Plans for the UK’s first sustainable agricultural innovation village have been unveiled in Gloucestershire. The £100m development being proposed by the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) would support farmers and landowners develop solutions for food production, healthy land, biodiversity loss and and heritage management.
The university wants to transform a 29-acre site at its Cirencester campus into a community of entrepreneurs, policymakers, practitioners and researchers. Proposals for the site include a research and innovation centre; live-work residential units; business start-up and support spaces; and business and conferencing hospitality facilities.
According to the RAU, the initiative already has the support of the Department of International Trade (DIT), Gloucestershire County Council and GFirst LEP.
