Edinburgh’s sustainable food producers and suppliers are being called upon to apply to have their details registered in a new directory.
The Sustainable Food Directory is designed to help people find out where they can source sustainable food locally and to support the promotion of the capital as a leading food destination in Scotland.
Managed by Edible Edinburgh, and supported by the City of Edinburgh Council, the directory will aim to showcase the best places to find local, sustainable food in Edinburgh, for residents and visitors.
Local food growing projects, community food organisations, shops, markets, cafes and restaurants are all being asked to apply to become part of the directory – with the aim of gaining recognition as the most sustainable food places in the city.
Applicants are being asked to complete a short form, detailing why they should be included in the directory, along with a sustainability statement outlining how they’re actively working towards sustainability in their services; supply chain, packaging and recycling.
Councillor George Gordon, Chair of Edible Edinburgh, said:
As a food partnership, we want to promote the breadth of sustainable, healthy, local food choices on offer to residents and visitors to Scotland’s capital city. Food that’s grown locally has less distance to travel to get to our plate, meaning less carbon emissions from things like transportation and storage.
We know that Edinburgh’s amazing local food and drink producers work hard to bring high quality, sustainably produced food to people’s plates. So, we’re calling on sustainable food businesses, growers, suppliers and producers in the city to apply to be listed on our new directory, highlighting their business action and ambition, to make it easier for people to support local food producers, shops and communities in Edinburgh.”
The project to create a Sustainable Food Directory is set to be announced as part of Edible Edinburgh’s Inspiring Food event later today [Friday 25 Feb 2022] aimed at promoting some of Edinburgh’s leading food businesses, charities, growing projects and pantries.
Business can find out more about the directory and how to register by emailing Edible Edinburgh on hello@edible-edinburgh.org.
The directory is scheduled to go live to the public in early summer.