The eyes of the world have been on Glasgow over the past couple of weeks as we have hosted the highest profile event the UK has ever seen. The significance of COP26, the gathering of the world leaders, demonstrates the importance of climate change and what we all do can make a difference. It has…

Plate up for Glasgow campaign provides food for thought as we look to cut excess consumption Plate up for Glasgow is a hospitality-led campaign highlighting the issue of food waste and its impact on our environment and the local economy. Glasgow Chamber of Commerce – via Circular Glasgow – is to be commended on this campaign…

The need for change in Glasgow’s food systems and what Greencity Wholefoods is doing to encourage a better, fairer future. Greencity Wholefoods is Scotland’s largest worker co-op in Scotland, employing 56 people on an ‘equal pay equal say’ basis. The name Greencity was chosen as Glasgow in Gaelic (Glaschu) means ‘Dear Green Place’. We began…

Why I’ve always cooked with a zero-waste approach With the ever-increasing cost of food and working in a number of high-end restaurants at the beginning of my career, it always baffled me how much food gets thrown away. When I helped setup The Dairy, a small independent restaurant, we were conscious of reducing waste for…

Eusebi’s story was born in Italy but made in Glasgow. It is inspired to this day by the cucina povera values of my Italian grandparents in the south of Italy. Theirs was a simple life. They grew all their own food using what we call now biodynamic farming. The food was pure with no chemicals…

By Fiona Inglis, Plate up for Glasgow Partnership Manager and Freelance Sustainability Consultant. We all know that the effects of multiple Coronavirus lockdowns and social distancing measures have been devastating for the hospitality sector. As a former food business owner, seeing venues close their doors for the last time and local institutions on the brink…

What if food could help tackle climate change?  Hear why we need to address food waste, the role our cities can play and how you can join the Ellen MacArthur Foundation for a film screening of “Food design: a powerful lever to address climate change” during COP26.  

Recent BBC coverage of the Earthshot Prize – Repairing our Planet – has been inspiring on many levels. Not least because the tone is appropriately sombre in its conveying of the facts we currently need to face, but there’s a symbiotic response where Prince William and Sir David Attenborough consider a solutions focused approach in…

The charity WRAP estimated that across businesses, homes and food manufacture in the UK, we throw away around 9.5 million tonnes of food worth around £19 billion a year – resulting in around 36 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emission. When looking globally, waste reaches a staggering 1.3 billion tonnes a year!  At IKEA, food has always been an important part of our business. In the UK, we have partnered with Winnow to…

It’s been a year of fantastic momentum in the world of food in Glasgow. After 2 years in the making, Glasgow City Food Plan was launched in June 2021 closely followed up by Glasgow receiving a Sustainable Food Places Bronze award for taking a holistic approach to food and achieving significant positive change on a…

By Rebecca Ricketts, Senior Project Advisor, Circular Glasgow and Plate up for Glasgow Campaign Lead. Did you know that globally about one-third of all food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted?  That’s the equivalent of heading along to your favourite supermarket, buying enough food to fill three Bags for Life, getting home and…