Local Food for Everyone: Our Journey

‘Local Food for Everyone: Our Journey’, is the Scottish Government’s new local food strategy. This strategy builds upon the ideas and suggestions from the ‘Local Food for Everyone: A Discussion’ consultation and reflects some of the policy developments and actions that are already underway.


Footnotes

1. An online survey conducted by Scotland Food & Drink where a total of 1,010 interviews were undertaken with a nationally representative sample of adults (aged 18+) living in Scotland between 10th and 16th February 2021.

2. Dinnie, L., Bourke, A. J., Kyle, C., & Wilson, R. Public perceptions on the role and value of locally grown food.

3. Crossan, J.,Shaw, D., Cumbers, A., McMaster, R, Glasgow’s Community Gardens: Sustainable Communities of Care (2015) Media_622132_smxx.pdf (gla.ac.uk)

4. Jones M, Pitt H, Oxford L, Orme J, Gray S, Salmon D, Means R, Weitkamp E, Kimberlee R & Powell J (2016) Food for Life: a Social Return on Investment Analysis of the Locally Commissioned Programme. Full Report. UWE Bristol.

5. New Economics Foundation (2002), Plugging the Leaks: Making the most of every pound that enters your local economy 2891 NEF handbook redone (neweconomics.org)

Contact

Email: local.food.policy@gov.scot

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