Research

This is our research section containing our own briefings and reports along with documents from other sources that will be of interest.

Fife Diet Carbon Report
Read our brand new carbon footprint report ‘Foodprint’ here:

Fife Diet Briefing Notes Series

This, the first of six, is on Food and Climate Change issues in general.

Other Independent Research

Our Mutual Food The results of a year long piece of research funded by the Esmee Fairbairn Trust from Teresa Martinez for the Centre for Stewardship.

The Food Security Meme From the RGS 2010 conference ‘Confronting the Challenges of the Post-Crisis Global Economy and Environment’.

This presentation was given at the Big Tent Festival, Fife in July 2010. It is by Kirtana Chandrasekaran, Food Campaigner for Friends of the Earth and Food Sovereignty programme co-ordinator / Friends of the Earth International. It perfectly aligns the issues about food re-localisation with the issues of food sovereignty. Highly recommended.

This presentation was given at the Big Tent Festival, Fife in July 2010.
It is by Teresa Martinez, a Fife Diet member and the co-ordinator of the One Planet Food project which has been maping the food system in Fife for the past year in research funded by the Esmee Fairbairn Trust. The report tracks the potential for a sustainable and equitable food system.

This research was developed by the Sustainable Development Commission in the UK. It contains the first official attempts to map out advice to governments on what a sustainable and healthy diet might look like.

Here are some of the presentations offered at the local food conference at Dunbar last month (October 2009). Special thanks to all contributors for sharing their knowledge and expertise. Please acknowledge them if referencing their research. These were uploaded using Scribd.

This is from Prof Jan Bebbington outlines the Scottish Climate Change Bill 2009, its ambition, range and context. This presentation given at the Local Food Conference in Dunbar, October 2009.

This is from Prof Annie Anderson, Professor of Food Choice, Centre for Public Health Nutrition Research, University of Dundee. During 2008/9 she has been responsible for leading work on health and sustainability for the development of the Scottish Government Food and Drink policy. This presentation given at the Local Food Conference in Dunbar, October 2009.

Carole Inglis has been developing local food links in Skye and Lochalsh for a number of years. This is her presentation given at the Local Food Conference in Dunbar, October 2009.