Food joins together our local economy, environment and society. It touches every aspect of life, from jobs to culture, health to natural surroundings.
Increasing the amount of local food grown and consumed in our communities is not only good for our environment but also for our health and our prosperity.
Our approach to food is to lead by example, we work with others to demonstrate the value food can have in all aspects of our life. This means how we grow, cook, eat and travel for food; as well as looking at what we do with the food we throw away.
Our ambition is to help make change across the following areas:
Falkirk Food Futures is a project funde
Forth Environment Link will work alongside community organisations, Falkirk Council, NHS Forth Valley, CVS Falkirk and local third sector partners to build a fairer, more resilient and sustainable food future for the region.
Falkirk Food Futures activities and outcomes will run from March 2022-June 2022 and include the following;
Click here to find out more about the successful community groups in Falkirk receiving grant funding.
Forth Environment Link are supporting Stirling, Falkirk and Clackmannanshire to become Sustainable Food Places. Sustainable Food Places Scotland | Sustainable Food Places
Sustainable Food Places believe that a transition to a healthy, sustainable and more equitable food system requires not only strong national policy but also collaborative action between policy makers, businesses and civil society at the local level.
The Sustainable Food Places approach is about;
Our Climate Kitchen & Garden Project will benefit the Falkirk community by building capacity within our volunteers and organisations, and helping our communities become climate ready by increasing awareness and understanding of climate change and enabling people tomove to low-carbon lifestyles.
Through the following activities we will work with local communities to create Climate Ready Champions.
In a bid to increase access to nutritious, sustainable, local and seasonal food,
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199a - 203 High Street, Falkirk, FK1 1DU
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Stirling Train Station, Goosecroft Road, Stirling, FK8 1PF
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