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Bringing a fairer, healthier, more sustainable & resilient food system to Glasgow. linktr.ee/glasgowfpp

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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Friday Food Feature - - As it's Fairtrade Fortnight, we are highlighting the Glasgow Sustainable Food Directory. You can search the online interactive map here slowfoodglasgow.co.uk/GSFD-Fourth-...
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GSFD Fourth Edition — Slow Food Glasgow
Creating a place where people can access food that is good for them, the planet, and for those who grow it.
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Last week our Sustainable Food Partnership Co-ordinator, Riikka, was at Langside Campus (Glasgow Clyde College) with a group of young people eager to learn more about the food system! Delivered together with @Barnardosscot and @coopuk @langsidecampus @glasgowclydecollege @tnlcommunityfund
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We had a great time celebrating all things apple at The Pyramid at Anderston on Saturday! Our colleagues at Glasgow Community Food Network and The Orchard Project ran the event, as part of their Orchard Commons project. We shared our Autumn Bucket Lists, and got creative with apple printing!
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Excited to have @Rohan Wadke, chef and star of the Great British Menu, at our Harvest event on 31st October. He'll be cooking some delicious food and also demonstrating ways to reduce food waste, particularly at Halloween. 🍎 🎃 #GlasgowGoingforGold #harvest www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1999090516...
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Celebrate autumn at our Going for Gold Harvest event at Civic House - family-friendly fun, seasonal treats, activities & live music! #GoingForGold #HarvestCelebration #AutumnInGlasgow #SeasonalFood www.eventbrite.com/e/glasgow-go...
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The Glasgow Going for Gold team attended Westercommon Unity Market on Saturday. We handed out free seed growing kits and spoke to people about simple actions they can take to engage in local food systems. Thanks to volunteers Alice & Barry from the Courtyard Pantry 😊🍑 #glasgowgoingforgold
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The GFPP team had a great time at the NHS Mobile Skills Unit when it visited Kelvingrove Park Live Commonwealth Games site and PEEK Community Festival at Glasgow Club Crownpoint this week. We spoke to hundreds of people about the #GlasgowGoingForGold campaign, and the Summer Bucket List.
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The #GlasgowGoingForGold team will be at the Game On Live Site at Kelvingrove Park on 28th July. We will be running a stall in the NHS Mobile Skills Unit –come and see us and get a free seed sowing kit to help you get started with your Summer Bucket List! www.whatsonglasgow.co.uk/event/177075...
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Game On Live Site at Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow West End | What's On Glasgow
Children, young people and families can enjoy free activities, sport and live screenings of Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games events at the Game On Live Site in Kelvingrove Park this summer! What's On…
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Our team is on holiday until the 24th July, but you can still send us your entries to take part in the #GlasgowGoingForGold campaign. Anyone taking part will get a chance to win a food related prize, and the prizes will be revealed later this summer!
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Did you know that Glasgow City Council-funded holiday programmes, in community venues throughout the city, provide free, nutritious food to all children attending? Look for your nearest holiday programme here www.glasgow.gov.uk/ghp
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Many thanks to Glasgow Centre for Population Health for creating this fantastic animation introducing our new Going for Gold campaign! #GlasgowGoingforGold www.youtube.com/watch?v=s77M...
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Glasgow Going For Gold
A video explaining the Glasgow Going for Gold Campaign, which is part of Glasgow’s work towards achieving the Sustainable Food Places Gold Award. More information can be found at the Glasgow Food…
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Kids bored already in the Summer Holidays? We have put together a food-related Summer Holiday Events Calendar, and Bucket List, to keep families occupied and learning about good food together! Don't forget to post your photos and tag #GlasgowGoingForGold!
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Were you involved in the Full of Beans project? This fascinating report by Dr Em May Armstrong looks at the impact of the 2nd phase of the Full of Beans campaign, in the year 2025 – 26. Read the full report on our website goodfoodforall.co.uk/learnings-an... #GlasgowFullOfBeans
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Our Summer Newsletter is out! Read further to find out more about our Going for Gold campaign, upcoming events, food-related reports and more. #GlasgowGoingForGold mailchi.mp/e9d22b594a4f...
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
A few weeks ago our Good Food Movement Coordinator went to visit Suissi Vegan, a Malaysian restaurant on Dumbarton Road to find out what they're doing to help build a better food movement in Glasgow. Read the full article and find more #GoodFoodStories here goodfoodforall.co.uk/good-food-st...
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Need some ideas for keeping the family entertained during the summer holidays? Just view and download our Summer Bucket List, complete as many of the activities as you can, and post on social media with the hashtag #GlasgowGoingForGold. goodfoodforall.co.uk/projects/gla...
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
On Tuesday we were delighted to officially launch our Summer Bucket List and Events list, at our Going for Gold campaign launch which took place in the City Chambers. We were joined by P3 pupils from Sacred Heart Primary Schools, who shared with us their favourite food-related activities!
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Dig In Community Food Market in Govan is hiring! #GoodFoodForGlasgow
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
June is a month where everything is buzzing with life! For those keen to start growing, or already with green fingers, check out our suggestions of 'What to Grow This Month'. #GlasgowGoodFood #GrowYourOwn
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Last week the GFPP team visited Sacred Heart Primary School in Bridgeton to talk to pupils about the Going for Gold campaign! The children made food faces with fruit and vegetables, and also helped think of ideas for our ‘Fun food-filled summer activities’ bucket list! #GlasgowGoingForGold
Paper plate with a selection of fruit and vegetables arranged in a pattern.
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Do you have a food-related event you wish to promote this summer? It could be a community market, open day, meal, street party or anything else promoting good food in the city! Let us know on this form and we will promote it as part of our #glasgowgoingforgold campaign. bit.ly/435BtzE
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
The first event for our Going for Gold campaign is our Going for Gold Campaign Launch. This will host various food-based organisations who will be promoting various fun family activities you can take part in over the summer. Come and get involved! #glasgowgoingforgold lnkd.in/ec2RBEYy
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Big Announcement! Today we are launching Glasgow Going for Gold - the campaign to support Glasgow’s bid for a Gold Sustainable Food Places Award. We hope you will support our campaign, and over the next few weeks we will be sharing ways that you can get involved. #glasgowgoingforgold
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
In honour of World Therapeutic Horticulture Day, which was yesterday, 18th May, we are sharing a podcast episode with Fiona Thackeray, the CEO of Trellis Scotland and founder of World Therapeutic Horticulture Day. Enjoy! soiltosupper.com/48
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Episode 48 – A Conversation with Fiona Thackeray | Soil to Supper
May 13, 2025 | Podcast, Therapeutic Gardening & Wellbeing
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Competition open to all Secondary School Pupils in Glasgow! Please circulate widely. You can also follow the link here. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
As we all prepare to vote in the Scottish Elections on Thursday, you may want to take a look at this Soil Association roundup of each party's commitments relating to food, farming and land use. #ScottishElections #FoodSystems #GoodFoodNation www.soilassociation.org/our-work-in-...
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
With this beautiful sunshine, it's the perfect time to get growing! Check out our monthly guide to growing your own, with tips on what to grow, when, and what varieties are recommended for Glasgow. Be sure to share what you’re growing, and tag us #glasgowfpp
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Riikka Gonzalez writing about our Full of Beans campaign on the Eating Better website for World Health Day. It's great to see so there's still so much interest in our campaign and spreading the message about beans! #glasgowfullofbeans eating-better.org/news-and-rep...
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Adopting ‘Full of Beans’ in Glasgow
‘Full of Beans’ campaign was run in partnership by the Glasgow Food Policy Partnership (GFPP) and Glasgow Community Food Network’s Food and Climate Action team in 2024. We spoke to GFPP about the…
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Our April Newsletter is out! Click through to read about recent events, the launch of the Scottish Food Commission, some new resources on Food Insecurity, a guide to delivering Inclusive Cooking Workshops, and lots more. #goodfoodforglasgow
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
What to grow this month?
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Organised by the Scottish Food Coalition, Scotland’s National Food Debate will be held on Wed 8th April, 6.30 – 8.30pm in Augustine United Church in Edinburgh and also online. This is an important opportunity to make all political parties know that food is a critical issue for voters.
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
This webinar will be of interest if you're in public procurement, or are a producer looking to supply the public sector. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/regional-f...
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Regional Food Hubs: Lessons Learnt and Procurement Toolkit
A practical look at the learnings from Better Food Trader's 12 month Regional Food Hubs programme & the launch of a new procurement toolkit.
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
There was a very stimulating range of talks and discussions at the Glasgow Food Policy Partnership networking event last week. We were pleased to be joined by Jayne Jones, Chief Executive of the newly created Scottish Food Commission, who shared more about the Good Food Nation Plan. #goodfoodnation
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Incredible, inspiring and delicious day at Nourish Scotland's Food Systems Conference! Our Good Food Nation: Where do we go from here? held in Central Hall in Edinburgh. #goodfoodnation #nourish
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Slow Food Glasgow have officially joined the Partnership! After working closely with us for a number of years on producing the Sustainable Food Directory, we are very happy to have them on board, and recognise their amazing work! You can see them on our list of partners on our website.
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Read our latest newsletter here mailchi.mp/d0b6892ca50d... If you haven't signed up yet to receive our newsletters - you can do that here! goodfoodforall.us19.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Big news for growers, producers, retailers and those working in public procurement interested in organics - the launch of the Scottish Government Organic Action Plan, which includes funding of £200k in year 1. foodanddrink.scot/helping-busi...
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
The Full of Beans cultural cuisines zine, created in collaboration with attendees of our workshops last summer, is now available! Visit our website to view it in full goodfoodforall.co.uk/learnings-an...
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
After running the Full of Beans campaign to promote beans in Glasgow during 2024 and 2025, we are now fully behind the Food Foundation’s Bang in Some Beans campaign! Visit buff.ly/w4gVltZ to find out more and get eating your beans! #banginsomebeans #OnBoardWithBeans #fullofbeans
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Every year we publish a progress report on the Glasgow City Food Plan - the latest report for Year 4 is now available on our website. Let us know if you have any comments! goodfoodforall.co.uk/reports-and-...
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Reports and Evaluation
Each year a report on the progress of the Glasgow City Food Plan will be produced.
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
What to grow in January? This month we have recommendations from @Glasgow Seed Library. They recommend using open pollinated seeds, which you can get from companies such as Seeds of Scotland, Real Seeds, Tamar Organics or Vital Seeds. We'd love to see your growing pics if you decide to sow along!
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
The issues of food and climate are closely linked. Any climate plan should recognise the impact of the food system on climate, and what we can do to reduce emissions. We would encourage anyone interested to read the plan and add their views. www.glasgow.gov.uk/cpconsultation
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Glasgow's Climate Plan Consultation - Glasgow City Council
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Did you know that we have compiled a list of resources on our website for all those struggling for food this winter? It will also be useful if you work in food poverty or food relief. Check it out here and let us know if there is anything you would add! goodfoodforall.co.uk/documents/re...
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Resources for those in Glasgow
Our food system is complex. The mission to transform our food system means addressing food poverty as well as health factors and the environmental impacts of food production. Many areas of Glasgow…
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
We are pleased to see the publication of the national Good Food Plan by the Scottish Government, and look forward to working with our partners to help develop a local Good food Nation plan for Glasgow. You can read the full plan here - www.gov.scot/publications...
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The First National Good Food Nation Plan
The first national Good Food Nation Plan. It sets out six over-arching Outcomes; the range of targets and indicators used to gauge progress towards achieving them; and details of food-related…
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Do you have apple trees? Do you need apples for community projects? You can help a new project by Glasgow Community Food Network and The Orchard Project by filling out their survey - glasgowfood.net/apple-appeal-2025
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Apple Appeal 2025
Connecting and supporting the people and organisations of Glasgow who grow, produce and eat food
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Wishing all our partners and supporters, as well as everyone reading this, a very happy and peaceful festive season! We look forward to seeing many of you in 2026, when we will return refreshed and ready to come back to working together to achieve our goal of a truly sustainable food city.
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Have you checked out our latest newsletter for 2025 yet? It's packed with highlights from our recent gatherings and online seminars, a chance to win a £100 Locavore voucher, updates on a new nationwide beans initiative, and opportunities for funding. Follow the link below! bit.ly/3Lab3Hv
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
We had another bean-filled afternoon on 25th November at our Full of Beans Networking event. We came together to hear everything that’s happened in Glasgow since the end of the official 2024 Full of Beans campaign. #glasgowfullofbeans #beans #banginsomebeans #sustainablefood
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Glasgow Food Policy Partnership @glasgowfpp.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
2 weeks ago we launched the 4th edition of the Glasgow Sustainable Food Directory with Slow Food Glasgow at a fully booked event hosted in Five March. It was amazing to see so many sustainable food venues, suppliers & public attending the event! You can see the new directory here lnkd.in/gx9xDBQE
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