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8 years of GrowUp history
2013
GrowUp founded by Kate Hofman and Tom Webster, launching one of the UK’s first Kickstarter campaigns to build The GrowUp Box
2013
The GrowUp Box provides fresh produce for London’s Iconic Borough Market
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2013
GrowUp joins Climate KIC accelerator programme for cleantech businesses
2013
100 people join us for the Big Fish Cook Off in London
2014
GrowUp opens Unit 84, the UK's first commercial-scale aquaponic vertical farm, in east London
2014-2017
GrowUp delivers delicious food to consumers, shops and restaurants across London
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2015
GrowUp develops its first bespoke salad mix for a London restaurant wholesaler
2016
GrowUp wins Best London Leaves at the Urban Food Awards
2016
Estover Energy helps The Macallan Whisky Distillery to decarbonise its energy supply by opening the £74m Speyside renewable energy plant
2016
GrowUp is a finalist in the BBC Food and Farming awards and features on the BBC’s Farming Today
2016
GrowUp is invited onto the Unreasonable Impact Programme
2017
Professor Brian Cox visits Unit 84 on behalf of The Royal Society
2017
Final harvest at Unit 84, search for a larger, more energy-efficient site begins. Move from aquaponics to hydroponics, no more fish
2017
Estover Energy helps the North East’s specialist pharmaceutical cluster to decarbonise its energy supply by opening the £143m Cramlington renewable energy plant
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
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