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Earthly Biochar is a Devon-based startup that's on a mission to scale biochar use in the UK, helping to improve soil health and mitigate climate change. On the heels of the hottest weather on UK record, climate change is at the forefront of the national conversation again. Once again, we start talking about (not doing, of course) what has to be done while a shockingly large portion of the popul...
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The lowdown on Oxford-based biotech startup Moa Technology and its mission to tackle the growing problem of herbicide resistance. Herbicide is a contentious thing. It keeps food safe from pests and keeps away weeds that would use up crops’ nutrients, etc., but it also has a pretty bad impact on the environment. Herbicides contaminate the soil and water, they can kill animals and insects ...
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CropSafe, a platform revolutionizing the future of farming, announce that they have raised over $3M in seed funding and have opened U.S. headquarters in Los Angeles. Founded in 2018 by John McElhone and Micheál McLaughlin, CropSafe allows farmers to create alerts and enable real-time modules from their marketplace to monitor the condition, health, and weather on their farm, which is mon...
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IBISA, the innovative startup aiming to revolutionise how the agricultural ecosystem manages risk, secures investment to support further expansion into existing and new markets. It’s a great end to the year for Luxembourg based startup IBISA which has just raised a €1.5m seed round, led by specialist incubator + venture fund Insurtech Gateway, alongside other strategic co-investors i...
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The lowdown on the innovative companies that have been accepted into Net Zero 2.0, the programme dedicated to supporting the UK’s most promising climate tech companies An impressive cohort of 32 climate tech companies have just been accepted into the second iteration of Tech Nation’s Net Zero programme, the government-backed programme that aims to support the most promising climate...
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Innovative agritech startup, Small Robot Company raises £4million to support its mission to maximise food production while reducing the cost on the environment We’re delighted to share the news that Small Robot Company (SRC), a British agritech start-up for sustainable farming, has just raised £4 million in a successful equity crowdfunding campaign with Crowdcube.  Some...
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The lowdown on Better Origin, the startup that's creating the ‘Internet of Insects’; a global network converting excess nutrients into essential nutrients... We have all heard that the world’s need for food will increase significantly in a fairly short time, and that this will be one of the biggest challenges we face as a species. That need will require food supply to gro...
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CrowdFarming! The startup that's on a mission to create a transparent food supply chain by developing a direct link between consumers and producers... As we all know, buying food in a supermarket is a very different experience to buying it directly from the farmer that produced it. And whilst some of us may be fortunate enough to live near a farmers market where we can do just that, many of us ...
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Innovation in the security and agricultural sector thanks to ZIVA, the patrol and inspection robot... Edinburgh-based Casta Spes Technologies (CST), a startup which was founded by 24-year-old graduates, Selby Cary and Michael McDonald has created a robotic security vehicle offering security and inspection solutions across many sectors including agriculture, energy and construction. We previousl...
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The agritech sector in Ireland can stake a claim as a major international agritech player. We take a look at a number of Irish agritech startups that continue to impress. Written by Alastair Cameron, Startacus co-founder, Head of Startup Programmes at Digital DNA HQ, Maserati100, startup champion, freelance trainer.Ireland is steeped in history as a farming nation and economy. 5000-odd years ago,...
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