Highlights
Unbeleafable wins New Product Award at the Sammies
Another Win for Unbeleafable at the Sammies GrowUp is celebrating another win, this time at the Sammies—the Oscars of the sandwich and food-to-go industry. Unbeleafable took home the New Product Award at the prestigious ceremony, held at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in...
GrowUp Farms Named One of the UK’s Best Places to Work
We are over the moon to share that GrowUp Farms has been recognised by the Sunday Times as being one of the best places to work in the UK for 2024, for the second year in a row! The Sunday Times Best Places to Work list is like the ultimate validation for companies...
Vertical Farming: Kate Hofman at Institute of Imagination Workshop
Our founder, Kate Hofman, recently joined the Institute of Imagination for an inspiring workshop where she introduced young minds to vertical...
Kate Hofman named in The Grocer’s top 10 tech trailblazers
Kate Hofman, founder of GrowUp Farms, has been recognised in The Grocer’s prestigious list of top 10 women shaping the future of grocery technology. This honour acknowledges her pioneering work in sustainable farming and technology, with GrowUp using cutting-edge...
GrowUp wins gold at Vegan Food and Living Product Awards 2024
We’re thrilled to announce that GrowUp Farms' Unbeleafable rocket and baby leaves salad has been awarded gold at the Vegan Food and Living Product Awards 2024! Recognised as the best vegan side, this achievement is a huge milestone for our Unbeleafable range. Launched...
Vertical farm wins sixth award in six months
Pioneering vertical farm GrowUp Farms has added another award to its trophy cabinet after scooping the Best SME of the Year accolade at the edie Awards last week. Now in its 17th year, the edie Awards are the UK’s largest sustainable business awards scheme and they...
GrowUp Farms: The UK’s Fastest-Growing Salad Brand
The stories you don't know about some of the world's best and little-known brands “From a consumer point of view, everybody buys bag salad because it’s healthy and convenient,” says Kate Hofman, co-founder of pioneering UK vertical farm GrowUp. She then turns the...
My Food Job: Phoebe Stonier, Brand & Marketing at GrowUp
Name: Phoebe Stonier Age: 24 Job title: Brand & Marketing Associate Company & location: GrowUp Farms in Sandwich, Kent Education: Event management at Canterbury Christ Church University As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? I dreamt of becoming...
Salad grower trials new water-saving technology
New water-saving technology which its designers hope will have a major impact on reducing wastewater has been trialled at a vertical farm. Water treatment expert Salinity Solutions teamed up with indoor salad producer GrowUp Farms in Sandwich, Kent, for the 10 day...
How GrowUp Farms is growing UK salad supply year round
From a small London unit to a large Kent site, GrowUp Farms supplies Tesco with British-grown salad year-round, boosting UK salad supply through vertical farming. It’s winter, it’s wet, and it’s cold – yet in Kent, salad is growing. No, this isn’t a particularly hardy...
GrowUp Farms Partners with Philips for Sustainable Salad
GrowUp Farms was founded in 2013 by Kate Hofman and Tom Webster. They wanted to combine new and existing technology to grow food that tasted better, lasted longer, and reduced the environmental impact of getting healthy food onto people's plates. Their purpose...
GrowUp Farms proudly sponsors the Taste of Kent Awards 2024
The opportunity to be associated with the best of Kent’s food and drink industry is now open to business and organisations from across Kent. Planning for the Taste of Kent Awards (TOKA 2024) is well underway, with eight sponsors already sponsoring next years awards....