avocado sales and reduction in waste thanks to arrival of AI-based checkpoints
Several producers who supply leading exporter Tru-Cape say their irrigation systems now depend far less on the country’s consistently unreliable national electricity network
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Paddie Allen hired to head up the company’s UK air freight operations
IGD is carrying out ongoing work into how to encourage healthier diets
Latest Worldpanel by Kantar data also reveals fruit is increasingly popular as a snack
Retailer says move backs British growers and is a UK retail first
The government has denied reports that post-Brexit checks on EU goods “won’t be ‘turned on’” from the end of the month
The UK research, innovation and enterprise organisation is looking to fund businesses that can improve supply chain operations in fresh produce
Fruit Logistica is the place to see the latest and greatest from across the fresh produce supply chain, and Ilapak has the machinery section well covered
Leading trade fair gears up for digital revolution in agriculture, with expanded focus on smart farming and technology startups
Aldi has introduced contactless payment at its checkout-free store in London
Company researches microbial by-products to boost soil health and crop production