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We are only a week away from the General Election now, and so we wanted to review what the various party manifestos say about the agriculture and food sectors, and also to explore whether any of them went as far as to mention agritech by name.  [...]

The Agritech scheme at Aiskew passed a planning milestone this month – albeit a small one, as we made a formal submission to the Council’s request for suitable sites for development.   Councils typically issue a “Call for Sites” as the first step in the preparation of a[...]

We want to welcome the new Mayor, David Skaith, into post and wish him and the administration he leads every success in the coming years.  We are hopeful that he will be a champion for the rural economy and the development of agritech in the region. The[...]

Having met him both at the Cabinet presentation in September last year, and then again at the LEP’s presentation to the DBT in January, we were interested to see that Cllr Haslam has decided to resign from the Conservative party and stand as an Independent in the[...]

We met the Principal at Askham Bryan College today to discuss the state of agritech and the need for better vocational education in the sector – 17th October 2023   The REAP 2023 Agritech Conference in Newmarket was a real eye-opener! – 8th November 2023   Aiskew scheme presented[...]

Adrian Cox and Alan Dornford from Green 4 were proud to present the Aiskew proposals to politicians and civil servants from the Department for Business and Trade in York this morning.  They were invited to provide a ten-minute “elevator pitch” along with numerous other agritech and agricultural[...]

Green 4’s Project Director, Tim Allen, travelled to Newmarket for the annual REAP conference today. The event, organised by Agri-techE, a leading industry body, brings together a range of organisations, including local authorities, tech start-ups, established companies and, of course, farmers and producers.  We went along to[...]

Tim Allen met with Dr Tim Whitaker. Principal and Chief Executive Officer at Askham Bryan College earlier today to present the Aiskew project and discuss the wider aspects of agritech and further education. We were interested to learn from Dr. Whitaker that they are working with other[...]

Adrian Cox and Tim Allen were delighted to be present the Aiskew Agritech Park scheme to the Cabinet of North Yorkshire Council at County Hall in Northallerton this morning.  This is the first time that the scheme has been mentioned publicly, and represents the culmination of months[...]