TOMS
Toolbox of Multi-species Swards (TOMS) – DC Most of Cornwall’s farmed grassland is rye-grass and clover, but multi-species s
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Future Farm Dairy Research Facility
Impact The initial impact of the construction of ‘Future Farm’ (FF) was the appearance of a series of aesthetically pleasing
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The Farm Crap App Pro
One of the best ways to improve soil health is to make the best use of organic manures. Soil organic matter boosts soil bio
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Dairy Cow Welfare
This project included work on whey-based calf milk replacers for dairy replacements, the use of digital technologies to encoura
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Circular and Low Impact Processed Food (CLIP)
Producing processed and manufactured foods is incredibly resource-intensive; it also accounts for a quarter of global green
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Fluorescence Imaging for Nutrition and Disease (FIND)
Crops and plants fail to thrive for many reasons; the FIND project’s remit was to develop tools which would manage crop and
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COVID-19 RESPONSE: CORNWALL FOOD & DRINK NETWORK
The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted both the fragility and adaptability of Cornwall’s food supply chains. The disparities between
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Edible Insects
Agriculture is having to deal with a rising population, a changing climate, the erosion of soil quality and land increasing
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Perception Drones
A particularly interesting Innovation Grant Applicant is Mark Polson, Director of Perception Drones, based near Falmouth. Mark
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SC Nutrition
Truro based SC Nutrition Ltd provides cattle nutrition and feed advice to a cohort of Dairy and Beef farms. Steve Chapman has o
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Teagle
Technological advancement in machinery also plays a significant factor in Agri-tech; in a rapidly changing agricultural sector,
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2 Minute Farmer (2MF)
Some farms will always perform better than others, but why is there such a gulf between the performance of the top and bott
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Lobster Genes
Developing Genetic Assignment Resources for Lobster Conservation and Fisheries Traceability The project aimed to help lobste
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Farm Visualisation (VizAg)
To improve efficiency and sustainability, farmers make increasing use of data gathered on-farm; they’re helped to do this by pr
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Starlings
Reducing starling impacts in cattle housing This project’s main aim was to reduce the damage caused by starlings to Cornish
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Anaerobic Digestion (AD)
Biogas produced by Anaerobic Digestion (AD) is an increasingly important renewable energy in Cornwall and beyond. This project
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Viticulture
Growing grapes in the UK is difficult. Spring is a vital time for vines because it’s when flowering happens and so is a good in
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ClimateHub
New and high-value crops are increasingly thriving thanks to recent temperature-rises. As the climate keeps changing, so ne
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Innovation at Chapman Machinery
James Chapman’s firm has expanded from being a one-man band when he launched it in 2010 to one that now employs about 10 people
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PhosField
This project’s remit was to develop a rapid soil-phosphate measurement toolkit, which was crucial for several reasons. Firstly,
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Cell Grazing
Globally, the challenge to the livestock industry is to meetincreased demand for food while reducing net environmental impa
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The Soil Carbon Project
The Soil Carbon Project – DC The importance of soil carbon is growing, as is the possibility that farmers might be paid fo
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Plant Factory
Climate change is creating increasing uncertainty around the predictability of temperatures, rainfall, wind-speeds, and growing
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FABSOIL
FABsoil is a collaboration between the University of Plymouth and the Eden Project that will ‘create’ soil and then study its p
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Environmental Sensors
Changes to our climate, globally, inevitably mean changes to environmental conditions locally. This leads to an increased need
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Speciality Crops
This project aimed to help Cornish businesses and growers to research and evidence the properties of seaweeds and native coasta
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Graduate Support at IVF Bioscience
In partnership with Unlocking Potential, ACP has supported a role with Cornwall firm, IVF Bioscience. Jake Silcock took up t
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Automated Brassica harvesting in Cornwall
This project will develop robotic systems for automating manual picking operations in the horticultural sector in Cornwall and
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