Innovations

The Past, Present and Future of Tractors

How a Machine Shaped Modern-Day Agriculture

AI Robots and Plant-Based Tuna | 5 Start-Ups Making Farming More Sustainable

Discover the winners of the EIT Food Marketed Innovation Prize

What are New Genomic Techniques?

How ‘gene editing’ and ‘gene transfer’ are affecting your food

What Are Bacteriophages And How Do They Make Food Safer?

Introducing the viruses that can track down and kill bacteria

How Did GMOs Become So Controversial?

Unpacking Science, Policy, and The History of The Debate

AquAdvantage Salmon, The Only Genetically Modified Fish On The Market

The debate surrounding the controversial salmon continues

Precision Fermentation: Past, Present, and Future Promise

A new wave of sustainable protein

Lab-Grown Meat, the Idea That (almost) Changed the World

The rise, fall, and return of lab-grown meat

A Brief Guide to Antibiotics in Farming

8 solutions to antibiotics in farming

Shared Ground | Renewables and Farming on Limited Land

The best of both worlds

How Will AI Shape Our Food Systems of the Future?

Artificial Intelligence and the future of our food

What Will We See in Farms of the Future?

Is there a ‘perfect’ model for farming?

Creating Healthy Soils | Could Apps be The Answer?

Can an app improve soil quality?

Why We Need Open Innovation For Our Food System

Transformation through collaboration

Traceability in the Food System

Technology and policy are the keys to building trust

The Problem with Seafood Supply Chains

Should We Bring Back The Buffet?

Yes, but a better one.

Why Trust In Our Food System Matters

Why is trust so important?

Plastic-Free Food Packaging: Where Do We Stand?

The plastic conundrum

Edible Insects | Ask the Expert

What do we need to know about edible bugs?

Sustainable Protein Powders | Whey vs Plant-Based Protein Supplements

Which protein powder is the most sustainable choice?

5 Ways To Lower Cattle Methane Emissions

Can we lower methane emissions from cattle?

How Should We Regulate Genome-Edited Crops? | Opinion

Arguing for a focus on the plant, not the technology

Precision Farming: Can it Really Work?

It depends.

AI and the Future of Flavour

Artificial intelligence helps us learn what we actually like

Gene Edited Food

When will we be eating gene-edited food?

Is Blockchain The Solution To Traceability? | Ask The Expert

Spoiler alert: It’s not.

Microalgae | 4 Interesting Ways To Eat Algae

The steaks and Omega-3 of the future

3D Printed Food: Gimmick or Game Changer?

Will 3D printers change food forever?

How Digitalisation Improves Aquaculture Management

Combining traditional knowledge with data

Agro Robots | Which Robots Actually Work On Farms?

Can harvesting robots handle fruits and vegetables?

Ice Cream of The Future | 6 New Ice Cream Innovations

Would you try glow in the dark ice cream?

Blockchain In Agriculture | Digitalising The Food System

Could a digital approach create food transparency?

Using Honey as a Medicine

The science behind active honey.

Coronavirus Crisis | 6 Positive Social Initiatives

How are communities coming together to help?

Will Agricultural Robots Replace Human Agricultural Labour? | Opinion

The short answer is no.

Nanotechnology | How It’s Used In Food And Packaging

And is it safe?

COVID-19: How UK Food Production Is Adapting

It's not all doom and gloom

What Does the “Meatless” in Your Meatless Burger Really Mean?

Learn about lab-grown meat!

Cultured Meat: Better Than The Real Thing?

Is lab-grown meat an ethical, environmentally friendly alternative?

How Plants Are Grown In Space | Space Food Technology

Can astronauts grow their own food?

Beauty Products Made From Food Waste

This start-up turns inedible food into something glamorous

Top 9 Food Trends in 2019

Do you know these trends?

Plastic Alternatives: Start-Up Challenges

How hard is it to switch out plastic?

Alexa, How Should We Farm?

Farms use artificial intelligence?!

Urban Farming | Grow Your Own Food

How to grow food in cities!

Modern Food Safety: Taken for Granted

Why We Haven’t Been To Mars Yet | Space Food Technology

Nutrition in space - how does it work?

Insect Farming | How Insects Help Reduce Food Waste

There are so many ways insects help our environment & agriculture.

What Astronauts Eat | Space Food Technology

Ever wonder what astronauts eat in space?

Perfectly Ripe Fruits | How Do They Do It?

How do we find perfectly ripe fruit in the supermarket?

Food on Ships | Secrets to Preserving Food

What did sailors used to eat?

High-Tech Vending Machines

What is the vending machine of the future?

Pesticide Alternatives | Organic Farming

Keeping crops pest-free without conventional pesticides

Future of Food: Science or Fiction?

How will the human race feed itself in the distant future?

Aquaponics | Sustainable Urban Farming

So, what is aquaponics?

6 Things to Know About Compostable Plastic

Are they really as good for the environment as we think?

Vertical Farming | What’s the Deal Anyway?

Do you know how vertical farms work?

What does CRISPR-Cas9 do?

Did you ever think there could be ‘drama’ in science? Well, then let me tell you a bit about CRISPR-Cas9.

How Flies Make Farming More Sustainable

Have you ever tried an insect? Maybe you won't have to!

The Great Debate: Yes GMO or No GMO

Does GMO automatically mean it’s bad?

GMO | How it works

G-M-O. You probably know what it stands for: genetically modified organism.

Food made with human bacteria exists

New and inventive ways of getting probiotics into what we eat are being developed!

CRISPR-Cas9 | How it works

CRISPR stands for clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats. Quite a mouthful to say, isn’t it?

5 Reasons to Use Edible Utensils

You ordered take-out and the restaurant forgot to give you plastic utensils. Maybe that wasn’t so terrible?

10 things you may not know about GMO

Whether you like it or not, you probably have an opinion on GMO. But how much do you actually know about it?

5 misconceptions about CRISPR to clear up

So, what exactly is CRISPR? It's been in the news a lot recently, but what are the ins-and-outs?

Fuel made from food waste

Did you know you can convert food waste into fuel?

Insect Crop Combat: Beetles vs Aphids

Why do farmers want predatory insects in the middle of their field?

Holy cow! Beef without cows?

Did you know that scientists have found a way to grow meat in a lab?

Did GMOs save papayas in Hawaii?

Learn how GMO technology saved one of the world's favourite fruits.