Scottish food bill: a dram to celebrate the end of the beginning
Last week saw a tale of two food policies, with widespread disappointment at the white paper announced in England, versus ...
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Governments must ensure people can afford healthy diet
Food charities should never be required, as long as governments are doing their job, according to Nourish Scotland. “It is ...
First vertical farm for a Scotland university
Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) is will open a vertical farm to grow nutrient-dense fruit and vegetables with specific human health ...
Reports gather dust while farmers await clarity
A piece in the Press and Journal says another month and three more reports on the future of agriculture have ...
Climate change: Scottish farmers want a universal on-farm calculator
An independent inquiry founded by National Farmers Union Scotland and Nourish Scotland says Scotland could reduce on-farm greenhouse emissions from ...
England’s National Food Strategy – over to you, Scotland
The Independent Review of the National Food Strategy (the Review) was published today. It is recognised as the first comprehensive ...
Student project has goat potential
Three Rural Business Management students in Aberdeen have won a Group Business Planning competition with their proposal for a goat ...
Fish farmer concerns over Scottish Greens
The BBC reports that Scottish salmon farmers have raised concerns about Green MSP influence on their industry if a co-operation ...
Australia free trade deal: Food standards and producers will suffer
Farmers across the UK are concerned by a UK trade deal offered to Australia with a 15-year transition to no ...
Fishing taskforce to tackle Brexit export ‘issues’
The BBC reports that a new taskforce set up by the UK Government to resolve "export issues" facing Scotland's fishing ...
Free, prior and informed consent required as clean energy threatens Indigenous Peoples
A new coalition of Indigenous Peoples is calling for free, prior and informed consent to be negotiated without exception as...
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