Food and Climate Change Edinburgh Sustainable Food City Edible Edinburgh

And This is What we are Working Towards More fresh, healthy and sustainable food produced and enjoyed Fewer people living in poverty Our natural environment and resources are protected and conserved with fewer emissions A thriving economy with greater diversity in local food production and distribution A transformed food culture with greater awareness and skills Edible Edinburgh Report 2014

Recipe for Success: Good Food Nation A children’s Food Policy – Food and health is now part of the broad general education

Sustainable Good Food 1.Aiming to be waste free 2.Eating better, and less meat and dairy 3.Buying local, seasonal an environmentally friendly food 4.Choosing Fair-trade certified products 5.Selecting fish only from sustainable sources 6.Getting the balance right 7.Growing your own, and buying the rest from a wide range of outlets Sustain Web site

Relationship between growing, cooking and eating Food Growing in Schools Taskforce March 2012

Food Growing in Schools Taskforce Report 2012 Six key recommendations 1. A national campaign celebrating food growing in schools 2. A policy emphasis on food growing in schools 3. A food growing in schools online hub 4. Business communities to support food growing in schools 5. Promotion of food growing by school leadership teams 6. Making clear connections between food growing in schools and food-related and land based careers

Community Empowerment Act Part 119 Food Growing Strategies

Food and Climate Change UNFAO Globally agriculture generates 30% of man- made emissions of green house gas incl ½ of methane and ½ of NO 2 In EU 30% of greenhouse gas come from consumer purchases come from food and drink

Emissions come from across Food system Transport Conversion of land to agriculture Energy used to make fertilisers, pesticides & farm machinery Impact of agriculture on the soil (natural carbon store) Food processing Refrigeration

Emissions come from across Food system contd Retail Domestic use of food Waste format at different stages

The Sustain Guide to Good Food Sustain’s working definition, developed in consultation with our membership of expert organisations, is that sustainable food – in other words, good food - should be produced, processed, bought, sold and eaten in ways that: Provide social benefits, such as safe and nutritious products, and improve people’s experiences of good quality food, for instance by growing and cooking it, which helps to enrich our knowledge and skills, and our cultural diversity; Contribute to thriving local economies that create good jobs and secure livelihoods – both in the UK and, in the case of imported products, in producer countries; Enhance the health and variety of both plants and animals (and the welfare of farmed and wild creatures), protect natural resources such as water and soil, and help to tackle climate change.

Botanics course March 2017 Feed the Soil, not the Plant Learn how to make the most of your garden soil. A beginner’s course that will help you understand your own garden soil and how to look after it so that your plants have the best growing conditions. Students will learn what soil is, how to do basic soil tests and how improve soil condition and health through home composting. This course is a mixture of teaching and practical activities

Gracemount Primary Schools – Food and Gardening Gracemount Primary – – Green Team – Outdoor Teachers – Other classes St Catherine’s Primary – Nursery class ( to embed in curriculum) – After School Classes – groups of 10 2 food classes and 10 gardening. Followed by a challenge to parents

Gracemount Walled Garden

Gracemount Walled Garden July 2016

Gracemount Walled Garden

Gracemount Walled Garden Youth Group

Climate Change Tool Global Calculator