The reflections of Scottish participants of the conference ‘Supply, Standards and Strategy; an international conference examining how to make public sector food and its supply systems more sustainable’ which took place in London on 15th February 2007.
Topic: transport
Supply, standards and strategy
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Conferences and networking
Related topics: conference, farming and city farms, food supply chain, local food, organic, public sector, sustainability, transport
Area of Work: Networking and learning development
Lothians/London Food Policy and Practice Exchange
The report of a two-way exchange organised by the Scottish Community Diet Project between people working with and within low-income communities in the Lothians and London.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Conferences and networking
Related topics: access, business, co-operative, community cafes, England, evaluation, hospitals, Lothians, low income, networking, policy, practice, study tours and exchanges, transport, urban
Area of Work: Networking and learning development
Food and Health on Scottish Islands
The report of a conference organised by the Scottish Community Diet Project to share information on food and health in the islands; discuss the barriers to healthier food access; examine the role of community action and identify ways of getting the message across.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Conferences and networking
Related topics: access, community food activity, conference, health promotion, remote, rural, Scottish Diet Action Plan, transport
Area of Work: Networking and learning development
Community mobile food initiatives in Scotland
Report looking at how two projects on different sides of Scotland’s central belt have attempted to tackle issues of food poverty and access by developing their own local mobile healthy food shops
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Retailing and catering
Related topics: delivery, food supply chain, fruit and vegetables, inequalities, transport
Areas of Work: Community cafes and retailing, Food poverty and access
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
Meals and messages
Outlines the main findings from the study together with recommendation for action by the Scottish Government, local authorities and local communities.