Government Archives - FoodChain Magazine https://foodchainmagazine.com/news/tag/government/ Thu, 13 Apr 2023 08:17:10 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://foodchainmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/fc-150x150.png Government Archives - FoodChain Magazine https://foodchainmagazine.com/news/tag/government/ 32 32 Vertical farming: an answer to £6 billion reliance on food imports? https://foodchainmagazine.com/news/vertical-farming-an-answer-to-6-billion-reliance-on-food-imports/ Wed, 05 Apr 2023 09:22:27 +0000 https://foodchainmagazine.com/?p=25875 The UK has an overall £6 billion deficit for fruit and vegetables – indoor farming infrastructure promises to reduce the

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]]> Days of big open fields supplying the nation with crops might be behind us. Vertical farming methods – shielded from weather and disease indoors – like those championed by Intelligent Growth Solutions (IGS) could be the future. IGS claims it can help future-proof food production and make the UK self-sufficient through home-grown vertical farming technology. This would mean Britain would no…

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