Posts Tagged Scotland

Bridging the Gap: The View from Scotland

By Simon Kenton-Lake on January 14, 2025 / Agriculture, Blog Posts, Climate change, Dignity, Environment, Social justice

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

#NourishElectionAsks – Ask 1: Cross-sector Food Partnerships

By Tom Orr on April 21, 2017 / Blog Posts, Food governance

With the local elections right around the corner, Nourish is asking candidates to support their ideas for how Local Authorities can catalyse some vital changes in our food system. Full details of the #NourishElectionAsks and how to sign up as a supporter are available here. From now,

Good Food Nation Bill in Programme for Government

By Elli Kontorravdis on September 13, 2016 / Agriculture, Blog Posts, Environment, Food governance, Public health, Social justice

Creative commons, ecologically grown vegetables

Press Release for Immediate Release Nourish Scotland welcomes the Scottish Government’s commitment to begin consultation on a Good Food Nation Bill in 2017. [1] Executive Director Pete Ritchie said ‘This legislation has the potential to be world-leading, we’re pleased the Scottish Government sees the need for a

Brexit and food: what does anyone know?

By Pete Ritchie on September 4, 2016 / Agriculture, Blog Posts, Food governance

Fruit and veg with label "Brexit must mean better"

As we stumble through the most inept period in British politics since Suez, it is only human to look for opportunities to make the best of it. While we wait for Theresa May to start lifting the veil of uncertainty (is she really committed to leading her

2016 Global Nutrition Report: Nourish’s take on what the Scottish Government could do

By Tom Orr on June 14, 2016 / Blog Posts

The Global Nutrition Report ‘From Promise to Impact, Ending malnutrition by 2030’ 2016 was released today. The report is the only independent and comprehensive annual review of the state of the world’s nutrition. You can find it on Twitter as @GNReport or #NutritionReport.

Local Food Survey Report Launch

By Tom Orr on June 16, 2015 / Blog Posts

This Thursday 18th June we will be launching the report from our Local Food Survey, and well as our new and exciting collaboration with Big Barn and we’d love you to join us. Sadly we can’t pay for your show entry but please do come along if

Get involved this May

By Olga Bloemen on April 30, 2015 / Blog Posts

Join the campaign against TTIP The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, or TTIP, is currently being negotiated between the EU and the US. This trade deal aims to remove ‘non-tariff barriers to trade’: There’s already very little obstacle to trade between the EU and the US at