In this episode we take a nation-wide perspective and speak to several Food Partnerships from across Scotland about their focus and how this ties in to Scotland as a Good Food Nation. This kicks off at the Scottish Food Partnerships Gathering back in May.

Useful links:

Nourish Scotland

Granite City Good Food

Highland Good Food Partnership

Sustainable Food Places Scotland

Good Food Nation Act

Other relevant episodes:

Changing Our Food System

The Glasgow City Food Plan

This episode is a spotlight on Kin Kitchen, a community food initiative based in the Southside of Glasgow. We hear from Jess, Kin Kitchen's co-founder, as well as volunteers Chloe, Jaafar, and Roisin.

This episode gives an insight into the processes and considerations of a grassroots, community-focused and led organisations in it's first year of action, and we can't wait to see what else Kin Kitchen get up to.

More from Kin Kitchen here:

Website

Instagram

Facebook

Govanhill Cookery Exchange and Recipe Book

From the 24-30th April is Global Intergenerational Week, and so for this episode we're talking to Bella Kerr from Generations Working Together and PHD researcher at the University of Manchester Zarina Ahmad. Listen to find out why intergenerational connection is so important for the movement to improve our food system, as well as what food can do to bring different generations together.

Useful links:

Generations Working Together

Follow Zarina on LinkedIn

Food For Life Get Togethers

Production and editing by Thalia Groucott and music by Oscar Wainwright.

As part of Food Waste Action Week we spoke to Norma Gray from Zero Waste Scotland and Helen White from WRAP about why reducing food waste is so important and how households can do so. 

Useful links: 

Where to recycle your food waste if you live in a Glasgow Tenement

Zero Waste Scotland

Love Food Hate Waste - Food Waste Action Week

Find all of our resources for Food Waste Action Week at linktr.ee/glasgowfpp

Production and editing by Thalia Groucott and music by Oscar Wainwright

In this episode we hear about some of the work happening in 2023 to change our food system, spanning from small-scale market gardeners in rural parts of Scotland to the Scottish Government’s Good Food Nation Bill, and all the connectedness in between. We also discuss some of the barriers to tangible change in our food system, like funding cuts to vital grassroots organisations.

Useful links:

The Scottish Food Coalition on Twitter and their Website

Food Train

Propagate

Glenkens Food Hub

Sustainable Food Trust - Feeding Britain from the ground up

Rob Percival’s The Meat Paradox on BBC Sounds

Production and editing by Thalia Groucott, music by Oscar Wainwright.

In this episode we visit Elderpark Community Centre's Christmas Dinner and Locavore's Christmas Market. Listen to find out what people are wishing for this Christmas, the importance of welcoming community spaces, and for discussions about sustainability at Christmas. 

You can find Glasgow Council for the Voluntary Sector's Festive Directory here. It shows all the different community services which will be open throughout the festive period.

Useful links: 

Urban Roots

Locavore

Jack Monroe's Nut Roast

Glasgow Council for the Voluntary Sector's Festive Directory

In this episode we hear all about the Real Living Wage from three Glasgow businesses who are committed to paying it, as well as getting some background from Anna Hirvonen from Living Wage Scotland. Listen to this episode if you're interested in worker's rights and fair pay, or if you're a foodie wanting to hear about three amazing independent businesses in Glasgow - Tantrum Doughnuts, Dear Green Coffee Roasters, and sprigg. 

Check out our guests: 

Living Wage Scotland

Tantrum Doughnuts

sprigg

Dear Green Coffee

Find out more: 

B-corp

Get in touch with Lisa if you're a business wanting to know more about B-Corp via LinkedIn. 

Credits:

Produced, recorded, and edited by Thalia Groucott

End music by Oscar Wainwright

In this episode we hear from the staff, volunteers, and community members at Kinning Park Complex Community Kitchen. If you want to hear about the thinking behind the meal, what people like about it, and why community meals are important, this is the episode for you.

You can follow Kinning Park Complex Community Kitchen on Instagram @kinningparkcommunitykitchen or check out the other things going on at Kinning Park Complex on Instagram @kinningparkcomplex or on their website here.

You can contact Jamie at [email protected] if you're interested in starting your own community meal. 

In this bumper episode of The Good Food For Glasgow Podcast, we're joined by 5 different academics researching sustainable food in their fields. We hear from Esther Papies who researches food choices and psychology at the University of Glasgow; Michael MacLeod who conducts food system life cycle analysis at Scotland's Rural College; Ada Garcia who researches nutrition at the University of Glasgow; and Matthew Alexander and Juliette Wilson who research food waste marketing at the University of Strathclyde.

Listen to hear how sustainability informs their work, their current research and findings, and how you can get involved. 

If you're interested in taking part in Ada's study into recipes with alternative forms of protein, you can contact her at [email protected]

Production and editing by Thalia Groucott. Music by Oscar Wainright.

In this episode we hear a Glasgow-centric account of the cost of living crisis: how are people in Glasgow being affected by the crisis, and what solutions can we see to the increasing food insecurity?

Useful links: 

Independent Food Aid Network

Pollokshields Community Food Point

Scottish Pantry Network

Castlemilk Law Centre

Find Glasgow Food Policy Partnership:

Online

On Facebook

On Instagram

On Twitter

Credits: 

Production and editing by Thalia Groucott

Music by Oscar Wainwright