Grounds for optimism: the companies recycling spent coffee grounds
If you thought that used coffee grounds were only good for making washing-up messier, clogging…
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TPG Rewards: connecting food freshness sensors & IoT
In June 2019 academics at Imperial College London (ICL) announced a prototype ‘food freshness sensor’…
No-till seed drill for UK farmers – the DSX coulter
Born from Sly Agri Ltd (a British company founded in 2006), Horizon Agriculture has announced…
Kubota’s modern driverless electric tractor
Back in 1970 Japanese agricultural manufacturer Kubota Corporation introduced the world to its first advanced…
Banana plants into bioplastic – a novel food packaging solution
Over in Thailand, Rimping Supermarket wraps its groceries in banana leaves instead of using plastic…
Smart water bottle claims to clean planet ‘one sip at a time’
REBO smart water bottle uses blockchain to fund marine plastic waste collection A smart water…
World’s first plant-powered sensor transmits to satellite
Plant-powered electricity could hold key to bringing energy to poorer communities Plant power may be…
Is indoor grown crop nutrition equal to outdoor grown?
Vertical farming technologies are featuring more regularly in the mainstream media now with consumers starting…
$2.7 million for New Age Meats’ Cell-Based Pork
Late last year, we described San Diego-based BlueNalu’s process for creating petri-dish fish. We thought…
Animal feed from vertical farming, meet Grōv Technologies
Start-up indoor farming technologies are in ascendance at present, very recently we have written about…