News and Updates
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Scotland’s new foraging festival returns for 2020
Following the success of 2019’s event, dates have been announced for Scotland’s Foraging Fortnight, with organisers planning a new and expanded programme for 2020.
Connect Local: Selling for Success
Connect Local, the Scottish Government's local food and drink marketing advisory service, is delighted to offer business a free practical and interactive workshop designed to help food and drink build sales, marketing techniques and pitching skills for success....
Scotland’s new foraging festival returns for 2020
Following the success of 2019’s event, dates have been announced for Scotland’s Foraging Fortnight, with organisers planning a new and expanded programme for 2020.
Storytelling and Sense of Place: Food Tourism Workshop
This free workshop is delivered by a range of specialists with extensive experience working with both the food & drink and tourism sectors. It will offer ideas and opportunities to celebrate ‘sense of place’ plus tips for telling stories around local produce, and...
New Meat on the Menu from Scotland’s Shooting Industry
Estates across Aberdeenshire are joining together to introduce consumers to a Scottish food product they might not usually pick up on their weekly shop.
Cow with calf dairy farming viable at scale
A three year pilot by an organic dairy farm to test a radical new approach to dairy farming has concluded. Rainton Farm in south west Scotland, run by David and Wilma Finlay, has now committed to continuing with their cow with calf dairy farming system permanently...