Circular Agriculture Hub
The University of Bristol
Who would you like to contact?
Lucy McCarthy
Lead academic – University of Bristol – Business School
lucy.mccarthy@bristol.ac.uk
Anne Touboulic
Lead academic – University of Nottingham – Business School
Anne.Touboulic@nottingham.ac.uk
Robin Halpenny
SHAPE Commercialisation Manager
Robin.halpenny@bristol.ac.uk
Problem
More than 25% of UK food waste occurs on farms, accounting for 3.3mn tonnes of lost food every year in a country where 4.7mn people experience food poverty.
Solution
The Circular Agriculture Hub is a digital, farmer-focused solution to address the challenge of surplus farm produce by connecting farmers to alternative distribution routes, including local markets, social supermarkets and food banks. It also focuses on multiple opportunities for valorisation.
It creates a digitally-enabled, resilient and equitable food system to tackle food surplus in UK primary production. Currently the venture is focused on the UK with international expansion possible in the future.
Sustainable Development Goals addressed
Some facts:
Nominated for Transformative Social Venture of the Year before platform launch.
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