Search Results - Food & Health Alliance

Holyrood Food Strategy 2010 Conference

Last Updated: 06/04/2010

Food Strategy - Delivering on Scotland's potential.

What is this? events
What is it about? food health and wellbeing sustainability
Where is it relevant? Scotland
Start date: 25/05/2010
End date: 25/05/2010
Where is this happening? Edinburgh

The Future of Food: Can we strike the right balance?

Last Updated: 10/02/2010

2010 joint SFDF/REHIS/IFST symposium is set to tackle a mix of the following topics: food security, feeding a growing global population, the impact of climate change, securing a sustainable food industry and the potential role of GM.

What is this? events
What is it about? food additives food chain sustainability
Where is it relevant? Scotland
Start date: 22/04/2010
End date: 22/04/2010
Where is this happening? George Hotel, Edinburgh

Soil Association's Food for Life - for caterers

Last Updated: 09/02/2010

An update from the Soil Association Scotland in February 2010 on their Food for Life Catering Mark project, which is for local authority and private caterers who serve up food that is not only tasty but freshly prepared and ethically sourced.

What is this? projects
What is it about? organic sustainability
Where is it relevant? UK
When was this published? 09/02/2010

Soil Association Scotland

Last Updated: 09/02/2010

The Soil Association Scotland is part of the UK-wide Soil Association, a charity founded in 1946, which exists to promote environmentally-friendly food through education, campaigns and community programmes.

What is this? organisation
What is it about? sustainability farming school meals organic farming
Where is it relevant? Scotland
When was this published? 09/02/2010

How to Improve Diversity within Your Garden, Allotment or Smallholdings

Last Updated: 08/02/2010

Central Scotland Smallerholders' Assocaition has organised this evening seminar starting at 19:30.

What is this? events
What is it about? sustainability gardening
Where is it relevant? Scotland (local)
Start date: 24/03/2010
End date: 24/03/2010
Where is this happening? Mayfield Community Centre, Stirling

Food & Health Alliance - Food Advocacy Workshops

Last Updated: 20/01/2010

The Food & Health Alliance are holding some Food Advocacy Workshops in Aberdeen and Glasgow to collect stakeholders' views on whether further food advocacy is required in Scotland.

What is this? events
What is it about? food health and wellbeing sustainability environment food chain
Where is it relevant? Scotland
Tagged with: FHA
Start date: 04/02/2010
End date: 05/02/2010
Where is this happening? Aberdeen on 4th February and Glasgow on 5th February 2010

Good Food on the Public Plate: what we have done and what we have learnt

Last Updated: 30/12/2009

This interim report from Sustain describes how they helped public sector bodies in London procure more sustainable food.

What is this? projects
What is it about? sustainability
Where is it relevant? England
When was this published? 01/09/2009

Setting the table - Advice to Government on priority elements of sustainable diets

Last Updated: 29/12/2009

This report investigates into the evidence and collect stakeholders' views on a definition of a 'sustainable diet'. It proposes priorities and recommendations to work towards such a diet.

What is this? report
What is it about? sustainability healthy eating environment food chain
Where is it relevant? UK
When was this published? 10/12/2009

Food and Fairness Enquiry

Last Updated: 21/12/2009

The Food Ethics Council has launched an online forum as well as a series of public hearings as part of its ongoing inquiry into food and fairness.

What is this? news and communications
What is it about? sustainability healthy eating food access food chain
Where is it relevant? UK
When was this published? 07/10/2009

Food & Health - ensuring we have the biggest impact

Last Updated: 29/10/2009

This year's Food & Health Alliance's annual conference is on Tuesday 17 November 2009 at the Edinburgh Conference Centre.

What is this? conference
What is it about? health improvement sustainability healthy eating food chain
Where is it relevant? Scotland
Tagged with: FHA
Start date: 17/11/2009
End date: 17/11/2009
Where is this happening? Edinburgh Conference Centre, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS

Food sustainability - UK policy context

Last Updated: 16/10/2009

This article from the FHA newsletter outlines the UK policy with reference to the Cabinet Office’s 'Food Matters: Towards a Strategy for the 21st Century' published in July 2008.

What is this? policy
What is it about? food sustainability healthy eating environment food security farming
Where is it relevant? UK
When was this published? 01/10/2008

Food sustainability - What do we mean?

Last Updated: 08/10/2009

This article from the FHA newsletter defines food sustainability describing the three aspects of it: environment, economy and society.

What is this? news article
What is it about? sustainability food environment
Where is it relevant? World
When was this published? 01/10/2008

Interview with Jan Bebbington

Last Updated: 08/10/2009

From the food sustainability themed newsletter, the Food and Health Alliance interviewed Jan Bebbington, which covers her thought-provoking ideas on how policy can be translated into practice and some of the issues around balancing food choice with sustainability.

What is this? interview
What is it about? sustainability local food
Where is it relevant? Scotland
When was this published? 01/10/2008

Love food hate waste

Last Updated: 08/10/2009

This campaign provides practical hints and tips to help reduce food wastage.

What is this? information for the public
What is it about? food skills food storage food spoilage sustainability
Where is it relevant? Scotland
When was this published? 28/07/2009

Choosing our future: Scotland's sustainable development strategy (2005)

Last Updated: 05/10/2009

Document setting out action which the Government will take in Scotland to turn the shared priorities set out in the UK Framework for sustainable development into action.

What is this? action plan
What is it about? sustainability community planning food chain healthy eating
Where is it relevant? Scotland
When was this published? 14/12/2005

It's Our Future campaign - Go Greener

Last Updated: 07/09/2009

Information on the latest public facing campaign within Natural Scotland from the Scottish Government.

What is this? information for the public
What is it about? sustainability environment local food food spoilage
Where is it relevant? Scotland
When was this published? 07/09/2009

Schools to pilot food activity pack

Last Updated: 02/09/2009

This article from the FHA newsletter describes the work happening in Forth Valley around the development and piloting of 'Food Miles Plus Activity Resource Pack'. The pack is designed for community and school based activities whereby people explores where food comes from and how it gets to our plates.

What is this? news article
What is it about? schools local food food food packaging seasonal food sustainability
Where is it relevant? Scotland (local)
When was this published? 03/12/2008

Food Sustainability - Scottish policy context

Last Updated: 02/09/2009

This article from the FHA newsletter outlines the Scottish policies around food sustainability in terms of balancing environment, society and economic factors.

What is this? policy development
What is it about? sustainability environment local food health and wellbeing
Where is it relevant? Scotland
When was this published? 01/10/2008

Why thousands are signing the food pledge

Last Updated: 02/09/2009

This article from the FHA newsletter describes the impact of NFU Scotland's high profile campaign of What’s On Your Plate? campaign after one year.

What is this? news article
What is it about? farming local food seasonal food sustainability
Where is it relevant? Scotland
When was this published? 01/10/2008

What’s on your plate?

Last Updated: 02/09/2009

NFU Scotland launched this national campaign to encourage people to choose Scottish food and drink in June 2007.

What is this? information for the public
What is it about? farming local food sustainability seasonal food
Where is it relevant? Scotland
When was this published? 13/06/2007