23.03.2023 Vertical Future is going to the 4th annual Vertical Farming World Congress in October! Jamie Burrows, our Founder & CEO, is thrilled to have been invited to speak at this year’s congress, which, this year, will be hosted on Vertical Future’s home turf, in London, from 9th-11th of October. Read More
22.03.2023 Vertical Future celebrates World Water Day! On the 22nd of March every year, we celebrate World Water Day, an important date in the global calendar which allows us to reflect on water: one of the world’s most important, and increasingly-scarce commodities. Read More
21.03.2023 Meet Jamie Burrows, Founder and CEO of Vertical Future in his 'Just Entrepreneurs' interview. Jamie Burrows is the founder and CEO of Vertical Future, a leading vertical farming technology and research company, designing and providing hardware and software solutions to vertical farms on a global scale. Jamie has over 15 years of experience and prior to setting up Vertical Future, he worked in Life Sciences at EY, Deloitte, and the UK Department of Health. His experiences in health system improvement translated over to Vertical Future, with the company’s goal being population health improvement through proving better infrastructure for food and pharma. Read More
17.03.2023 Jamie Burrows, our Founder & CEO, departs Geneva today after an incredible time at the World Economic Forum's Innovator Communities Meeting! With a topic of “Unlocking Innovation and Scaling Responsible Transformation in a complex world”, Jamie was able to meet global leaders from many different industries, including energy, robotics, AI and machine learning, precision medicine, and more. Read More
15.03.2023 Reuters article discusses how European Union scientists have said that Europe is emerging from its second-warmest winter on record, as climate change continues to intensify. The news highlights how our food systems are in urgent need, now more than ever, of innovative solutions that can combat the effects of climate change, and, here at Vertical Future, we are committed to this cause. Read More
14.03.2023 This morning we are reflecting on this interesting World Economic Forum article as, coincidentally, our CEO & Founder Jamie Burrows makes his way to Geneva, Switzerland, to attend the World Economic Forum's Global Innovators conference this week. Jamie will be meeting like-minded individuals at the forefront of disruptive businesses that are creating (often technology-based) solutions for a more sustainable future. Read More
14.03.2023 One of Vertical Future's Plant Scientists, Felipe Becerra Sanchez, had the pleasure of representing the LSA Fellowship Scheme at the British Herbs Technical Conference at the University of Warwick. Felipe had the honour of being accepted as one of the eight candidates on the 2023 LSA Fellowship Scheme last month and so it was great for him to share knowledge about the scheme at the conference at the start of March. Read More
09.03.2023 Vertical Future's Chief Research Officer Dr Jen Bromley and Senior Plant Scientist Dr Jim Stevens present Innovate UK-Funded Chronoculture research at the HortQFL-AAB Kick-off Meeting! The two-day event, hosted at the University of Cranfield, with the final day taking place today, celebrates the success of recently-funded research and explores cutting-edge opportunities to move the field forward. Attendees are hearing talks from grant awardees, international keynote speakers, and a selection of academics within the sector. Read More
09.03.2023 Vertical Future features in an article on FarmingUK highlighting how the UK and Europe are leading the way for global agri-tech investments The UK and Europe are leading the way for global agri-tech investments, having received nearly £81 billion from over 1,700 investors, according to a new report. Read More