News and Updates
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New Foraging Festival Encourages People to Explore Scotland
Foraging Fortnight, 31st August – 15th September
Foraging Fortnight, a brand-new festival taking place across five diverse regions of Scotland this autumn, has been announced.
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Cheese Sell Out At The Ethical Dairy
The Ethical Dairy has announced they have sold out of cheese for three months following higher than expected demand for their range of unpasteurised farmhouse cheeses, which are made with milk from their pioneering cow with calf organic dairy farm.
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The Big Cheeses are Coming to Dumfries and Galloway
Loch Arthur Camphill Community in Dumfries and Galloway will host a visit from more than 100 of the UK’s top artisan cheesemakers this weekend. The gathering is the farm visit of the Specialist Cheesemakers Association, an annual event that takes place at a different cheesemaking farm across the UK each year.
read moreNew St Andrews Street Market Launched
A new St Andrews Street Market is being launched by Fife Farmers Market with the aid of a new Regional Food Fund.
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“Forres Feast” Weekly Pop-up Shop on High Street opens doors Saturday, 15th of June
Saturday Pop-up Shops will showcase local, organic produce from 10 am – 2 pm every week until 26th of October, near the Tolbooth FORRES, MORAY – A new weekly “Forres Feast” Pop-up Shop on the High Street is giving local households, chefs and visitors a new way to buy...
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Spirit & Spice by Ghillie Basan: Recipe inspired by world flavours set against the wild landscapes of Scotland
Combining global flavours with the whiskies and natural larder of Scotland, Ghillie Basan’s new book Spirit & Spice takes readers on a culinary journey around the world and back again – to Ghillie’s home in the Highlands of Scotland.
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