On the eve of summer recess we have received the news of Good Food Nation progress. The government released “The Proposed National Good Food Nation Plan” for parliamentary scrutiny. In terms of the broad direction of travel, here is a lot to celebrate. Those following the Good
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Fish+ (animals, plants and algae from aquatic environments) are often overlooked in food policy discussions in the UK. In Scotland, the Good Food Nation Act, which seeks to build better food systems for people and planet, gives us an important opportunity to ensure fish+ is part of
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In the UK, food produced using organic methods often costs more than food produced using chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Bridging the Gap, led by Sustain, Growing Communities, and Alexandra Rose Charity, alongside national partners Food Sense Wales, Nourish NI and Nourish Scotland, seeks to address this by
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The Scottish Food Coalition, an alliance of over 50 civil society organisations in Scotland, are calling the Scottish Government out on their broken promises on human rights. The Human Rights Bill has been dropped from today’s 2024/25 Programme for Government. The Human Rights Bill was the Scottish
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The recent report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation ‘Destitution in the UK 2023’ makes for a shocking read. In the last year alone some 3.8 million people experienced destitution, of whom around a million were children. This means they were not able to afford to meet their
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Community food providers in Glasgow will soon be able to take part in a new Dignity in Practice workshop series. These workshops focus on the specific challenges people in the asylum process are facing and the small but meaningful changes that could help enhance the dignity of
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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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Joined-up policy, like a common language, often feels more like a dream than an aspiration. Kant said ‘Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made’, and it may be that silos are as inevitable as death and taxes. But there are times
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Maxwell Centre community garden is an astonishing example of care without contrivance, art without artifice – with more than 300 varieties of mostly edible plants rubbing shoulders amicably in borders, raised beds, containers, trained along the walls or bursting out of the polytunnel. From wallflowers to walnuts
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This week sees the Period Products (Scotland) Act come into effect – a world-leading law which requires local authorities to make free period products obtainable by all who need them. It’s a great example of universal human rights in action – extending access to period products as
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