our history v1 - Grow Up Farms

2013
GrowUp joins Climate KIC accelerator programme for cleantech businesses
(here is a link to the Climate KIC website, probs better than an image)

2013
100 people join us for the Big Fish Cook Off in London
(I’ve given a photo and video for this, video probably better media quality)

2014
Unit 84, the UK's first commercial-scale aquaponic vertical farm opens in east London

2014 - 2017
GrowUp delivers delicious food to consumers, shops and restaurants across London
VIDEO TO EMBED

2015
GrowUp develops its first bespoke salad mix for a London restaurant wholesaler

2016
GrowUp is awarded Best London Leaves at the Urban Food Awards

2017
Professor Brian Cox visits Unit 84 on behalf of The Royal Society
VIDEO TO EMBED

2017
Unit 84 closes

2016
Estover Energy opens the award winning Speyside Renewable Energy Plant. The plant supplies low carbon energy to the Macallan Whisky Distillery.

2016
GrowUp is a finalist in the BBC Food and Farming awards and features on the BBC’s, Farming Today
AUDIO TO EMBED

2016
GrowUp is invited onto the Unreasonable Impact Programme

2017
Estover Energy opens the Cramlington Renewable Energy Plant, supplying low carbon energy to the North East's specialist pharmaceutical cluster

2017
GrowUp wins the regional award, and is shortlisted for the Shell Springboard national finals.

2017
GrowUp is featured on the first series of Nadiya's British Food Adventure’s
(Need some help on how to embed what is clearly NOT a BBC video. We’re on from 6.26 - 15.29)

2018
Estover Energy opens the Kent Renewable Energy Plant, supplying low carbon energy to Discovery Park, one of Europe's leading science and technology parks.

2018
GrowUp is invited to present at the prestigious Parabere Forum
(Video here - start at 1 min)

2018
Vescor is formed as a spin-out from Estover Energy

2019
GrowUp is acquired by Vescor

2020
The "Recipe Centre", GrowUp's high-care development lab opens at the Agri Epi Centre on the Harper Adams University campus - (image is on slide 8)