Growing Kent & Medway

Groundbreaking Centre of Excellence produces the goods for food charity Read more via #HortNews >> hortnews.com/articles/horti… @thanetearth @Hadlow_College @GrowingKent_Med @FareShareUK

The UK’s first Centre of Excellence in greenhouse growing has had a bumper opening year, with a tonne of its produce being redistributed by a national food charity, @FareShareUK growingkentandmedway.com/news/groundbre…

If you need help funding your food & drink business, do not miss this session! @TheFundingGame will kindly be sharing everything you need to know about raising finance. Next Thurs, 12th December at 9.30am. Book now growingkentandmedway.com/events/

Confused about exporting? Need help to raise funding? Join our free webinars this December and help your plant-based food and drink company flourish Thank you to @TheFundingGame @SweetDoughThing growingkentandmedway.com/events/

Are you looking for new ways to fund your food & drink business? Where should you invest your money and where should you hold back? This October, we have four fantastic speakers sharing their experiences to help grow your business. growingkentandmedway.com/events/

Our Business Sustainability Challenge has awarded grants totalling £200,000 to six innovative local businesses, aimed at promoting sustainability in the food and drink sectors 🏆 Read more about the winning projects here: growingkentandmedway.com/news/business-…

@news_packaging Thank you for sharing our story, @news_packaging. We're excited by some of the innovation in sustainable packaging being funded by this latest grant round and look forward to seeing how they progress!

@GrowingKent_Med Sustainability Grants Funding Innovation in Kent's Food Supply Chains spnews.com/sustainability… #sustainablepackaging #recyclability #foodpackaging #sustainability #circulareconomy #recycledmaterials #resourceefficiency

Some filming yesterday in our Cambridge glasshouse - the chickpea crop for the Cicero project is looking good! Lots of good variations as we explore the potential for domestic chickpea production. More on the project ➡️ow.ly/YfTr50TaAI0

We sat down with Mehmet Erk, Lecturer in Game Design at @CanterburyCCUni, to learn about the serious games his first-year students designed in collaboration with the researchers and partners of Growing Kent & Medway. Find out more here: youtu.be/zmquh6HzkEU?si…

@NRInstitute @UniofGreenwich @FESGreenwich Congratulations to all the team!

Congratulations to the Medway Food Innovation Centre team at @NRInstitute who were awarded a recent @uniofgreenwich staff award 🎊🎉

Technological solutions to advance sustainable horticulture awarded £500k Read more via #HortNews >> hortnews.com/articles/horti… @GrowingKent_Med #horticulture #ai

Sustainable businesses using cutting-edge tech awarded £500k fruitnet.com/fresh-produce-…

Four businesses using cutting-edge technology to advance sustainable horticulture have been awarded £500,000 to commercialise their prototypes through our Prototyping and Demonstrator fund: growingkentandmedway.com/news/technolog…

After working at the Bank Farm this week on the use of various substances to improve soil biodiversity, Christian is replicating his experiment at @UniKent community gardens today! Exciting times! @ReGenerationEa1 @GrowingKent_Med @TsaousisLab @biokent #regenerativeagriculture

🌟 GKM was a hit at Fruit Focus 2024! 🌟 We had a blast interacting with visitors & exhibitors. Huge thanks to our partners @CanterburyCCUni & #Tensei for sparking great conversations. See you next year! 🎉 Learn more at growingkentandmedway.com @FruitFocus #FruitFocus2024

Funding awarded for sustainable horticultural crop protection trials Read more via #HortNews >> hortnews.com/articles/horti… @GrowingKent_Med @lovefreshberry

Read about our latest funding for sustainable fruit production with projects from @GBApples and @lovefreshberry Thanks to @ACTfruitgrower for sharing the news.

@FarmersWeekly @JeremyClarkson @RealHawkstone @hajkla_ at Wye Hops and @MelonAmaranth from @UniKent are doing some excellent research into hop breeding to boost the sector: kent.ac.uk/news/sustainab…

🍺 If you’re a British hops grower, @JeremyClarkson and his @RealHawkstone brand would absolutely love to hear from you.

#TBT to our showcase event last Thursday, celebrating sustainable food innovation. If you'd like to join our network of horticultural or plant-based food and drink businesses and attend future events, sign up to be a member. It's free! growingkentandmedway.com/become-a-membe… 🎥 @evogro