Response to ‘Choosing the Right Ingredients: the Future for Food in Scotland’ from two focus groups carried out by East Lothian Council’s Homelessness Unit with homeless households in temporary accommodation.
Topic: supermarkets
East Lothian Homelessness Unit food policy discussion report
Publisher: East Lothian Council
Publication category: Policy and planning
Related topics: choice, consultation, funding, homelessness, local, policy, Scottish Government, shops, supermarkets
Fare Choice Issue 38
Name change; national policy; Scottish Diet Action Plan Review; SCOFF research article; Leithland Food Festival; Fruits and Roots; Strathmore and the Glens; Bridges conference; PA training; diary
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Newsletters
Related topics: children, growing and gardening, homelessness, participatory appraisal, policy, practice, Scottish Diet Action Plan, social enterprise, supermarkets
Area of Work: Information provision
Fare Choice Issue 25
No Fare report; grants updates; Scottish islands conference; participatory appraisal training; SCOFF nutrition research; Forth Valley Food Links; Question Time; fruit and veg in Oakley; Common Agricultural Policy.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Newsletters
Related topics: diet and nutrition, Fife, Forth Valley, fruit and vegetables, grants, Healthy Living initiatives, Islands, lone parents, policy, supermarkets, tuck shops, welfare
Area of Work: Information provision
Fare Choice Issue 15
Healthy Living Centres; Scottish and UK Parliaments; Snack Attack; Retail Development Survey; Western Isles, Orkney, Shetland, Skye; gender differences in food consumption; Information Exchange
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Newsletters
Related topics: breakfast clubs, cookery sessions, diet and nutrition, Healthy Living initiatives, inclusion, Islands, oral health, parliaments, supermarkets
Area of Work: Information provision
Fare Choice Issue 2
Funding and grants; Food for Thought 2 conference; nutrition news from around the world; supermarkets and food retailing; accessing the internet; Information Exchange; Edinburgh Community Food Initiative; Forward Scotland; Lothian Health Projects Forum
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Newsletters
Related topics: breakfast, diet and nutrition, funding, shops, supermarkets
Area of Work: Information provision
Growing Interest overview
An introduction to community food growing in Scotland giving an overview of community growing activity and suggesting ideas for action.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Cooking and growing
Related topics: access, community gardens, food poverty, funding, growing and gardening, Scottish Diet Action Plan, supermarkets
Rich Pickings
Report of a conference organised to discuss new initiatives in tackling inequalities in diet and health and to allow participants to network and swap ideas.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Conferences and networking
Related topics: action planning, conference, diet and nutrition, Finland, Food Standards Agency, healthy eating, Healthy Living initiatives, inequalities, lay food workers, private sector, public sector, shops, supermarkets
Area of Work: Networking and learning development
Routes to Health
Newsletter highlighting the work of two community projects from different urban and rural settings in Scotland – Health on Wheels in Paisley and Roots and Fruits in East Lothian – which run purpose-built mobile food shops.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Retailing and catering
Related topics: affordability, delivery, diet and nutrition, fruit and vegetables, low income, mobile, Renfrewshire, rural, shopping, supermarkets, transport, urban
Areas of Work: Community cafes and retailing, Food poverty and access
Cut-price, what cost?
The fourth in a series of reports in which the National Consumer Council (soon to become part of the new agency Consumer Focus) rate the UK’s top eight supermarkets on how they help their customers shop, cook and eat more healthily. The ratings are based on the salt content of supermarkets’ own-brand foods, front and …