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Planting the seeds of innovation: The Advanced Growth Centre flourishes in Tayside
8th April 2025 | Take a look at this brilliant new video from Tay Cities Region Deal, highlighting the Advanced Plant Growth Centre.
James Hutton Institute secures £2.4m in funding for trailblazing research projects
Published: 26th September 2024
Projects include medical cannabis standardisation, vertical farming light technology and genetic optimisation
The James Hutton Institute to co-lead a new UK-wide centre to develop planet-friendly alternatives to animal proteins
Published: 28th August 2024
The James Hutton Institute has announced today (28th August 2024) its role
The James Hutton Institute opens pioneering crop storage facility
A new facility focused on the future of crop storage has opened at the James
APGC: Super strawberries bring hopes for diabetics and dieters
Rob Hancock, Deputy Director of The Advanced Plant Growth Centre, speaks with The Herald on
James Hutton Institute joins forces with Crocus Labs to transform light use in plant and crop production
James Hutton Institute and Crocus Labs join forces to establish the efficiency of dynamic light
APGC welcomes project to develop precision breeding pipeline in potato
The Advanced Plant Growth Centre are pleased to announce a new research project working in
Blog: Embracing Opportunities – The James Hutton Institute and APGC’s Path Forward in Light of COP28 Outcomes
Ramin Ebrahimnejad, Business Development Manager at the Advanced Plant Growth Centre, James Hutton Limited
ramin.ebrahimnejad@huttonltd.com
As the
Vertical farming consortium secures UK Government funding to advance low-emission, low cost food production in the UK.
V-FAST consortium backed by Innovate UK and the Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council.
A consortium
Scotland is ready for the phenomic revolution
By Dr. Robert Hancock – Senior Plant Physiologist and Deputy Director of the Advanced Plant
Safeguarding crop storage research in the UK
The recent contraction of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) coupled with the closure
Hutton’s Advanced Plant Growth Centre strengthens its leadership team with new deputy director
Dr Robert Hancock
The James Hutton Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Robert
APGC response to the UK parliamentary net zero report
Farming innovation to deliver net zero report
At the Advanced Plant Growth Centre (APGC), we
£800k Government Grant for Broccoli Protein Upcycling Consortium
UPP, the harvesting technology and broccoli proteininnovator has led a consortium of AgriFoodTech researchers and
Food security rests on the growth of farming indoors
By Professor Derek Stewart, Director, Advanced Plant Growth Centre, The James Hutton Institute
As a crop
The evolution of innovation offers the agrifood solution
Professor Derek Stewart
By Professor Derek Stewart, Director, Advanced Plant Growth Centre, The James Hutton Institute
The
Scotland’s larder has significant potential if we better realise our resources
By Professor Derek Stewart, Director of the Advanced Plant Growth Centre at The James Hutton
Contract signed for construction of £28.7m combined Advanced Plant Growth Centre and International Barley Hub
The James Hutton Institute and McLaughlin & Harvey have signed construction contracts worth £28.7m for the next
Scotland is firmly at the forefront of agricultural innovation
“We are focused on re-thinking everyone’s – not just Scotland’s – relationship with food; how
Institute’s enlightenment ideas help feed the future
This article by Magnus Linklater originally appeared in The Times on 28th November and is reproduced with their kind
Rural affairs secretary sees vision of climate-positive, futuristic farming
The Scottish Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands, Mairi Gougeon MSP, got a
Blue light inhibits immune response of potato to late blight disease
Daylight is made from a spectrum of wavelengths and plants possess receptors that can detect
James Hutton Institute welcomes Defra announcement on gene editing
The James Hutton Institute has welcomed plans unveiled by the Department for Environment, Food and
Building work starts in earnest for International Barley Hub and Advanced Plant Growth Centre
Building work has now begun on the International Barley Hub (IBH) and Advanced Plant Growth
Hutton and Liberty Produce to help advance Singapore’s food sustainability and net-zero goals
An industry team led by agritech specialist Liberty Produce and supported by the James Hutton
New appointments to boost flagship innovation initiatives
The James Hutton Institute has announced the appointment of directors for three flagship research and