Mark Horler

 Mark has been involved in the Vertical Farming & CEA industry for more than 10 years. He is the Founder & Chairman of UK Urban AgriTech (UKUAT), bringing together the leading companies, universities and individuals in the UK urban agritech industry. He is also the Founder of CEA Proteins, and does freelance consulting work across the industry. 

In his work he has dealt extensively with industry standardisation & interoperability, sustainability certification, vertical farming education and vertical farming policy. His expertise is in building networks and associations that maximise value for their members, and for the industry as a whole.   

Mark’s primary interest is in taking a systemic overview of how vertical farming can be integrated with other systems, to deliver on its promises of regenerative food production and resilient societies. 

A quote from Mark:

Having previously attended, exhibited and presented at this event, I have seen firsthand an ever-growing level of interest in Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) from the farming and landowning communities. Farm Business Innovation is a great opportunity to reach out to these communities, and we've had fantastic conversations both at the event and following on from it. I'm therefore very excited to join the steering committee to help further strengthen this relationship and offering, as well as the event overall