C4DI Northallerton Launched as part of Hambleton Business week. On the first day John Connolly, the MD and co-founder of C4DI, introduced the concept of how the C4DI accelerator works by encoraging a community that links tech startups with traditional businesses. You can catch up
The link between Agriculture and Agritech The people who buy, invest in and use agritech technologies (mobile phones, GPS steering, pen side diagnostics etc) are involved in agriculture and AgriTech is the tools they use. The implication is that to enter a market we need
C4DI Hull hosted a webinar on the new Digital Agriculture Inovation Centre to be located in Northallerton, North Yorkshire. C4DI Northallerton is an exciting new campus focussed on helping tech companies grow and traditional businesses innovate within the agriculture and food processing sectors. John Connolly, Welcome
Concept Note - Transforming Food Production -Demonstration Project Introduction: FutureFarms (A potential company name) will lead and coordinate the demonstration and KE of data-driven solutions and systems that enthuses, excites, inspires and motivates farmers, industry, scientists and KE organisations to be transformational in achieving
It was an honour and privilege to be invited to visit China to establish commercial connections between Quantech Solutions and Chinese businesses. The mission booklet in English is here: China Agri Tech GBIP 28.02.19 final The mission booklet in Chinese is here: GBIP booklet - Chinese language
I was delighted to participate in Innovate UK’s Global Expert Mission to Australia and to attend the first Evoke AG conference. The aim of the Mission was to explore collaborative research funding possibilities between the UK and Australia. Evoke AG, https://evokeag.com/ was held in the
David Fraser from Canada has asked whether “Animal Production become a profession?”. This question is of interest to many of us who have been involved in agriculture and agricultural science. David argues that measuring animal welfare in terms of an animals’ physical environment closely parallels
Frequently our business involves group participation ( e.g. the Mongastric Centre of Excellence and the BPEX Pig Health initiatives). I have focussed on Action Learning as a technique as it is quite powerful and can be used within and across companies. I was involved in
Is it reinventing science? There are important uses – for example in cancer People become really engaged in the science It is currently the new buzzword for data collection by the public Waitrose has a citizen science bee app What are the potential uses
"Is it time we modify how we communicate with consumers?" by Dr Sam Hoste, Quantech Solutions. It is time to modify how we communicate with consumers. I believe this message is true for all agricultural sectors, the animal sectors especially and for the scientists involved.
