Food and drink

Help with heating costs is on its way to around 400,000 people on low incomes through a new Scottish Government benefit, with the first payments processed this week.

More than £20m will be paid out over the course of February and March in Winter Heating Payments.

Reducing Inputs: Integrated Pest Management (Webinar)

Join the Soil Association online for an interactive panel discussion, featuring farmers – David Bell of Fairfield Farms, Fife and Graham Elder of Chapel Farm, North Berwick – who use practical IPM approaches to reduce pesticide/herbicide use and increase farm resilience.

The Scottish Government will carefully consider proposals to support more women into entrepreneurship, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said following publication of a wide-ranging independent review.

The Gathering

The countdown to The Gathering 2023 has officially started, the events planned over 2 days, Wednesday 10th May & Thursday 11th May, include trips to local transport operators and community hubs on the 10th and the plenary session on the 11th.

Do you have a small business in Scotland? 

Could you answer a series of questions to capture a comprehensive snapshot of trading conditions and challenges across the country? 

Community projects tackling poverty and disadvantage will receive £27 million funding over the next three years.

Food pantries which help lower food bills and cost of living advice services are among the 100 initiatives developed by local people set to receive grants from the Investing in Communities Fund.

RBST Scotland Launches New Sustainable Farming Conference

The ‘Farm to Fork – a new, sustainable perspective’ conference will take place on 23rd March at Bowhouse in Fife, hosted by RBST in partnership with Balcaskie Estate.

High quality, nutritious food locally and sustainably produced is key to our wellbeing – in economic, environmental, social and health terms.

The Scottish Government has set out the list of measures for the Agricultural Reform Programme (ARP) and has stated:

A route map and list of draft measures has been published by The Scottish Government which provides further clarity on how they intend to deliver the ambitions set out in the Vision for Agriculture, published in March 2022.

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