A guide developed in partnership with West Lothian Council, West Lothian Health and Care Partnership and West Lothian Food and Health Development (WELFEHD) to support local communities to realise their idea of starting a community led food project (known as food co-ops in West Lothian). This guide will give you some food for thought and …
Topic: food co-op
A guide to setting up a food co-op
Publisher: West Lothian Food and Health Development
Publication category: Retailing and catering
Related topics: access, co-operative, community-led, diet and nutrition, food co-op, fruit and vegetables, local food, Lothians
Area of Work: Community cafes and retailing
Scoping study
A scoping study commissioned by CFHS, looking at the options for greater collective action by food co-op networks in east-central Scotland.
Publishers: Commissioned by CFHS, EKOS
Publication category: Policy and planning
Related topics: Central Belt, community food activity, Edinburgh, food co-op, Lothians, policy, scoping studies
Areas of Work: Community cafes and retailing, Research and evaluation
Fare Choice Issue 40
Fruitful Participation; Stakeholders Perspectives on the Diet Action Plan Review; Shetland visit; food, health and homelessness; SCOFF; East Lothian Roots and Fruits celebrate 10 years
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Newsletters
Related topics: choice, food co-op, grants, health promotion, healthy eating, homelessness, mobile, participatory appraisal, policy, sales and marketing, Scottish Diet Action Plan
Area of Work: Information provision
Fare Choice Issue 37
Food, health and homelessness; Bridges conference; Minding Their Own Business Seminar; SCOFF nutrition research; Question Time; Eday Community Enterprises; Flourish House; Green Door Catering Company.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Newsletters
Related topics: children, co-operative, food co-op, funding, grants, homelessness, Scottish Diet Action Plan, sustainability
Area of Work: Information provision
On Track
The report of the SCDP’s networking conference held on 3 November 2005 at the Quality Hotel, by Central Station, Glasgow.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Conferences and networking
Related topics: access, asylum seekers, capacity building, conference, disability, food co-op, participation, participatory appraisal, planning, policy, practice, young people
Area of Work: Networking and learning development
Discussion on Community Retailing
Notes from a round table discussion to explore the issues around taking a more business-like approach when developing or setting up community shops or community food initiatives.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication categories: Business and project development, Retailing and catering
Related topics: business, co-operative, community retailing, food co-op, Islands, remote, rural, social enterprise
Areas of Work: Community cafes and retailing, Networking and learning development
Fare Choice Issue 24
No Fare conference; breakfast service grants; berry funding; study tour to Dublin; regional strategies seminar; food co-ops; SCOFF nutrition research; Question Time; Redhall Walled Garden.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Newsletters
Related topics: baby feeding, co-operative, diet and nutrition, food co-op, Food Standards Agency, Healthy Living initiatives, policy, soft fruit and berries
Area of Work: Information provision
Fare Choice Issue 12
SCDP Small Grants; training events; Parliaments; Oxfam; Soil Association Food Futures; North Lanarkshire Federation of Food Coops; nutrition research news; Information Exchange; Scottish Food Advisory Committee; Soil Association
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Newsletters
Related topics: breakfast clubs, diet and nutrition, food co-op, Food Standards Agency, grants, inclusion, inequalities, parliaments, volunteers
Area of Work: Information provision
Surplus Food Redistribution
Notes from a roundtable discussion of issues surrounding surplus food redistribution including the levels at which it operates; the range of organisations and agencies which play a part; and the varied impact it can have.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Policy and planning
Related topics: breakfast clubs, co-operative, community cafes, food co-op, food poverty, food redistribution
Scoping Study: Options for Collaborative Working in Glasgow
This study, commissioned by CFHS, includes a mapping of current community food and health activity, details of the local and national policy context, and a number of options relating to the development of the Glasgow Community Food Network, including the establishment of a distribution hub in Glasgow.