Saturn Bioponics Ltd

In intensive crop production, continuous and repetitive monitoring of systems, greenhouses and crops is required. This is currently done by people however 1) The standard is generally inadequate so issues are missed and the crop suffers (reducing productivity) and 2) There is a substantial cost in management level labour time to do this job (increasing co...

In the project, Saturn Bioponics will develop an innovative soil-less crop production technology solution that increases UK domestic production of various field and greenhouse crops in a cost-effective, practical, sustainable and profitable way. The primary theme this proposal addresses is "Improving business and industry efficiency" and the secondary the...

Saturn Bioponics are working on a collaborative project with leading fresh produce growers ValeFresco, to prove and showcase the benefits that the Saturn Grower vertical growing system offers in a commercial growing environment. The project will demonstrate the 2.5-3.5 yield increase and reduced costs of production the system delivers on leafy crops, with...

The project will deliver the prototype of a new in-line sensing technology for smart real-time management of the nutrient composition within intensive hydroponic, aeroponic and aquaponic farming. The emergence of new growing protocols and batch production techniques, from the process sector, have positioned this approach at the forefront of UK horticultur...

Commercialising Vertical Production Systems for the Sustainable Intensification of UK Agriculture. A key challenge for agriculture is to produce 70% more food by 2050 in an environment where resources are increasingly limited. Saturn Bioponics has developed an innovative vertical production system for sustainable intensification, increasing crop productiv...

Horticulture is racing to discover ways of increasing plant density and catch up with the drop in cost of low energy lighting solutions such as LEDs. Novel space-saving vertical farming systems offer extremely high potential productivity but optimization of light is a critical and unknown quantity. This project enables vertical growing system developer Sa...

This project is a practical research study designed to assess feasibility of an innovative vertical growing technology as a commercially viable crop production system in the bagged salad sector. The objectives of the technology are to significantly increase yield per unit area whilst minimising resource inputs. The technology has potential across multiple...