SCA News: Food & farming

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...

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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...

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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. ...

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ReRoot: plans for the summer

by Anne MacLennan ReRoot is organising visits to places where people are producing food in Skye, Raasay and Lochalsh over the summer and autumn to see what is happening around the area, to share ideas and to encourage each other. It will mainly be touring growing...

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Highland Good Food Nation Plan

Under the Good Food Nation (Scotland) Act 2022 all councils and health boards in Scotland must now create a Good Food Nation Plan. This means Highland Council and NHS Highland will review how their work affects people's food, and identify actions to...

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Food security

by Anne MacLennan A Joint Statement  from food and security experts calls on the Government to re-evaluate its assertion that ‘the UK has a resilient food system’ and to update the national food strategy in the light of increasing risks to food...

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ReRoot: plans for the summer

by Anne MacLennan ReRoot has been quiet since the successful Feel Heal Real Food event at the end of April, but things are happening behind the scenes to build on the enthusiasm for transforming our food system evident that day. Sarah Bower, a trustee of the Highland...

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