by Shona CameronCLIMAVORE CIC has secured £15,000 funding from The National Lottery Community Fund’s Small Eco Awards programme to develop a community-led Tidal Garden in Skye, creating a new space for people to connect with the intertidal environment and each...
àraich: update and crowdfunder
by John Coghill, araich.co.uk Something good is growing here, and we need your help to bring our vision to life. àraich (pronounced AAH-rich) is a community kitchen, café, wholefoods shop and events space at the Old Woollen Mill in Portree. It’s a place for real,...
Third International Food and Forest Garden Symposium
by Anne MacLennan This event is for food forest practitioners, researchers, educators, chefs and others interested in sustainable food and growing. The symposium will share stories from thriving food forests, and discuss the latest research, educational initiatives...
Congratulations to Dun Flashadder Cottage Croft!
Dun Flashadder Cottage Croft, near Edinbane, has won Best Food Producer in the BBC Food and Farming Awards 2026.Jake Sayles, Aoife Gould and their daughter Corran produce Hebridean hogget and mangalitsa pork. Alongside livestock farming, they manage a mature fruit...
Sourcing local food in public services
In June First Minister John Swinney announced the formation of the Public Sector Food Procurement taskforce, to support the maximising of locally produced food and drink consumed in public sector organisations like hospitals, schools and government...
Why is food costing so much more and who is benefitting?
Listen to a BBC podcast from the Abergavenny Food Festival asking why food is costing so much more than it used to, while farmers, growers and food businesses are struggling with rising costs, squeezed margins and growing uncertainty. Who is benefiting from the...
àraich: something good is growing here
John Coghill (who created fabulous food for the Feel Heal Real Food sustainable food day in April) and his team have launched àraich, at the Old Woolen Mill in Portree (next to Howdens). àraich is a community kitchen, café, whole foods shop and events space....
Public diners
Nourish Scotland is promoting public diners - state-supported restaurants serving high-quality meals at low prices for everyone. If we get a piece of public infrastructure that helps us to eat better, we stand to gain many benefits. For example, if you need to...
Good Food Nation Plan: have your say
Do you want the upcoming Good Food Nation plan for Highland to reflect what’s important to you about food in your area? Highland Good Food Partnership have an amazing (and simple!) way to bring your voice into the process, through their collaboration with the Highland...
Grants to improve access to healthy food
The new grant programme, Tesco Fruit & Veg grants, is now open for applications. Schools, registered charities and not-for-profit organisations supporting children and young people can apply for up to £1,500 for projects that improve access to healthy food. ...