Category: Innovation
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Start-up of the Week: Antobot
Each week, The Fresh Edit spotlights a young company changing how fruit, vegetables and plants are grown. At a glanceFounded: 2019Based… READ MORE
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The start-up keeping fruit and veg fresh without electricity
For many smallholders and market traders, refrigeration isn’t an option. It costs too much to buy and to run, and… READ MORE
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University of Lincoln wins £4.8m to lead new agri-food robotics hub
The University of Lincoln has won £4.8 million to lead HARVEST, a new national hub that will help farms and food… READ MORE
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VentureFruit launches Adore, a new family of apples bred for hotter climates
VentureFruit has launched Adore™, a global premium apple programme that brings several climate-resilient varieties together under one brand. The first trees… READ MORE
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Hoverfly pollination start-up Polyfly wins innovation award at Fruit Attraction
Polyfly, a start-up from Almería, rears hoverflies as commercial crop pollinators. It has won one of three Innovation Hub Awards… READ MORE
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Belgian factory aims to solve biologicals’ biggest bottleneck: making enough of them
Growers are being asked to rely more on biological products, from biocontrol to biostimulants and biofertilisers, as chemical options narrow.… READ MORE
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hexafarms raises €4.8m to help growers spot problems before they cost yield
David Ahmed (Left) & Felix Kirchstein (Right) Berlin-based hexafarms, which combines its own sensors and robots with AI software to… READ MORE
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Delta-T Devices marks 55 years with £5m sales as water pressures grow
Cambridgeshire-based Delta-T Devices, which makes soil and plant sensors for scientists and growers, has reached annual sales of £5 million in its… READ MORE
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Swiss drought-protection technology wins Tesco’s 2026 Agri-tech Challenge
A Swiss start-up developing an edible barrier to help crops withstand drought has won the early-stage category of Tesco’s 2026 Agri-tech… READ MORE
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Autonomous tomato harvester moves from launch to commercial greenhouse
German agritech start-up eternal.ag is scaling its autonomous tomato-harvesting robot after its first commercial deployment with Dutch grower Van Noord… READ MORE
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