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

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

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

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

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