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Africa's small-scale revolution against big agriculture: five farmers talk greener, better food
Devotees of agroecology tell the Guardian about their rejection of chemicals and fertilisers to create diverse and thriving crops
From degraded fields being brought back to fertile life to community gardens flourishing as food co-operatives, a growing revolution is happening in countries across the African continent.
Ska Moteane, Lesotho
Beans had always been a staple of the Basotho kitchen but Ska Moteane found they were steadily being replaced by meat and fast food. Her people were even forgetting their own recipes.
So she decided to document what was at risk of being lost.
KA profiles African farmers activists
Trained in European cuisine, chef Ska Moteane has devoted her career to instead document her Besotho culture which she said was at risk of being forgotten
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Africa's small-scale revolution against big agriculture: five farmers talk greener, better food
Devotees of agroecology tell the Guardian about their rejection of chemicals and fertilisers to create diverse and thriving crops
From degraded fields being brought back to fertile life to community gardens flourishing as food co-operatives, a growing revolution is happening in countries across the African continent.
Asmelash Dagne, Ethiopia
In a single year, a farm boasting little more than a pair of forlorn-looking coffee trees was transformed into a lush place of thriving and diverse crops.
An environmentalist with a science background, Dagne believes balanced environments that do not draw excessive water, pollute or need costly chemicals or energy supplies are crucial.
Profiles African farmers activists
Askelash Dagne promoted agroecological methods that preserve water and do not require farmers to use chemicals or fertilizers
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Africa's small-scale revolution against big agriculture: five farmers talk greener, better food
Devotees of agroecology tell the Guardian about their rejection of chemicals and fertilisers to create diverse and thriving crops
From degraded fields being brought back to fertile life to community gardens flourishing as food co-operatives, a growing revolution is happening in countries across the African continent.
Stephan Katongole, Uganda
Stephan Katongole's father returned to Uganda in the early 2000s after decades abroad, he planted coffee trees on the family's hitherto abandoned farmland.
Despite having no agricultural experience, Katongole took over the land 13 years ago, when his father was too old to manage it.
Katongole slowly transformed the vast lines of coffee trees to a more diverse space, where they coexist with other plants. He says monocropping should no longer be seen as a solution.
KA profiles African farmers activists
Katongole says agricultural lands were brought out of balance and should be returned to the forests they once were.
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Africa's small-scale revolution against big agriculture: five farmers talk greener, better food
Devotees of agroecology tell the Guardian about their rejection of chemicals and fertilisers to create diverse and thriving crops
From degraded fields being brought back to fertile life to community gardens flourishing as food co-operatives, a growing revolution is happening in countries across the African continent.
Themba Chauke, South Africa
In Limpopo in north South Africa, everyone ate what they could grow. Now the supermarket reigns supreme.
Chauke saw many of his neighbours become indebted purely trying to feed their families on low salaries.
He had been working with community radio for his Tsonga ethnic group, but moved into creating community gardens that provide education and space for people to grow quality food.
KA profiles African farmers activists
Tsonga community activist Themba Chauke promotes community gardens in South Africa to train people on how to feed themselves
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Africa's small-scale revolution against big agriculture: five farmers talk greener, better food
Devotees of agroecology tell the Guardian about their rejection of chemicals and fertilisers to create diverse and thriving crops
From degraded fields being brought back to fertile life to community gardens flourishing as food co-operatives, a growing revolution is happening in countries across the African continent.
Edie Mukiibi, Slow Food International
A drought showed Edie Mukiibi the shortcomings of industrial scale agriculture. He was part of a trial that encouraged farmers to invest in a breed of maize that they were all told would be drought resistant with the help of the fertilisers they were sold. Then drought came and they lost everything.
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Edie Mukiibi, President of Slow Food International, calls for a pushback against international corporations he says prioritise profits over feeding people
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High tech, high yields? The Kenyan farmers deploying AI to increase productivity
In Kericho and other parts of Kenya, AI apps are increasingly popular among small-scale farmers seeking to improve the quality and quantity of their crop.
A greenhouse for growing cucumbers in Machakos Town sub-county in Machakos county, Kenya, on September 17, 2024. The greenhouse uses FarmShield, an AI-powered system.
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High tech, high yields? The Kenyan farmers deploying AI to increase productivity
In Kericho and other parts of Kenya, AI apps are increasingly popular among small-scale farmers seeking to improve the quality and quantity of their crop.
A greenhouse for growing cucumbers in Machakos Town sub-county in Machakos county, Kenya, on September 17, 2024. The greenhouse uses FarmShield, an AI-powered system.
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High tech, high yields? The Kenyan farmers deploying AI to increase productivity
In Kericho and other parts of Kenya, AI apps are increasingly popular among small-scale farmers seeking to improve the quality and quantity of their crop.
Part of the FarmShied system in a greenhouse for growing cucumbers in Machakos Town sub-county in Machakos county, Kenya, on September 17, 2024.
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High tech, high yields? The Kenyan farmers deploying AI to increase productivity
In Kericho and other parts of Kenya, AI apps are increasingly popular among small-scale farmers seeking to improve the quality and quantity of their crop.
A cucumber greenhouse that uses the FarmShied system in Machakos Town sub-county in Machakos county, Kenya, on September 17, 2024.
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High tech, high yields? The Kenyan farmers deploying AI to increase productivity
In Kericho and other parts of Kenya, AI apps are increasingly popular among small-scale farmers seeking to improve the quality and quantity of their crop.
Boniface Nzivo explains how the FarmShied system works inside a greenhouse where he grows cucumbers in Machakos Town sub-county in Machakos county, Kenya, on September 17, 2024.
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High tech, high yields? The Kenyan farmers deploying AI to increase productivity
In Kericho and other parts of Kenya, AI apps are increasingly popular among small-scale farmers seeking to improve the quality and quantity of their crop.
Boniface Nzivo explains how the FarmShied system works inside a greenhouse where he grows cucumbers in Machakos Town sub-county in Machakos county, Kenya, on September 17, 2024.
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High tech, high yields? The Kenyan farmers deploying AI to increase productivity
In Kericho and other parts of Kenya, AI apps are increasingly popular among small-scale farmers seeking to improve the quality and quantity of their crop.
Boniface Nzivo explains how the FarmShied system works inside a greenhouse where he grows cucumbers in Machakos Town sub-county in Machakos county, Kenya, on September 17, 2024.
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High tech, high yields? The Kenyan farmers deploying AI to increase productivity
In Kericho and other parts of Kenya, AI apps are increasingly popular among small-scale farmers seeking to improve the quality and quantity of their crop.
Boniface Nzivo explains how the FarmShied system works inside a greenhouse where he grows cucumbers in Machakos Town sub-county in Machakos county, Kenya, on September 17, 2024.
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High tech, high yields? The Kenyan farmers deploying AI to increase productivity
In Kericho and other parts of Kenya, AI apps are increasingly popular among small-scale farmers seeking to improve the quality and quantity of their crop.
Francisca Muli (left) teaches Caroline Mutheu how to use the PlantVillage app on Mutheu’s farm Matungulu sub-county in Machakos county, Kenya, on September 17, 2024.
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High tech, high yields? The Kenyan farmers deploying AI to increase productivity
In Kericho and other parts of Kenya, AI apps are increasingly popular among small-scale farmers seeking to improve the quality and quantity of their crop.
Francisca Muli (left) teaches Caroline Mutheu how to use the PlantVillage app on Mutheu’s farm Matungulu sub-county in Machakos county, Kenya, on September 17, 2024.
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High tech, high yields? The Kenyan farmers deploying AI to increase productivity
In Kericho and other parts of Kenya, AI apps are increasingly popular among small-scale farmers seeking to improve the quality and quantity of their crop.
Francisca Muli uses the PlantVillage app to diagnose a banana plant in Matungulu sub-county in Machakos county, Kenya, on September 17, 2024.
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High tech, high yields? The Kenyan farmers deploying AI to increase productivity
In Kericho and other parts of Kenya, AI apps are increasingly popular among small-scale farmers seeking to improve the quality and quantity of their crop.
Francisca Muli uses the PlantVillage app to diagnose a banana plant in Matungulu sub-county in Machakos county, Kenya, on September 17, 2024.
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High tech, high yields? The Kenyan farmers deploying AI to increase productivity
In Kericho and other parts of Kenya, AI apps are increasingly popular among small-scale farmers seeking to improve the quality and quantity of their crop.
Musau Mutisya uses the PlantVillage app to diagnose a maize plant on his farm in Matungulu sub-county in Machakos county, Kenya, on September 17, 2024.
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High tech, high yields? The Kenyan farmers deploying AI to increase productivity
In Kericho and other parts of Kenya, AI apps are increasingly popular among small-scale farmers seeking to improve the quality and quantity of their crop.
Musau Mutisya uses the PlantVillage app to diagnose a maize plant on his farm in Matungulu sub-county in Machakos county, Kenya, on September 17, 2024.
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High tech, high yields? The Kenyan farmers deploying AI to increase productivity
In Kericho and other parts of Kenya, AI apps are increasingly popular among small-scale farmers seeking to improve the quality and quantity of their crop.
Musau Mutisya uses the PlantVillage app to diagnose a maize plant on his farm in Matungulu sub-county in Machakos county, Kenya, on September 17, 2024.
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High tech, high yields? The Kenyan farmers deploying AI to increase productivity
In Kericho and other parts of Kenya, AI apps are increasingly popular among small-scale farmers seeking to improve the quality and quantity of their crop.
Musau Mutisya uses the PlantVillage app to diagnose a maize plant on his farm in Matungulu sub-county in Machakos county, Kenya, on September 17, 2024.
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High tech, high yields? The Kenyan farmers deploying AI to increase productivity
In Kericho and other parts of Kenya, AI apps are increasingly popular among small-scale farmers seeking to improve the quality and quantity of their crop.
Musau Mutisya during the interview on his farm in Matungulu sub-county in Machakos county, Kenya, on September 17, 2024.
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Shallow roots: can UK vertical farms keep growing as foreign rivals shrivel?
British producers hope to export technology despite challenges over funding and high energy prices.
One of Britain's latest vertical farms, growing plants indoors in a tightly controlled environment all year round. With the jump in energy prices and other costs, a string of similar ventures have gone out of business in recent years but the technology is still hailed by some as the future of food.
Operated by Jones Food Company (JFC), Lydney has moved firmly past the pilot phase to become a significant supermarket supplier. It supplies 30% of the UK's cut basil, and can produce 550 tonnes of fresh greens a year.
Hannah Hobhouse the Deputy Farm Manager at The Jones Food Company Lydney (21 Feb 2023).
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Shallow roots: can UK vertical farms keep growing as foreign rivals shrivel?
British producers hope to export technology despite challenges over funding and high energy prices.
One of Britain's latest vertical farms, growing plants indoors in a tightly controlled environment all year round. With the jump in energy prices and other costs, a string of similar ventures have gone out of business in recent years but the technology is still hailed by some as the future of food.
Operated by Jones Food Company (JFC), Lydney has moved firmly past the pilot phase to become a significant supermarket supplier. It supplies 30% of the UK's cut basil, and can produce 550 tonnes of fresh greens a year.
Hannah Hobhouse the Deputy Farm Manager at The Jones Food Company Lydney (21 Feb 2023).
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Shallow roots: can UK vertical farms keep growing as foreign rivals shrivel?
British producers hope to export technology despite challenges over funding and high energy prices.
One of Britain's latest vertical farms, growing plants indoors in a tightly controlled environment all year round. With the jump in energy prices and other costs, a string of similar ventures have gone out of business in recent years but the technology is still hailed by some as the future of food.
Operated by Jones Food Company (JFC), Lydney has moved firmly past the pilot phase to become a significant supermarket supplier. It supplies 30% of the UK's cut basil, and can produce 550 tonnes of fresh greens a year.
Founder and CEO James Lloyd-Jones in the 'vertical farming' Growing Room at The Jones Food Company Lydney (21 Feb 2023).
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Shallow roots: can UK vertical farms keep growing as foreign rivals shrivel?
British producers hope to export technology despite challenges over funding and high energy prices.
One of Britain's latest vertical farms, growing plants indoors in a tightly controlled environment all year round. With the jump in energy prices and other costs, a string of similar ventures have gone out of business in recent years but the technology is still hailed by some as the future of food.
Operated by Jones Food Company (JFC), Lydney has moved firmly past the pilot phase to become a significant supermarket supplier. It supplies 30% of the UK's cut basil, and can produce 550 tonnes of fresh greens a year.
Founder and CEO James Lloyd-Jones in the 'vertical farming' Growing Room at The Jones Food Company Lydney (21 Feb 2023).
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Shallow roots: can UK vertical farms keep growing as foreign rivals shrivel?
British producers hope to export technology despite challenges over funding and high energy prices.
One of Britain's latest vertical farms, growing plants indoors in a tightly controlled environment all year round. With the jump in energy prices and other costs, a string of similar ventures have gone out of business in recent years but the technology is still hailed by some as the future of food.
Operated by Jones Food Company (JFC), Lydney has moved firmly past the pilot phase to become a significant supermarket supplier. It supplies 30% of the UK's cut basil, and can produce 550 tonnes of fresh greens a year.
Founder and CEO James Lloyd-Jones in the 'vertical farming' Growing Room at The Jones Food Company Lydney (21 Feb 2023).
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Shallow roots: can UK vertical farms keep growing as foreign rivals shrivel?
British producers hope to export technology despite challenges over funding and high energy prices.
One of Britain's latest vertical farms, growing plants indoors in a tightly controlled environment all year round. With the jump in energy prices and other costs, a string of similar ventures have gone out of business in recent years but the technology is still hailed by some as the future of food.
Operated by Jones Food Company (JFC), Lydney has moved firmly past the pilot phase to become a significant supermarket supplier. It supplies 30% of the UK's cut basil, and can produce 550 tonnes of fresh greens a year.
The Growing Room at the 'vertical farming' Jones Food Company Lydney (21 Feb 2023).
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Shallow roots: can UK vertical farms keep growing as foreign rivals shrivel?
British producers hope to export technology despite challenges over funding and high energy prices.
One of Britain's latest vertical farms, growing plants indoors in a tightly controlled environment all year round. With the jump in energy prices and other costs, a string of similar ventures have gone out of business in recent years but the technology is still hailed by some as the future of food.
Operated by Jones Food Company (JFC), Lydney has moved firmly past the pilot phase to become a significant supermarket supplier. It supplies 30% of the UK's cut basil, and can produce 550 tonnes of fresh greens a year.
The Growing Room at the 'vertical farming' Jones Food Company Lydney (21 Feb 2023).
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Shallow roots: can UK vertical farms keep growing as foreign rivals shrivel?
British producers hope to export technology despite challenges over funding and high energy prices.
One of Britain's latest vertical farms, growing plants indoors in a tightly controlled environment all year round. With the jump in energy prices and other costs, a string of similar ventures have gone out of business in recent years but the technology is still hailed by some as the future of food.
Operated by Jones Food Company (JFC), Lydney has moved firmly past the pilot phase to become a significant supermarket supplier. It supplies 30% of the UK's cut basil, and can produce 550 tonnes of fresh greens a year.
The Growing Room at the 'vertical farming' Jones Food Company Lydney (21 Feb 2023).
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Shallow roots: can UK vertical farms keep growing as foreign rivals shrivel?
British producers hope to export technology despite challenges over funding and high energy prices.
One of Britain's latest vertical farms, growing plants indoors in a tightly controlled environment all year round. With the jump in energy prices and other costs, a string of similar ventures have gone out of business in recent years but the technology is still hailed by some as the future of food.
Operated by Jones Food Company (JFC), Lydney has moved firmly past the pilot phase to become a significant supermarket supplier. It supplies 30% of the UK's cut basil, and can produce 550 tonnes of fresh greens a year.
The Growing Room at the 'vertical farming' Jones Food Company Lydney (21 Feb 2023).
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Shallow roots: can UK vertical farms keep growing as foreign rivals shrivel?
British producers hope to export technology despite challenges over funding and high energy prices.
One of Britain's latest vertical farms, growing plants indoors in a tightly controlled environment all year round. With the jump in energy prices and other costs, a string of similar ventures have gone out of business in recent years but the technology is still hailed by some as the future of food.
Operated by Jones Food Company (JFC), Lydney has moved firmly past the pilot phase to become a significant supermarket supplier. It supplies 30% of the UK's cut basil, and can produce 550 tonnes of fresh greens a year.
Founder and CEO James Lloyd-Jones in the 'vertical farming' Growing Room at The Jones Food Company Lydney (21 Feb 2023).
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Shallow roots: can UK vertical farms keep growing as foreign rivals shrivel?
British producers hope to export technology despite challenges over funding and high energy prices.
One of Britain's latest vertical farms, growing plants indoors in a tightly controlled environment all year round. With the jump in energy prices and other costs, a string of similar ventures have gone out of business in recent years but the technology is still hailed by some as the future of food.
Operated by Jones Food Company (JFC), Lydney has moved firmly past the pilot phase to become a significant supermarket supplier. It supplies 30% of the UK's cut basil, and can produce 550 tonnes of fresh greens a year.
Founder and CEO James Lloyd-Jones in the 'vertical farming' Growing Room at The Jones Food Company Lydney (21 Feb 2023).
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Shallow roots: can UK vertical farms keep growing as foreign rivals shrivel?
British producers hope to export technology despite challenges over funding and high energy prices.
One of Britain's latest vertical farms, growing plants indoors in a tightly controlled environment all year round. With the jump in energy prices and other costs, a string of similar ventures have gone out of business in recent years but the technology is still hailed by some as the future of food.
Operated by Jones Food Company (JFC), Lydney has moved firmly past the pilot phase to become a significant supermarket supplier. It supplies 30% of the UK's cut basil, and can produce 550 tonnes of fresh greens a year.
Founder and CEO James Lloyd-Jones in the 'vertical farming' Growing Room at The Jones Food Company Lydney (21 Feb 2023).
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Shallow roots: can UK vertical farms keep growing as foreign rivals shrivel?
British producers hope to export technology despite challenges over funding and high energy prices.
One of Britain's latest vertical farms, growing plants indoors in a tightly controlled environment all year round. With the jump in energy prices and other costs, a string of similar ventures have gone out of business in recent years but the technology is still hailed by some as the future of food.
Operated by Jones Food Company (JFC), Lydney has moved firmly past the pilot phase to become a significant supermarket supplier. It supplies 30% of the UK's cut basil, and can produce 550 tonnes of fresh greens a year.
Founder and CEO James Lloyd-Jones in the 'vertical farming' Growing Room at The Jones Food Company Lydney (21 Feb 2023).
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Shallow roots: can UK vertical farms keep growing as foreign rivals shrivel?
British producers hope to export technology despite challenges over funding and high energy prices.
One of Britain's latest vertical farms, growing plants indoors in a tightly controlled environment all year round. With the jump in energy prices and other costs, a string of similar ventures have gone out of business in recent years but the technology is still hailed by some as the future of food.
Operated by Jones Food Company (JFC), Lydney has moved firmly past the pilot phase to become a significant supermarket supplier. It supplies 30% of the UK's cut basil, and can produce 550 tonnes of fresh greens a year.
The Growing Room at The Jones Food Company Lydney (21 Feb 2023).
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Shallow roots: can UK vertical farms keep growing as foreign rivals shrivel?
British producers hope to export technology despite challenges over funding and high energy prices.
One of Britain's latest vertical farms, growing plants indoors in a tightly controlled environment all year round. With the jump in energy prices and other costs, a string of similar ventures have gone out of business in recent years but the technology is still hailed by some as the future of food.
Operated by Jones Food Company (JFC), Lydney has moved firmly past the pilot phase to become a significant supermarket supplier. It supplies 30% of the UK's cut basil, and can produce 550 tonnes of fresh greens a year.
The Growing Room at The Jones Food Company Lydney (21 Feb 2023).
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Shallow roots: can UK vertical farms keep growing as foreign rivals shrivel?
British producers hope to export technology despite challenges over funding and high energy prices.
One of Britain's latest vertical farms, growing plants indoors in a tightly controlled environment all year round. With the jump in energy prices and other costs, a string of similar ventures have gone out of business in recent years but the technology is still hailed by some as the future of food.
Operated by Jones Food Company (JFC), Lydney has moved firmly past the pilot phase to become a significant supermarket supplier. It supplies 30% of the UK's cut basil, and can produce 550 tonnes of fresh greens a year.
The Growing Room at The Jones Food Company Lydney (21 Feb 2023).
- Basil plants.
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Shallow roots: can UK vertical farms keep growing as foreign rivals shrivel?
British producers hope to export technology despite challenges over funding and high energy prices.
One of Britain's latest vertical farms, growing plants indoors in a tightly controlled environment all year round. With the jump in energy prices and other costs, a string of similar ventures have gone out of business in recent years but the technology is still hailed by some as the future of food.
Operated by Jones Food Company (JFC), Lydney has moved firmly past the pilot phase to become a significant supermarket supplier. It supplies 30% of the UK's cut basil, and can produce 550 tonnes of fresh greens a year.
The Growing Room at The Jones Food Company Lydney (21 Feb 2023).
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Shallow roots: can UK vertical farms keep growing as foreign rivals shrivel?
British producers hope to export technology despite challenges over funding and high energy prices.
One of Britain's latest vertical farms, growing plants indoors in a tightly controlled environment all year round. With the jump in energy prices and other costs, a string of similar ventures have gone out of business in recent years but the technology is still hailed by some as the future of food.
Operated by Jones Food Company (JFC), Lydney has moved firmly past the pilot phase to become a significant supermarket supplier. It supplies 30% of the UK's cut basil, and can produce 550 tonnes of fresh greens a year.
The Growing Room at The Jones Food Company Lydney (21 Feb 2023).
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Farmbots, flavour pills and zero-gravity beer: inside the mission to grow food in space
Astronauts content themselves with freeze-dried gruel, but plans for crewed missions to Mars mean scientists need to create more delicious, nutritious menus.
Three robots are growing vegetables on the roof of the University of Melbourne's student pavilion. The greens themselves look fairly terrestrial - cos lettuce, basil, coriander and moth-eaten kale - but they are actually prototypes for a groundbreaking research mission to grow fresh food in outer space.
The Guardian Australia writer James Shackell in the zero gravity chair at the Plants in Space program at the University of Melbourne. Melbourne, Australia.
Thursday 23rd November 2023.
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Farmbots, flavour pills and zero-gravity beer: inside the mission to grow food in space
Astronauts content themselves with freeze-dried gruel, but plans for crewed missions to Mars mean scientists need to create more delicious, nutritious menus.
Three robots are growing vegetables on the roof of the University of Melbourne's student pavilion. The greens themselves look fairly terrestrial - cos lettuce, basil, coriander and moth-eaten kale - but they are actually prototypes for a groundbreaking research mission to grow fresh food in outer space.
Senior Lecturer in AI Nir Lipovetzky, Post Doctoral Fellow Claudia Gonzalez and Professor Sigfredo Fuentes from the Investigative Centre for Excellence in Plants for Space with the robots and plants at the University of Melbourne. Melbourne, Australia.
Thursday 23rd November 2023.
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Farmbots, flavour pills and zero-gravity beer: inside the mission to grow food in space
Astronauts content themselves with freeze-dried gruel, but plans for crewed missions to Mars mean scientists need to create more delicious, nutritious menus.
Three robots are growing vegetables on the roof of the University of Melbourne's student pavilion. The greens themselves look fairly terrestrial - cos lettuce, basil, coriander and moth-eaten kale - but they are actually prototypes for a groundbreaking research mission to grow fresh food in outer space.
The robots farming the food by at the Plants in Space program at the University of Melbourne. Melbourne, Australia.
Thursday 23rd November 2023.
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Farmbots, flavour pills and zero-gravity beer: inside the mission to grow food in space
Astronauts content themselves with freeze-dried gruel, but plans for crewed missions to Mars mean scientists need to create more delicious, nutritious menus.
Three robots are growing vegetables on the roof of the University of Melbourne's student pavilion. The greens themselves look fairly terrestrial - cos lettuce, basil, coriander and moth-eaten kale - but they are actually prototypes for a groundbreaking research mission to grow fresh food in outer space.
The robots farming the food by at the Plants in Space program at the University of Melbourne. Melbourne, Australia.
Thursday 23rd November 2023.
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Farmbots, flavour pills and zero-gravity beer: inside the mission to grow food in space
Astronauts content themselves with freeze-dried gruel, but plans for crewed missions to Mars mean scientists need to create more delicious, nutritious menus.
Three robots are growing vegetables on the roof of the University of Melbourne's student pavilion. The greens themselves look fairly terrestrial - cos lettuce, basil, coriander and moth-eaten kale - but they are actually prototypes for a groundbreaking research mission to grow fresh food in outer space.
The food farmed by robots at the Plants in Space program at the University of Melbourne. Melbourne, Australia.
Thursday 23rd November 2023.
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Farmbots, flavour pills and zero-gravity beer: inside the mission to grow food in space
Astronauts content themselves with freeze-dried gruel, but plans for crewed missions to Mars mean scientists need to create more delicious, nutritious menus.
Three robots are growing vegetables on the roof of the University of Melbourne's student pavilion. The greens themselves look fairly terrestrial - cos lettuce, basil, coriander and moth-eaten kale - but they are actually prototypes for a groundbreaking research mission to grow fresh food in outer space.
The food farmed by robots at the Plants in Space program at the University of Melbourne. Melbourne, Australia.
Thursday 23rd November 2023.
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Farmbots, flavour pills and zero-gravity beer: inside the mission to grow food in space
Astronauts content themselves with freeze-dried gruel, but plans for crewed missions to Mars mean scientists need to create more delicious, nutritious menus.
Three robots are growing vegetables on the roof of the University of Melbourne's student pavilion. The greens themselves look fairly terrestrial - cos lettuce, basil, coriander and moth-eaten kale - but they are actually prototypes for a groundbreaking research mission to grow fresh food in outer space.
The robots farming the food by at the Plants in Space program at the University of Melbourne. Melbourne, Australia.
Thursday 23rd November 2023.
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In bloom: canola is top of the crops on NSW south-west slopes - in pictures
Despite the wet weather, the canola fields in southern New South Wales are blooming.
Canola crops are coming into full bloom in southern New South Wales but the prolonged wet season could ruin farmers' chances to harvest their crops as some paddocks become waterlogged.
According to the Australian Bureau for Agricultural Resource Economics and Sciences (Abares), the gross value of Australian canola production is forecast to ease to its second-highest level on record at $5.2bn as prices and production fall in 2022-23.
Rusty barbed wire guards a Canola field outside Harden-Murrumburrah on the South West Slopes of New South Wales as the canola crops come into full bloom.
19th September 2022.
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In bloom: canola is top of the crops on NSW south-west slopes - in pictures
Despite the wet weather, the canola fields in southern New South Wales are blooming.
Canola crops are coming into full bloom in southern New South Wales but the prolonged wet season could ruin farmers' chances to harvest their crops as some paddocks become waterlogged.
According to the Australian Bureau for Agricultural Resource Economics and Sciences (Abares), the gross value of Australian canola production is forecast to ease to its second-highest level on record at $5.2bn as prices and production fall in 2022-23.
Canola flowers in full bloom in a field outside Harden-Murrumburrah on the South West Slopes of New South Wales.
19th September 2022.
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In bloom: canola is top of the crops on NSW south-west slopes - in pictures
Despite the wet weather, the canola fields in southern New South Wales are blooming.
Canola crops are coming into full bloom in southern New South Wales but the prolonged wet season could ruin farmers' chances to harvest their crops as some paddocks become waterlogged.
According to the Australian Bureau for Agricultural Resource Economics and Sciences (Abares), the gross value of Australian canola production is forecast to ease to its second-highest level on record at $5.2bn as prices and production fall in 2022-23.
A gate guards a Canola field outside Harden-Murrumburrah on the South West Slopes of New South Wales as the canola crops come into full bloom.
19th September 2022.
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