Nourish Scotland
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Nourish Scotland is an NGO campaigning on food justice issues in Scotland. Nourish is a network of people and groups interested in local food in Scotland. Find blogs on Nourishing Scotland.
Nourish Scotland
1w ago
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 ..read more
Nourish Scotland
1w ago
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 ..read more
Nourish Scotland
1w ago
Public diners are a place to grab a meal after a 10-hour shift. A place to eat when you’ve run out of ideas for what to cook tonight. A place to go for a meal between classes. They’re guilt-free. The price doesn’t make you think twice. They’re ..read more
Nourish Scotland
1w ago
There is a range of reasons for reducing our meat intake that is currently making headlines in the news e.g. its contribution to climate emissions, nutritionists’ health recommendations, animal welfare activists’ concerns around our meat production methods. For sure, messaging around the need to reduce meat intake ..read more
Nourish Scotland
1w ago
“I was proud of the kind of people I saw going into them” Lord Llewellin, Civic Restaurants Bill Second Reading, Lords, 6th March 1947 And we are off! I’m so pleased that this project is up and running with so much interest and passion behind it. So ..read more
Nourish Scotland
1w ago
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 ..read more
Nourish Scotland
1w ago
What is the point of Nourish? Ten years banging on about food and then what happened in the Programme for Government? Nothing. A space where something should have been. Programme for Government sets out the Scottish Government’s priorities for the year ahead. Nutrition isn’t one of them ..read more
Nourish Scotland
1w ago
It is a pub question waiting to happen: Which state sponsored a chain of 2,000+ restaurants serving a nutritionally balanced, price-capped menu to the general public? Russia? China? Venezuela? The correct answer is the UK under a Conservative Prime Minister. British Restaurants operated across Britain during 1940’s ..read more
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1w ago
This week two things happened on food waste policy. The EU set a legally-binding target of 30% food waste reduction by 2030 as part of the revised Waste Framework Directive, while DEFRA announced that there wouldn’t be a target for England. Conversations about food waste often start ..read more
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1w ago
Last year we were reflecting on the rare moment of policy confluence for farming and land use, with the land reform, farm subsidy reform and Just Transition Commission’s work jointly presenting an opportunity for deeper change. But agriculture and land use are only part of the food ..read more