Future Food: on sea, land and underground
This year’s the Future Food Award – part of the BBC Food and Farming Awards – features three finalist growing food on land, the sea and underground.
The shortlisted entries include: subterranean city salad producer Growing Underground, Northern Ireland seaweed producer Islander – Rathlin Kelp and The Seed Co-operative.
Growing Underground produces fresh micro greens and salad leaves 33m below the streets of Clapham, south London. The producer uses LED technology and hydroponic systems to grow crops all year round in a pesticide-free environment below the streets of the capital.
Islander – Rathlin Kelp produces seaweed at a Marine Conservation area off the Rathlin coastline of Northern Ireland, for use by manufacturers in food products. Its kelp products include: noodle cut, tagliatelle cut and minced.
The Seed Co-operative is a community-owned company that grows seeds for everyone. It has no interest in biotechnology and focuses on breeding open pollinated seeds.
The judges of the Future Food Award are John Vincent, ceo and cofounder of the Leon food chain, and the Food Manufacture Group’s Mike Stones.
Find out more about the finalists in our story of their announcement.
Meanwhile, all the award winners will be announced at an award celebration in Bristol on Thursday June 8.