Edible Edinburgh
Our Food Our City
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Our Vision
“Edinburgh is a city where good food is available and accessible for all, making for healthy people, thriving communities and a sustainable environment.”
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Food
Food is healthy and fairly traded. Fresh produce is locally grown.
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People
People can afford to eat well and food poverty is a thing of the past.
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Economy
There is a thriving food economy with many more small and successful food businesses and great training to support them.
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Culture
Culture is transformed and good food is at the centre of Edinburgh life.
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Environment
The environment benefits from better ways of growing, shopping and eating food – better for wildlife and better for our planet.
Support the Edible Edinburgh Vision
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Individuals and Families
Latest signatories:
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Shona Harrower
I fully support the edible edinburgh vision and look forward to participating more in future.
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Blair Robertson
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Marianne Benzie
We need more growing spaces across Edinburgh! Allotment waiting times are in years figures, which is ridiculous. This needs to change and can be if CEC adopt a policy of transforming some parts of parks (Leith Links is a good example) and dead space to allotments.
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Fiona donald
How do I get into the workshop
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Patrick dunne
its great to see so much activity and great growing projects in Edinburgh!
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Joe Jones
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Kerri Whiteside
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Biddy Kelly
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Heather Davies
Here’s to growing spaces on every unused patch of land around the city!
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Gabrielle Cathala
The food spaces and community in Edinburgh make my experience of the city so enjoyable. Let’s nurture and grow it!
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Sophie Cooke
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Maggie Holland
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Lezley Marion Cameron
I believe passionately in, and wholeheartedly support the Edible Edinburgh Vision. I am committed to working to promoting and implementing these aims together with Edible Edinburgh and their partners and sponsors.
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Alan Gordon
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Brenda Black
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Darran Tilghman
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Tessa Merrie
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David Roberts
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Scott Partridge
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Kath Bruce
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CARA MCKINNEY
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Katie Spence
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Lucie Wardle
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Jo Howie
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Michelle Slater
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Ben Lejac
Keep up the good work!
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Catherine Fyfe
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Spencer Clubb
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Claire
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Montserrat Costa Font
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George Gordon
Exciting times ahead and moving in the right direction.
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Gail Hutchison
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Mo Naveira de Sousa
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Mariavittoria Santarelli
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Joseph Earley
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Isla Browning
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Jim Stout
A vision of 10,000 gardens to feed the city.
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colin cleal
A great and fun incentive to reclaim food rights for all, and reduce the dominance of the “big four”.
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Victoria Merten
The principle that local people are taking some responsibility for their own food needs is incredible!
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Frida Jarlsby
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Catherine Cumming
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Rob Davidson
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Isla Browning
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Maggie Deane
Really keen to be part of this. We will be supporting this in our procurement practices.
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Flora cavedon
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Jack Edwards
Keep up the good work!
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Panna Nyeste
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Andrew Ogg
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Kirsty Fulton
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Mark de Vries
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Gilbert Dowding
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Rachel Carr
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Kirsten Leask
Great to see a joined-up approach across the city!
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Isabel Fletcher
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James Stewart
I currently work for the Cooperative Food stores. Started along very similar principles, it now has to play with the less scrupulous big boys of the food retail world. But we try to maintain our integrity in that arena.
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Ilenia
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David Somervell
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Naomi Webster
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nathan johnson
I wish to engage in the subject.
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Jennifer Watters
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Rachel Farrier
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Jenny Fausset
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Erin Macdonald
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Rachel Hammond
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Anna Beswick
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Fiona Macleod
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Susan Brown
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Malin Lernhammar
Great initiative on such an important subject. Keep it up! Im looking forward to getting involved.
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nick croft
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Euan Renton
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Denise Walton, Peelham Farm Produce
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Louisa Finch
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Scottish Food Joe
High quality, sustainable and healthy Scottish food should be the default option in shops, schools, cafes, hospitals restaurants and at home.
That such food remains a niche is a sad indictment on our country’s ability to feed itself well.
There are some positive signs of change, including Edible Edinburgh’s work.
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mark elliot
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Sally Findlay
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Rachel
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Stephanie Scott
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Christopher Mantle
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Iain Stewart
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Kerry Teakle
Edinburgh’s a great food city. Let’s celebrate all that’s good about it. The inaugural Edinburgh Food Festival at Assembly held last week showed there’s a lot to celebrate about great food
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Caroline Rye
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Patricia Abel
Lets all build on the work that is being done in Edinburgh. Create a movement
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Elizabeth Seary
Food is a multidimensional issue that effects everyone and everyone has their part to play in achieving the goal of true food security i.e. ʻsufficient food for everyone, always’ . Edible Edinburgh demonstrates this proposition, by, supporting and educating; growing and buying; cooking and eating – fresh, local, sustainable foods. Well done and thank you – Edible Edinburgh et al.
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Laura Dougan
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Caroline Rye
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sarah lomax
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Stan Blackley
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Dagmara Lukowiec
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Lynn Jamieson
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Rosanna Rabae
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Katharine Taylor
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Niamh Moore
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Julia Woodman
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Dave Leslie
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Eileen Hoettum
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Gilly Macwhirter
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Victor Morales
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Peter Ellis
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Pete Hutchinson
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Marianne Paget
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Lesley Hinds
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Stuart Guzinski
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hannah smith
Love the energy and community spirit of Edible Edinburgh; something I’d be keen to support
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Laura Dougan
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Shruti Jain
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Stan Blackley
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shirley cusack
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Jerry Simcock
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David Mcvey
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Daisy Narayanan
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Sarah Duley
Proud to live in a city with such fantastic food aims – keep up the good work!
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Russell Gill
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Alexis Heeren
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KIm Young
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David Somervell
Keep on for Edinburgh as a Sustainable Food City!
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Marianne Paget
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Lynn Jamieson
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Sandra Brown
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Emma Murray
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Tracey Reilly
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Marie-Amelie Viatte
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Angela Ball
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Matilda Scharsach
So excited to see good food even more in the spotlight in Edinburgh!
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Emma Witney
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Charlie Cornelius
Businesses, food and growing projects & organisations
Latest signatories:
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Weigh to go
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Kathy Muir
I want people with gardens no matter small to be able to grow food by getting the help they need to learn, thereby becoming urban growers who can share food with their community and can make their space, where possible, more nature friendly.
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Transition Edinburgh
Founder Members of Edible Edinburgh
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Keltic Seafare
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LeftField
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Ethical Shellfish Company
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Belhaven Lobster
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Fresh Start
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Good-Loop
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The Glebe at Duddingston Kirk
The Glebe at Duddingston Kirk is a four acre site looking over Duddingston Loch. It is a beautiful little park with walkways, places to sit and peaceful spaces to enjoy nature in the heart of the city. We grow vegetables, fruit and flowers with volunteers from the community and in association with Upmo, Tipereth, U3A, Parsons Green Primary and the Edinburgh Orchard Project.
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Phantassie Organic Veg
We grow lots of healthy Organic Veg all year round Our mantra for 20 years has been the 5 Rs particularly Rotting ! By setting up shop weekly at Edinburghs Markets and deliivering to homes and businesses we hope we are doing our bit to strengthen Edible Edinburgh and are more than happy to be involved.
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Edinburgh Food Social CIC
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Tartan Silk PR
Much enjoyed the Business Breakfast on 8 November.
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Royal Edinburgh Community Gardens
We provide opportunities for people in the community and the hospital to get involved in food growing, nature-based activities, and sharing food at our weekly cook-ups.
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Hibernian Community Foundation
Using football to make Edinburgh a healthier city
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Neighbourhoodfood Ltd, t/a GetFed.net
We’re creating a new online marketplace for home cooked food in Edinburgh very soon, empowering good home cooks to share their passion with hungry neighbours in their communities. Improving sustainability and reducing food waste at home, and create a new peer-to-peer marketplace to further empower those communities to support each other.
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UpMo
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Jusoh Design
Sustainable food is such a great combination of improving our environment and making everyday life a little better. We love this initiative and you have our full support!
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Community Ownership Support Service
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Wee Green
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TEENSPLUS
I currently work with Autistic adults and want to spread the healthy eating message far and wide. I will be using you for great ideas.
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The New Leaf Co-op
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Granton Community Orchard Garden
The more sustainable we are, the better we will feel. The more Organic food we grow & eat, the better we will feel. The more of a community we are, the better we will feel.
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Creative Carbon Scotland
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kilted lobster
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Griffen Fitness Ltd
A brilliant idea which my business fully supports! Better food means healthier and happier individuals…
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Edinburgh World Heritage
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Scran Salon
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Cranachan & Crowdie
Scottish food has been at the heart of Cranachan & Crowdie from day 1. Our range of small producers hail from all over Scotland and we pride ourselves in supporting so many local food businesses. We also have the job of introducing our wonderful products to visitors from all over the world who are interested in eating local. We are pleased to sign!
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Soil Association Scotland
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Leith Food Assembly
It’s never been more important to connect with our local land, support sustainable food and celebrate our amazing farmers and food-makers. Leith Food Assembly are proud to put our name to the principles of Edible Edinburgh, and to do our bit to make Edinburgh a sustainable food city with environmentally aware, good quality food that’s fair for all.
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FEAST
‘Food is at the heart of every community: from local suppliers who create great seasonal produce, community gardens and groups who plant and eat together, to the wholesome dinners we enjoy at home.
Feast believes in the ability of good food to connect a community. By creating nutritious meals using seasonal produce, collaborating with community groups and supporting the aspirations of young people we will fuel collaboration, social consciousness and community spirit’.
We are deeply supportive of Edible Edinburgh’s vision and are proud to sign up to their charter.
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Breadshare
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Peelham Farm
Our philosophy here at Peelham is “Sustainable Resilience”, which drives us to achieve core-wellbeing of our land and livestock, to produce a trusted, healthy, enjoyable product through our butchery in partnership with our employees for ourselves and our customers. We farm and produce organically and supply direct. Edible Edinburgh’s principles are about the ‘sustainable resilience’ of whole communities. This is deeply exciting. Sign the charter we must !
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Edinburgh Community Food
We at Edinburgh Community Food believe in “getting people into healthy food and healthy food into people” and fully support Edible Edinburgh’s vision.
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Mara Seaweed
At Mara we hold the belief that food should be healthy, local and sustainable very close to our hearts. It is great to see businesses and the public working together proactively, to ensure that the future of food is bright and constantly evolving.
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Hugh Grierson organic
We believe that all people should have access to good clean and fair food. On our organic farm we breed rear and butcher our own animals to high welfare standards. We applaud the ambition of Edible Edinburgh’s goals for a better food system for Edinburgh.
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Bread Matters Ltd
We teach breadmaking in the Scottish Borders and have been involved in Edible Edinburgh since it began. We’re pleased to sign up to the Charter. Our project, Scotland The Bread, aims to recreate a locally-controlled, nutritious and sustainable grain, flour and bread supply for all.
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Transition Edinburgh South
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Positive Realities
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University of Edinburgh
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Milton Road Community Garden
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The Power of Food Festival
Food Project of the Month
Transition Edinburgh South – Survival School #Wellbeing Fund
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Earth in Common receive funding for the Nourishing Leith Hub
Edible Edinburgh partners, Earth in Kind (previously known as Leith Community Crops in Pots) has received funding for its Nourishing Leith Hub. Earth in Kind is a grassroots organisation based in a densely populated and deprived urban area. The organisation aims to advance environmental protection and foster well-being by creating access to nature and good […]
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