SCDP arranged for four people who were tackling the barriers to a healthy diet in Scotland’s low-income communities to participate in a policy and practice study tour of Dublin. This report gives an insight into their experience and what it inspired them to do.
Topic: policy
No Fare
Report of the joint conference held in June 2003 at Heriot-Watt University to discuss access to food and focusing on the themes of availability, affordability, culture and skills
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Conferences and networking
Related topics: access, affordability, co-operative, environment, farming and city farms, local, partnership, planning, policy
Area of Work: Networking and learning development
The Finnish Experience
Report of the Scottish Community Diet Project’s study tour to the National Public Health Institute of Finland and North Karelia giving an insight into the participants’ thoughts of each visit and what it inspired them to do on their return.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Conferences and networking
Related topics: business, diet and nutrition, Finland, heart disease, low income, policy, rural, schools, smoking, study tours and exchanges
Area of Work: Networking and learning development
Crossing Borders
A report detailing the experiences of the Scottish Community Diet Project development officer and two local community food activist who attended the conference Crossing Borders – Food and Agriculture in the Americas, which took place in Toronto, Canada in June 1999.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Conferences and networking
Related topics: children, conference, food poverty, growing and gardening, health and safety, policy, research, rural, young people
Area of Work: Networking and learning development
In Touch
The report of the SCDP networking conference held at Murrayfield Stadium Conference Centre, Edinburgh.