DEFRA-backed project brings demand-driven production planning to UK vertical farms

Harvest London and Crate to Plate deploy Ani software platform under DEFRA’s ADOPT programme to connect customer orders directly to growing decisions

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London, 7th July 2026 Harvest London and Crate to Plate have been awarded funding through DEFRA’s ADOPT programme to deploy Ani, a production planning platform developed by Harvest London that connects confirmed customer orders to crop scheduling in real time.

ADOPT, which promotes collaborative practice and knowledge-sharing across the UK agriculture sector, has backed the project as a model for how smaller controlled environment agriculture (CEA) operators can improve operational efficiency and resilience through shared technology. The deployment is running across Harvest London’s Canada Water and Lea Bridge facilities and Crate to Plate’s operation in Canary Wharf.

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