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A helping hand for food projects
Community Food and Health Scotland (CFHS) has announced that their small grant scheme will be open for applications from the 29th April 2010 and will close on the 9th July 2010. Grants from £500 to £4,000 are available to groups and agencies who would like to tackle one or more of the barriers to healthy eating, such as affordability or availability, and the negative impact of culture and lack of food skills.
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Beast Factories
Jonathan Safran Foer's 2009 book Eating Animals could and should put you off factory-farmed meat for life. Interweaving memoir, history, science and philosophy Foer avoids lecturing and surprises with stories of the extent of his research. Many of the facts revealed are simply repulsive. One wonders how many of us already know at least some of this but choose to push it out of mind. The following brief decription is of chicken factory-farming in the US but the issues relate to the farming of pigs, cattle, other poultry and fish world-wide. For specific information about the UK contact viva.
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Not just for your chips
Christine’s Weekly Tip 18 - Tuesday again fellow sustainable developers and this weeks suggestion is 'Try using vinegar instead of chemical cleaners' . I just thought I would let everyone know about the usefulness of vinegar not just for your salad or fish and chips. How many cleaning products do you have in your home? Too many I'll bet. The supermarket shelves seem to be full of cleaning products and many contain strong chemicals that can harm adults, children and animals.
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Food 2030
In January 2010 the UK Government published its national food strategy, Food 2030, setting out their vision for what the UK's food system should look like in 2030.
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Hard to grow your own when..
Allotments are a popular way for those without the space to grow your own but demand seems to be on the increase and sapce is running out. The Stirling Observer reported this week reported an increase in demand for allotments in the town and the surrounding areas.
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Cash for greener farming
The Carbon Trust has announced financial help is now available for farmers to invest in energy-saving equipment. British farmers are now eligible to apply for unsecured, interest-free loans for between £3,000 and £20,000 to help them upgrade to more energy-efficient equipment. The new funding has been provided to help the farming sector to meet the carbon reduction aims laid out the Government’s Low Carbon Transition Plan. Read More About Cash For Greener Farming...
Fairtrade Fortnight - 22nd February – 7th March
Christine's Tip No. 14 - Why don’t you swap some of the items in your weekly shop and help support Fairtrade Fortnight 2010. This is running from 22nd February-7th March 2010. Swap some of the stuff you usually buy like banana’s, coffee, wine and chocolate etc. to Fairtrade.
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Cooking from Scratch
Christine’s Weekly Tip No 13 – They say one in three of us will develop cancer in our lifetime and that half of this is due to the food we eat. Not many of us go through life without knowing someone who has suffered or died through this illness.
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Are you practicing what you preach - buying ethical
More people believe that the Co-op is the place to go for socially and environmentally responsible goods. Yet when it comes to purchasing Tesco is still king as more fairtrade products are sold there than by any other retailer according to research published in marketing weekly .
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Who or what is the most ethical in our shops
The 8th annual edition of The Good Shopping Guide reveals a huge disparity in
corporate social responsibility standards in UK consumer goods companies. The
research covers everything from banks to butter and uses several ethical
criteria including armaments involvement, animal welfare, boycott calls, carbon
emissions, child labour, corporate corruption, environmental impact, ethical
accreditation, fair and un-fair trade, human rights abuse, nuclear power,
political donations, pollution, rainforest timber and third world debt.
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Localism the key to success in agriculture?
Globally, 1.7 billion farmers are highly vulnerable to climate change
impacts. The many who are already hungry are particularly vulnerable.
World hunger currently stands at 1.02 billion people, its highest level
ever. Yet scaling up localised ‘resilience’ successes offers hope for
these farmers, while helping to address the climate problem.Oxfam International has released a new paper on climate change, food security and agricultural responses.Read More About Localism The Key To Success In Agriculture?...
Start your new year with a local flavour
For those contemplating New Year resolutions with a view to making a difference, then think about your waistline and sustainability. Go local..go further organise something special in your community.
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M&S and Sainsburys named greenest supermarkets
M&S and Sainsbury's have been named the greenest supermarkets in Britain. Both were awarded an A grade for the first time in biennial reports conducted by Customer Focus on supermarket sustainability.
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Low Carbon Dating
Keep sustainability sexy with these top 10 green dating tips. Saving the world doesn't mean not having fun...
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Looking for a career in food & drink
We Scots have a love affair with food & drink perhaps to our detriment at times but none-the-less it employs thousands and generates £billions for the economy. Check out these careers videos if you fancy it.
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An apple a day keeps the climate change away
The Fife mantra of 'think global, eat local' heralds the autumn with a focus on apples. A regular newsletter keeps you in touch with the Scottish pioneers of the local diet.
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Misleading food labels
With so much discussion about food in Scotland and the emergence of a food policy where we are debating issues such as labelling and identifying the provenance of food. What about those trying to pull the wool over your eyes....
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Local Food - So What?
You could get lost in the varying views and opinions about what is local food and what are its benefits. Everyone seems to have a view and we even have a national policy on food. But what do you think?
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Retail Myths?
Love them or loathe them, the british retail industry is rarely out of the news, all too often for the wrong reasons. The British Retail Consortium has set out to dispel the "myths" about the retail industry, partcularly in terms of its role in climate change and the environment.
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Green Farms
THE Scottish Government is to create three "green farms" in its determination to meet its environmental targets. It is estimated that 20 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions in Scotland comes from agriculture and this move is aimed at reducing problems from this sector.
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Scotland's Research Powerhouse
The Scottish Crop Research Institute and the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute are to join forces to undertake new research into food, land use and climate change, creating a new research "powerhouse" which will be the first of its kind in Europe.
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Food for Thought
Some local authorities are beginning to get their act together as far as food waste recycling is concerned. Mind you let's not produce it in the first place is the way to go.
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Can't cook, won't cook!
Not everyone is a budding Hugh Fearnley Wittingstall. A lack of growing skills and cooking skills are highlighted in research published by the Soil Association .
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Waste Not Want Not
For allotment owners looking for the ultimate crop, a team of Finnish researchers have reported that urinating on your tomatoes will make them grow bigger.
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Why does food cost so much?
The rising cost of putting food on the table has led to a renewed interest in agricultural issues and in the long-term drivers of food prices and a new paper, published by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) examines the link between urbanisation and rising food prices.
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Green the way you consume: Beer
It might not be a brilliant idea to over indulge with your intake of beer each week, the truly responsible drinker is now checking out the green guides.
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Marketing for local food
A while back Scottish Agricultural College (SAC) produced a guide on marketing for local food to assist producers to sell their wares. It might be worth checking it out.
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Local food networks guide
A guide was launched on local food at the Royal Highland Show in July 2009 by Richard Lochead, Cabinet Secretary for all things Green.
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Achieve domestic goddess status and help the environment all at once
Would you like to grow your own fruit, vegtables or flowers, but have no garden? It's not an uncommon position to be in, particularly for the majority of us who live in urban areas, and finding an allotment is often the start of a long wait on a list.
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The food we waste in Scotland
WRAP will be launching their latest report 'The Food We Waste in Scotland' on the morning of 3 September 2009 at the Royal Society of Edinburgh, with Cabinet Secretary for the Environment Richard Lochhead MSP as the keynote speaker.
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Food Glorious Food
An article featured in the Daily Mail’s Sunday supplement magazine, You, 23rd August 2009 gives details of the ‘Window Food’ initiative.
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Food security assesment published
The UK published it's first assessment into food security during August 2009.
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The scary world of food
In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on America's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of the government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA.
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Improve your food miles by eating seasonably
Now that summer is here, many items of fruit and vegetables on our shelves are in season locally. You can cut down on your food miles and get a big taste buzz by eating seasonably.
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SEPA View out now
Out this month and free online is SEPA View (issue 43). This month is a special rural issue, including
contributions from all of Scotland’s Environmental and Rural Services partners.
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SAGS Conference 2009
The Scottish Allotments and Gardens Society is holding its annual conference in the Victoria Hall, Dunblane, on Saturday 20 June 2009. The conference will be of interest to local authority officers and other professionals with responsibility for managing or developing allotments as well as committee members of allotment associations and individual plot-holders.
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Food and packaging just costing you money
If you want to find out how to save your business some money and solve a problem of an ever growing amount of food or packaging waste then this free workshop might be for you.
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Food for free
There are loads of books out there on food and foraging but few are as cheap and handy as this one.
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European Food Summit
Amsterdam is the location of the inaugural European Food summit on 25-27 June and with it is a real focus on issues of genuine sustainability.
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The journey from field to plate
With people becoming ever more concerned with the idea of food miles, a new report by the Food Ethics Council paints a stark picture of the current UK food distribution network.
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Eat more fish
The Scottish Government is encouraging Scots to eat more fish. Despite having a fantastic resoource around our coasts, Scots only eat around half of the fish that people in Norway and Spain consume. And no, it doesn't have to be fish and chips...
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Food waste synergy workshop
The Business Environment Partnership quotes a figure that up to 70% of business waste going to landfill is food/catering waste, so there are big benefits to be gained in tackling this waste stream.
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Oxfams 4-a-week
An Oxfam report out this month examines both the social and environmental implications of food
consumption in the UK. It sets
out four ways in which we can adapt our consumption habits to achieve both
environmental and social sustainability and justice. Read More About Oxfams 4-A-Week...
Funding for food and young people
Community Food and Health (CFHS) has announced that in addition to their annual small grants scheme, this year they are also offering a one-off youth funding package. The CFHS youth funding package offers up to £1000.
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Grow your own
Anyone wanting to embrace local food, grow it yourself. A number of companies specialise in supply fruit and veg growing systems for the novice.
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Sustainable salmon in Scotland
Learn more about the world of sustainable salmon fishing in Scotland from leading specialist Loch Duart . An outstanding company and Vision in Business and the Environment Scotland Award winner.
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Support for recycling food waste
The Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has recently released a guide to help businesses recycle their food waste.
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Fancy a 'green' potato?
Scottish scientists have created a new 'environmentally-friendly' potato that will need far fewer pesticides and fertilisers, and produce less waste. Touted as a green potato that you won't throw away, the Vales Sovereign tattie is on the shop shelves this week.
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Buying local - Buying British
There is great encouragement for us in these economic times to buy local, buy Scottish, buy British. Easier said than done but some help is at hand.
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National Trust to give Land for Allotments
The Telegraph reported yesterday (Sunday 25/01/09) that The National Trust (for England, Wales and Northern Ireland) a major landowner, has asked all its local managers to consider land suitable for allotments.
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