Published Date: Jul 11th, 2024
GO Falkland, a regenerative agriculture festival - the only one of its kind in Scotland - is back for a second year on 17 and 18 July, and Fife Council will be there.
Attendees will have the opportunity to discuss Fife's Food4Fife strategy, which will be on display at the on-site marketplace. Food4Fife, a partnership of FifeCouncil, NHS Fife and others including food businesses, famers, and growers, aims to create a system that improves access to affordable food. It also aims to reduce Fife’s reliance on imported foods, enhance local food security, and encourage sustainable growing and procurement practices.
Fife Council's spokesperson for climate change and the environment, Cllr. Jan Wincott, along with Pamela Stevenson, service manager, economic development and NHS Fife's Jo-Anne Valentine, chair of the Food4Fife partnership, will join a panel discussion with Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands Mairi Gougeon, and others, looking at how Fife can contribute to Scottish Government ambitions that Scotland becomes a 'Good Food Nation'.
Cllr Wincott commented: "Food is an important issue for everyone in Fife and I'm pleased that we have this unique opportunity at GO Falkland to discuss how we can encourage people to look at how food is produced, where they buy it and what they serve every day.
"Now, more than ever, we need our food to be environmentally sustainable, be affordable and accessible to everyone, and be healthy and nutritious."