Agrifood

AGRI-FOOD FUTURES

UK Food Valley

The Agri-food Sector is strategically important. The Greater Lincolnshire area has an international reputation for food, fish and farming and has one of the largest concentrations of food manufacturing, research, storage and distribution areas in Europe.

The UK Food Valley ecosystem unites the food industry, food supply chain, technology suppliers, and government and academia to position our food cluster hub as a world-class investment location.

Agri-food research

Uiniversity of Lincoln – Lincoln Institute for Agri-food Technology (LIAT)

The Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology (LIAT) based at the University of Lincoln’s Riseholme Campus, is home to a working farm with specialist research facilities. LIAT’s team bring together sector-leading expertise in a diverse range of areas such as; artificial intelligence, robotics, engineering, crop science, environmental sustainability, food manufacturing, product development and supply chains with goals of supporting and enhancing the future of food and agriculture productivity, efficiency, and sustainability through research, education, and technology.

INNOVATION

University of Lincoln National Centre for Food Manufacturing (NCFM)

The NCFM is a satellite campus of the University of Lincoln, situated in Holbeach in South Lincolnshire and is dedicated to helping the sector innovate, and work with employers and partners towards this goal, aided by partnerships with leading equipment suppliers and outstanding specialist facilities, food factory, and cutting-edge automation.

AGRI-TECH

Eagle LAB Farm at University of Lincoln

Barclays Eagle Labs has partnered with the University of Lincoln to open an Agri-tech hub focusing on the future of farming.

Located at the Riseholme campus in Lincoln, the Eagle Lab houses state-of-the-art facilities, including a robotics lab, a demonstration packhouse and a model refrigerated supermarket aisle. These are complemented by traditional facilities, including 80 beef cattle and 160 sheep to develop cutting-edge Agri-tech research, and helping UK agriculture to become the most digitally enabled farming industry in the world.