Tuesday 8th March is International Women’s Day. We spoke to our Frontend Developer Eleanor Cox to discuss working in software development as a woman.
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The UK’s supply chain is both delicate and complicated. There are many different stages of operation which must run smoothly with little interruption. Otherwise, the system can behave like a set of dominoes - if one goes down it can offset a rippling effect down the chain. Nineteen months down the line since the first lockdown and the UK’s food security is still at the forefront of conversation. Now shelves are scarce once again, not just as a consequence of COVID-19, but due to a combination of complex disruptions.
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After being rescheduled due to the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, COP26 is now right around the corner. This Sunday 31st October, the United Nations Climate Change Conference will begin in Glasgow in an attempt to discuss how we will work to keep global temperatures to below 2C.
Though the global food system currently accounts for a third of total greenhouse gas emissions, discussions about farming and food are largely absent from the COP26 schedule. Many leading academics and local governments have called upon COP26 to give food systems the attention they deserve at the event and push for the transformation of broken food systems that we so desperately need.
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Sunday 24th October is United Nations Day. The UN is responsible for collating our Sustainable Development Goals. These are a call for action by all countries to promote prosperity whilst protecting our planet. To celebrate UN Day, we take a look at which of the Sustainable Development Goals can be addressed by indoor and vertical farming technologies.
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What do UK shoppers want? How do they select which brands to buy? What the people of Great Britain really want is for brands to commit to being more sustainable, to buy more food grown in Britain and to know where their food has come from.
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August 26th is Women’s Equality Day. Whilst technically a US holiday, gender inequality is still an issue round the world. In this blog we’re looking at gender inequity in farming, and how it impacts everybody, no matter how they identify.
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