THIS EVENT HAD TO BE POSTPONED - WATCH THIS SPACE FOR AN UPDATE
The second National Orchard Gathering for Scotland is being held in Dundee this October by Orchard Collective Scotland, a social-media based decentralised collective with big ambitions.
The collective formed organically a year ago around a facebook...
Read More »In the last week of July Common Good Food hosted four talks and discussions at the Edinburgh Food Festival. If you missed the talk, or you want to listen again - now you can! This was our Friday talk, with the founders of CGF, Mags, Eva and Fergus, speaking about our work, with some good questions at the end.
Fergus Walker will be leading a discussion at this event on Common Good Food's exciting new idea - the Community Croft.
Tuesday 25th Aug, 14.30 – 17.30 – FREE workshop and discussion - go here for more details
An opportunity to meet and share insights with Dundee’s growing food network. In conversation with Dundee Urban Orchard, Dundee Social Enterprise, Faith in Community Dundee, Dundee...
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An open letter from Scottish civil society in support of the Scottish Government's decision to ban the growing of GM crops in Scotland
We are writing in support of the Scottish Government’s decision to ban the growing of GM crops in Scotland, reinforcing its long-standing moratorium.
We believe that this policy reflects a broad consensus across civil society in Scotland....
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Convening a national seed gathering to move towards greater seed sovereignty for Scotland
Seeds are the starting point for almost all the vegetables we eat, and in terms of food sovereignty, seeds (next after land) are the most powerful resource we need to keep within our control. In Scotland at the moment, this isn’t the case – but we believe it could be just...
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