Robin Jackson

Agri-Tech Director at the Rural Business School @duchyRBS with a passion for science & technology, solutions, startups, the Duchy and the Shire. Opinions my own

[Agri-Tech Cornwall @agritecchie]

Farm Carbon Calculator:

Measure, Manage and Mitigate your farm carbon emissions

It's comprehensive, versatile and easy to use

And it's backed up by a toolkit - written by farmers, for farmers

@FarmC02Toolkit

https://t.co/cXr47ODL8Q

[Agri-Tech Cornwall @agritecchie]

Tipsy Crickets! University of Exeter researchers have successfully reared insects on brewery by-products
#CircularEconomy

[Agri-Tech Cornwall @agritecchie]

Researchers at the University of Plymouth are developing mesocosms to research fabricated soils

meso- or 'medium' and -cosm 'world'

A bounded and partially enclosed outdoor experiment to bridge the gap between the laboratory and the real world

#FABsoil

[Robin Jackson @centreboss]

Welcome to the 3rd University of Plymouth Research Festival: today celebrating the amazing R&D being done in the #AgriTech #Cornwall project

[Agri-Tech Cornwall @agritecchie]

The State of Food and Agriculture 2019 Report: Food Loss and Waste

An excellent interactive summary with in-depth data to accompany the report.

https://t.co/WTb22CRy3G

#EssentialReading #WasteNot

[Agri-Tech Cornwall @agritecchie]

Glas Data: an introduction to the business, product and the journey

An open, cloud-based ecosystem that unifies agricultural data

Join us at the Agri-tech Business Forum on the 29 October in the Barn at Trelissick: https://t.co/o8JiY7NpmP

#Agritech #Data #IoT #CornwallFOB

[Robin Jackson @centreboss]

Great speeches from George Eustice MP, Bill Clarke of Trewithen Dairy, and Lyndsay Chapman of CIEL at our #FutureFarm turf cutting with amazing local food supplied by Tre Pol and Pen

#GreenHoofPrint #Dairy #Research

[Robin Jackson @centreboss]

What a brilliant evening: agri-environmental hack thanks to Software Cornwall, the South West Internet of Things Network, Workbox Truro and all those who attended

[Agri-Tech Cornwall @agritecchie]

A big shout out to all those supporting the #FutureFarm project.

This is the start of a 8 month programme to build and equip the research facility.

The construction site will be deployed next week, Watch this space

Thank you from the team @duchyRBS: Meur ras! Yeghes da!

[Clare Baker Halton @MsClareMBaker]

#AgriTech session #VFSW2019 @venturefest @nfum_plymouth @NFUtweets An #industry ripe for #innovation and #investment opportunities. Helping to find solutions to questions #sustainability and #climatechange . Fascinating session and great panel. #BarclaysAgricultureTeam

[CIELivestock @CIELivestock1]

Insight into important #AgriTech challenges @VenturefestSW incl. #climatechange & impact of #diet on health. #Innovation needed to unlock solutions & shape policy. #Data ; on-farm decision tools; plus adoption of technology all key #VFSW2019

[Agri-Tech at Plymouth @PlymAgriTech]

Fantastic day at #VFSW2019 - thank you to the @VenturefestSW team for putting together a fantastic event!

[STRIDE @STRIDE_UoP]

It’s been great walking around the innovation showcase @VenturefestSW - these little robots don’t look like much, but they are programmed to work collectively in an ant-like system. This is part of an @agritecchie project which looks to monitor crops #VFSW2019

[Agri-Tech Cornwall @agritecchie]

#FoodforThought

72% of UK land is agricultural

Our agricultural output is £26.7bn, it produces 50% of our food

The agri-food sector contributes £121bn to the economy

Now let's talk agritech @VentureFestSW

https://t.co/JBRwc0gJ7Y

#HealthyLand #HealthyCrops #HealthyLivestock

[Agri-Tech at Plymouth @PlymAgriTech]

Special delivery this week - a new rig for the cauliflower harvesting robotic arms on our ABC project. As you can see, our researchers were very keen to get it unpacked - thanks to everyone @TeagleMachinery who did an amazing job building the rig!

[Farm Carbon Toolkit @FarmCO2Toolkit]

@No1FarmerJake @blake_vince @CerealsEvent We are working on this in the UK at the moment with our soil carbon project through @agritecchie. Measuring whats possible and how we can form a payment system around it!

[Agri-Tech Cornwall @agritecchie]

#HealthyLivestock

Join us @VenturefestSW to explore how the new digitally enabled Livestock Information Programme can be a platform for innovation.

https://t.co/x0HimxmTmg

Enabling trade, traceability, food standards, and animal health and welfare.

#VFSW2019

[Agri-Tech Cornwall @agritecchie]

#FoodforThought

72% of UK land is agricultural

Our agricultural output is £26.7bn, it produces 50% of our food

The agri-food sector contributes £121bn to the economy

Do you want to explore agri-tech?

Come to @VentureFestSW

#HealthyLivestock #HealthyLandscapes #VFSW2019

[Robin Jackson @centreboss]

Great first day at the #agritech project stand 388 at the @RoyalCornwall Show.

Today's themes were resource efficiency and enabling technologies. Tomorrow's will be healthy livestock and speciality crops.

#Grants #Research #Placements

[Agri-Tech Cornwall @agritecchie]

Come to stand 388 at the #RoyalCornwallShow, on Thursday morning 6 June, to discover how we are helping businesses develop robust and practical protocols to measure and value soil health and carbon sequestration

https://t.co/0D1SlQ7Ksv

#SoilHealth #NaturalCapital