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Do not look for the Good Food Nation, for it is not there
You have to approach this year’s Programme for Government with a big magnifying glass to find any meaningful proposals for food. There is some good news for children. There is the long-planned expansion of the free school meals in primary schools, and a national breakfast club offer
The illusion of a solution: faulty maps and food redistribution
The following is an excerpt from Chapter 5: Faulty Maps from Nourishing Scotland by our Director Pete Ritchie. Faulty Map #5 Food redistribution is a solution to food insecurity Faulty maps are our mental models of the world and thus invisible – just the frame we see
Food at COP30 – why it was missing, why it matters, and where Scotland can lead
With thanks to Louise Davies from Scottish Fair Trade for this piece. ‘Where is the food?It became a running joke among delegates in the early days of COP30 – but the question applied to more than lunch queues. Food systems, agriculture and diets remain surprisingly peripheral to