In the town of Sittingbourne, Kent, two long-standing farming families have joined forces to start a new vertical farming venture and realise their ambition to reach Net Zero by blending traditional methods with cutting-edge technology powered by solar panels. The vertically farmed produce, grown and sold under the Ro-Gro brand, will be distributed via electric vehicle into the local area.
Read MoreUniversity of Surrey and LettUs Grow partner in £4 million project to develop greenhouse aeroponic system for willow tree propagation. The project, funded by BEIS, aims to sustainably meet the Government's ambitious biomass and tree planting targets.
Read MoreWe explore how government policy could incentivize and maximize the success of sustainable farming innovations such as vertical farms.
Read MoreLettUs introduce you to our Head of Commercial, Nick Green. Nick has spent his entire career working in fresh produce, after graduating from Harper Adams University in Agri-Food Marketing & joining the Florette group. He made the move into the controlled environment agriculture (CEA) sector to help businesses understand the fresh produce industry from an insider’s perspective. He comes to LettUs Grow after spending 2 years at vertical farming company, Shockingly Fresh, as Head of Business Development.
Greenhouses, vertical farms and container farms are all different forms of indoor farming, but together they can work to stabilise food systems, and take the pressure of of traditional farming practices rather than replace them entirely.
Read MoreLettUs Grow have trialled growing chillies for the first time in their aeroponic systems.
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