A SCHEME to help provide a route into the food and drink producing industry has been revealed.

East Lothian Council has left land aside next to the Wallyford Learning Campus. As well as the village’s primary school and Rosehill High School, land has been allocated for “a community growing area”.

Plans showing space for a potting shed, greenhouse and Keder House are have been lodged with the council’s planning department.

A spokeswoman for the council, which is behind the plans, was hopeful the facility could “support a wide range of learning partnerships and benefit community connections”.

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She said: “The planning application is for a community agriculture academy with growing spaces and associated greenhouses and polytunnels.

“We will use the area in a number of ways, including to support practical learning in school and through partnership with SRUC (Scotland’s Rural College), who will deliver horticulture qualifications from the Wallyford site.

“East Lothian enjoys an enviable reputation for the high quality of its food and drink producers.

“We believe Wallyford Learning Campus can play an important role in developing fresh talent into these sectors, science and agricultural industries, and to engage with the opportunities at the Scottish Centre for Food Development and Innovation at Queen Margaret University.”