Technology news from FPJ
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Agri-TechE director awarded OBE in King’s Birthday Honours
Dr Belinda Clarke receives OBE for her work introducing disruptors and new technologies into agriculture
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Fruit Logistica records 10 per cent rise in exhibitor bookings
Deadline to reserve stand space at world’s most important fruit and veg industry trade show is on 31 July 2024
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RootWave and Garford in eWeeding partnership
Arrangement is set to offer a boost to veg growers looking for new weed-control technologies
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NextGen growers learn how US farmers are dealing with climate change
Growers from NextGen Fruit headed to California to learn how local farmers are grappling with labour costs and climate change
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HarvestEye secures Scottish distribution deal
Crop insights tool will now be distributed by Agricar north of the border
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Vertical Future sees potential for vertical farming in Iraq
Vertical Future’s Jamie Burrows believes autonomous vertical farming systems can have a major impact in Iraq and the wider Middle East region, helping resolve issues of food and water security
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OSY Group secures Xtend funding
Shelf-life-extending technology firm gets funding boost to roll out Xtend produce-pack coating in UK and abroad
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Vertical Future tops global CEA-tech chart
UK vertical farm specialist is listed by FoodTech 500 as number-one controlled-environment-agriculture technology firm globally
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Mudwalls develops e-commerce platform
New platform is targeted at independent retail and foodservice customers
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Gander and Snappy Shopper initiative gathers pace
Two tech firms have joined forces to help cut convenience-store-customer grocery-bills and reduce food waste
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How can fruit growers conserve water? Just ask the trees
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
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B-hive partners with Adrian Scripps to deliver apple data
Agri-tech R&D firm secures funding to carry out 12-month project with apple grower that could cut crop wastage
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£1.5m boost for Vertical Future as space project gets lift off
UK indoor farming technology could eventually feed humans on the Moon and Mars
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Famooshed app aims to connect the public with local produce
App wants to empower consumers to be part of a bigger, sustainable shopping movement
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GreenTech Amsterdam shines light on future of horticulture
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
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£600k grant boosts Fieldwork’s BerryAI Project
Company is making major strides in its work to develop robotic raspberry harvesters
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IGD highlights risks to UK food system
Institute of Grocery Distribution publishes new report outlining long-term risks to a resilient UK food system
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European supermarket chains install fruit ripeness scanners
Retailers including Jumbo and Migros have apparently recorded higher avocado sales and reduction in waste thanks to arrival of AI-based checkpoints
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South African apple and pear growers turn to solar energy
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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Tomra LUCAi platform now available for cherries
New LUCAi platform for InVision2 leverages Tomra’s Deep Learning technology to add value to cherry packing