Today’s Programme for Government (PfG) offers welcome measures to mitigate the impact of the cost of living crisis on food insecurity. It also promises further action for more nature friendly farming, forestry and fishing. Food is scattered in other portfolios too, and it is clear that the
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Nourish Scotland and partners have launched Recipes for Resilience, the food and climate zone at COP26. Recipes for Resilience will run from 1-12 November in Glasgow, with a dynamic programme of hybrid and in person events to highlight the importance of food systems in the climate change
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The UN COP26 climate talks held in Glasgow this year ‘must tackle food systems’ to get world on track for net-zero. More than thirty NGOs, leading academics, local governments and industry bodies have written to COP26 President Alok Sharma asking him to bump food systems up the
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Today Nourish Scotland, IPES-Food and partners launch the Glasgow Food and Climate Declaration. COP26 comes to Glasgow in less than a year’s time. It’s the most important global decision point since Paris. With the food system accounting for at least a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions, there is no
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It’s natural to put ‘food’ into the search box and see what this 135 page document says. But that would miss some of the most important messages. First, of course, the incorporation into Scots law of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. This has
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One of the first lessons we’ve had to learn in this crisis is that running out of food is not a problem of supply. It’s a problem of distribution. £1bn worth of food that would otherwise be on the shelves, is in people’s cupboards and fridges. Meanwhile,
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This week, two milestone reports were released on poverty in the UK. The UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty, Philip Alston, released his final report following a fact-finding mission to the UK last autumn. Alston details how increasing poverty and an undermined welfare system meant that for many of
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Today [25th January], Edinburgh becomes a Veg City, kicking off a city-wide campaign to promote vegetable consumption. The Veg City campaign start coincides with the launch of a new Veg Power advertising campaign, airing for the first time on ITV and STV tonight. Starting today, schools, community
Read more →Embargoed for 00.01 on Monday 8th October Glasgow businesses have made commitments to the Peas Please initiative to help increase vegetable consumption. Children attending parties in GOALS Glasgow South and GOALS Glasgow West football centres will be offered fruit and veg snacks as starter. 5000 students will
Read more →Embargoed for 00.01 on Monday 8th October 4 Scottish companies are among 10 major UK caterers making commitments to the Peas Please initiative to increase vegetable consumption Peas Please has delivered 4.8 million additional portions of veg in its first year For every 3 meals eaten out
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