by Anne MacLennanAfter encouragement from various agencies concerned about increasing risks to the public from climate and geopolitical instability, the UK Government launched the Be Ready...
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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...
Data centres
Across Scotland there are over 20 proposals for AI data centres without proper consideration of social and environmental impacts. On 16 September, MSPs voted in support of a motion saying that...
Salmon
New government data revealed the extent of the wild salmon crisis, highlighting that in Scotland 71% of the salmon stocks in Scotland are in poor conservation status. 88% of salmon rivers in England...
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...
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,...