Cereals

New study shows urban growers rely on accessible educational resources to adopt pollinator-friendly farming practices

Riego deficitario y cubiertas vegetales en almendro: compatibilidad entre ahorro de agua y fijación de carbono

28/07/2026 - La creciente escasez de recursos hídricos en zonas mediterráneas obliga a optimizar el manejo del agua en el cultivo del almendro, incorporando estrategias que incrementen la sostenibilidad del...

La Comunitat Valenciana destina 37 M€ de la PAC a impulsar prácticas agrarias sostenibles

28/06/2026 - Valencia destina alrededor de 37 millones de euros anuales a ayudas de la PAC vinculadas a la protección del clima y del medio ambiente, de las que se benefician más de 35.000 agricultores y...

Campus de Vairão acolhe conferência sobre Tecnologias de Luz na Horticultura Sustentável

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Agtech VC deal count collapsed in H1 2026 — rebound unlikely this year

13/07/2026 - AI hype and automation interest was not enough to buoy agtech investments in the first half of 2026 .b-article-body .c-paragraph a, .b-article-body .factbox-container a { color: #c58300; ...

Sin ganaderos ni agricultores no hay suelo fértil ni pueblos vivos, recuerda UPA

19/06/2026 - Con motivo del Día Mundial de Lucha contra la Desertificación y la Sequía, la Unión de Pequeños Agricultores y Ganaderos ha reivindicado el papel de la agricultura y ganadería familiar en la...

Anterra raises $100m for Fund III as AI appetite in agriculture defies investment downturn

15/06/2026 - Anterra Capital has announced the $100 million first close of its third fund, targeting a total of $200 million, as it doubles down on AI-led transformation in food and agriculture.The...

Soilless solution: RegenSoil claims breakthrough biochar growing medium that replaces soil 100%

27/05/2026 - Thai startup RegenSoil claims that its enhanced biochar can fully replace soil, enabling soilless cultivation while improving yield and plant health. .b-article-body .c-paragraph a, ...

Oishii secures $150m Series C as premium strategy sets it apart from vertical farming failures

14/05/2026 - Indoor vertical farming company Oishii has announced the first closing of a $150 million Series C financing round, led by SPARX Asset Management, with participation from Nomura Real Estate...

By Harry Langford, Innovation Director at the UK Agri-Tech Centre, who shares his thoughts on the event.The Northern CEA Symposium brought together growers, researchers, technologists and agri-tech businesses in Sheffield with a shared focus on turning innovation in controlled environment agriculture into solutions for commercial growers. Across the day, presentations explored practical challenges facing the sector, from nutrient efficiency and water use to substrates, sensing and circular inputs. The emphasis was consistently on application, including how technologies might reduce costs, improve control, and operate reliably in real production environments. New approaches to sensing and monitoring were discussed as a way to give operators clearer, faster feedback on crop performance, helping them make decisions with greater confidence. Substrate innovation also featured, reflecting growing pressure to move beyond traditional materials while maintaining consistency at scale. Alongside this, approaches to reduce the energy footprint of CEA were tabled and their economics explored. What stood out was the openness of the community, with speakers acknowledging the need for further testing, integration and validation, reinforcing the importance of environments where technologies can be trialled under realistic conditions and assessed against commercial priorities. Our involvementThe UK Agri-Tech Centre took part in the symposium, organised by UK Urban AgriTech and the University of Sheffield, to share how we support CEA innovation through test, trial and demonstration and how our new Greenhouse to Global programme is supporting innovative CEA technologies to scale. Too often, promising technologies struggle to move beyond pilot scale because they lack credible, independent evidence of performance in commercially representative environments. We outlined how our programme supports SMEs working across sensing, substrates, lighting and control and how we are testing these technologies together to produce commercial case studies for specific industry use cases. The companies we spotlightedThrough the ACDC spinach production case study, we showcased how Ostara, Fotenix and Vertically Urban are working together to address core challenges in vertical farming: consistent quality, reduced energy use and reduced labour costs. The case study collectively illustrates how integrated control, crop monitoring and tuneable lighting can support more responsive, dataled growing decisions, saving 25% in energy use. We also featured GyroPlant and its substrate-free approach, overviewing the work that we have done with them on both leafy green production and strawberry propagation, to reduce the reliance on unsustainable substrates whilst maintaining performance at commercial scale. Throughout the day, the research and development presented demonstrated how collaboration can help CEA innovation progress from early ideas into solutions that can be adopted across the sector. Alongside the technical discussions, UK Urban AgriTech also used the symposium to float a thought-provoking idea: the potential for a cross-CEA umbrella organisation that better represents the full breadth of controlled environment production in the UK. The concept was framed around bringing together sectors, from crops to mushrooms, insects and seaweed, to improve knowledge transfer and engage more proactively with policy development. Again, this reiterates the importance of the sector working together to maximise the potential of CEA in the UK. If you would like to work with the UK Agri-Tech Centre, get in touch at [email protected]

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El uso de cubiertas vegetales con altramuz se presentan como una alternativa sostenible para los cultivos de cítricos

04/05/2026 - ¿Cómo mejorar la...

Food Tank’s Weekly News Roundup: The Future of Vertical Farming, Warming Temperatures Threaten Food Security, Côte d’Ivoire Invests in Women Farmers

30/03/2026 - Each week, Food Tank is rounding up a few news stories that inspire excitement, infuriation, or curiosity.Has the Vertical Farming Bubble Burst?The

Claves para implantar cubiertas vegetales en cultivos leñosos de secano

09/04/2026 - Cartel del webinar | AEACSV

UK scientists develop B12-fortified pea shoots to tackle nutritional deficiency

07/04/2026 - The study, led by the John Innes Centre, demonstrated that using aeroponic technology — where plants are grown in a mist environment rather than soil — could deliver the full recommended daily...

Huertos urbanos y agricultura periurbana: el campo conquista la ciudad

07/04/2026 - Huerto urbano.Noticia ...

La agricultura periurbana, una opción para la despensa del "urbanita" que avanza en España

- La agricultura periurbana protagoniza ya iniciativas para llevar a la despensa de los "urbanitas" alimentos cultivados en su ciudad; un modelo que avanza tímidamente en España mientras hay...

From invasive weed to wonder-fertilizer: biochar from paper mulberry boosts mung bean growth

- Researchers find that both powdered biochar and a water-based extract from an invasive tree can enhance crop yields and soil health, offering a sustainable solution for...

Cubiertas vegetales en primavera: evolución y servicios ecosistémicos. Proyecto ECONTROL

13/03/2026 - Curso online...

Salad packs a healthy punch to meet a growing Vitamin B12 need

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Lobeniza: The outcome of an agroecological adaptive pathway in a rural food system undergoing transformation

- AbstractLocal food systems in southern Mexico are increasingly affected by water scarcity, climate variability, and peri?urban change. Despite growing scholarship on adaptive strategies and...

Unveiling the ecological dividend of smart cities: a multi-period difference-in-differences assessment of urban ecological resilience in China

- Under the dual pressures of climate warming and accelerated urbanization, agricultural ecosystems face severe challenges including shrinking land resources and intensifying non-point source...

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