That’s how Joris Lohman, the chair of the Slow Food Youth Network, opened We Feed The Planet in Milan. And he’s probably right. We are more than 2000 young people, from over 120 countries. There’s a Bavarian butcher. An Argentinian fisherwoman. A delegation from Kyrgyzstan wearing their traditional
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This year, the World Expo is in Milan. For the past five months Milan has been the heart of the global food system – the theme for 2015 is ‘Feeding the planet: energy for life’. The stated ambitions of the Expo as ‘a platform for the exchange
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Shelagh Young reflects on fair work conditions in the food industry. On Saturday I took part in a panel discussion at the Take One Action film festival alongside renowned food writer and activist Joanna Blythman and the STUC’s Dave Moxam. The discussion followed the screening of Food
Read more →This blog post by Mandy Thomson is the seventh of a series of reflections by participants of the Food Leadership Programme, organised by Nourish from the 12th – 17th of July. My thoughts since the Leadership Programme keep coming back to the idea of connectivity. These thoughts
Read more →Don Dunklee, our guest blogger, is an organic farmer from Michigan USA who contacted Nourish to tell us how relieved he is that we have banned GM, as he has suffered in so many ways since GM crops have been introduced in his country. Here’s a bit
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This blog post by Sarah Duley is the sixth of a series of reflections by participants of the Food Leadership Programme, organised by Nourish from the 12th – 17th of July. Are you a valued guest in the kitchen of the state? In July I took part
Read more →We are inviting anyone interested in / working with food in Ayrshire to take part in a 8-week collective inquiry this autumn, focussing on the questions: ‘How can food become fairer in Ayrshire? How can inequalities in access to good food be reduced?’ We are looking for
Read more →PRESS RELEASE We are writing in support of the Scottish Government’s decision to ban the growing of GM crops in Scotland, reinforcing its long-standing moratorium. We believe that this policy reflects a broad consensus across civil society in Scotland. As consumers in Scotland we have repeatedly shown
Read more →Today the Scottish Government has taken the confident and well informed decision to ban commercial growing of GM crops in Scotland. Nourish and a consortium of partner organisations representing civil society, such as Friends of the Earth Scotland, Common Good Food, and Global Justice Now, support this
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Now I realise that this might not be the first thing you think of when someone talks about the possibility of transforming Scotland’s economy and society into something better fit for its citizens. But it does help to describe one of the main transitions we need to
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