Lapwing Estate
The Lapwing Estate invests in start-ups tackling the sector's toughest challenges head-on, testing and proving each one at the Pollybell Innovation Centre before it reaches the wider market: chemical dependency, tackled by Earth Rover's CLAWS robot, which replaces herbicides with precision light-based weeding; carbon emissions, reversed by Reverse Coal, a greenhouse gas removal facility turning biomass into biochar and renewable energy for climate-positive food production; water scarcity, addressed by FLOW's large scale agricultural reservoir, which captures peak river flows to supply industry, agriculture and environment; and crop waste, tackled by Upp, which turns discarded broccoli stalks and florets into plant-based protein and fibre ingredients for food manufacturers. Other investments include: Seed genetics; Biologicals; Robotics; Energy; Water.