Cross-sector learning event held

CYBER security and agriculture came together in Gloucestershire earlier this month, as Hartpury University and Hartpury College's Digital Innovation Farm hosted the very first Hack-A-Tractor, an innovative cross-sector learning event designed to demonstrate how digital skills underpin the future of food, farming and rural resilience.

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Held at Hartpury's Digital Innovation Farm, the event saw cyber students and agriculture students work side by side, exploring how technology is transforming the land-based sector and how cyber protection is now essential on farms that are increasingly connected, automated and data-driven.

Around 60 Hartpury agriculture students took part, alongside 20 cyber apprentices from Gloucestershire College and students from the University of Gloucestershire and representatives from industry.