The UK Food Valley is fuelling capability in food, building excellence and solutions across supply chains for increased national security and resilience in Britain’s economic infrastructure.

WHY WE EXIST

  • The UK Food Valley exists to drive economic opportunity and national security across the food and farming sectors, driving agritech and cluster excellence to position Greater Lincolnshire's unique ecosystem as a TOP 10 GLOBAL CLUSTER.

WHO WE ARE

  • We are an established nationally recognised programme for food security, productivity, and innovation, progressing towards a Top 10 Global Cluster with compelling success stories & track record of growing investment 
  • We are a strong collaborative partnership of industry, academic & public sector organisations working together to deliver food chain growth 
  • We are home to the Lincoln Institute for Agri-Technology (LIAT) & the National Centre for Food Manufacturing (NCFM) 
  • We are a consolidation of food sector clusters, innovation, academia, & skills in a unique geography and partnership   
  • We are the world’s 1st Centre of Doctoral Training in AgriRobotics in Lincoln, in partnership with UEA & Cambridge universities 
  • We have the world’s 1st Centre for Doctoral Training in the Application of AI to AgriTech, in partnership with Aberdeen, Strathclyde & Queens Belfast universities 

WHAT WE HAVE

  • The largest fresh produce & seafood clusters in the UK 
  • The UK’s largest food logistics cluster 
  • 3 Food Enterprise Zones 
  • Over 90 large international food companies and over 4,500 SMEs 
  • A growing talent base & over 75,000 skilled workers in our food industry 
  • World-class food chain research & innovation clusters 
  • Commercialisation of cutting-edge research & innovation 
  • A developing Agricultural (Ag) Zone to support farming resilience & sustainability  
  • A successful Agriculture & Horticulture Forum influencing policy & piloting solutions 

WHAT WE ARE DOING

  • Promoting the UK Food Valley cluster - As an internationally significant centre of excellence & concentration of food chain businesses offering distinctive dual-use innovation capability that can catalyse investment & expertise 
  • Knowledge, Innovation & Skills development - Providing a co-ordinated skills, innovation & business support programme & partnerships  to build capacity, talent, & pioneer cutting-edge innovation.   
  • Investment - Supporting investment in the food chain through a comprehensive package of support & proactive marketing 
  • Workforce - Promoting the food industry as a career of choice for young people & career changers 
  • Industry Voice - Providing a co-ordinated voice to lobby for infrastructure, policy changes, & sector growth support 
  • National Security Solutions – Positioning the UK Food Valley as a nationally important strategic asset to UK plc