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Soil Association Scotland
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Scottish office of the Soil Association, the charity that digs deeper to transform the way we eat, farm and care for our natural world.
Read Connie Hunter of East Neuk Market Garden's blog on the SAP policy ask of targeted support for #marketgardens:

🪱 Why market gardens deliver public value
🫛 How current funding excludes these essential producers
🥔 A call to action for fairer system

👉 www.agroecology.scot/news/targete...
November 4, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Scottish milk producers & suppliers! Interested in supplying Scotland’s public sector?

APUC has published a PCS-Tender for fresh dairy products, including organic milk, to the Scottish Higher (HE) and Further (FE) Education sector and some other public sector bodies in Scotland.
November 4, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Agenda reveal for the Scottish Organic Gathering 🌿

Join us on 20 Nov at Balcaskie Estate, Fife, for a day of shared learning, farm tours and big conversations about the future of #Organic in Scotland.

👉 View the full agenda and register for free here: www.soilassociation.org/certificatio...
October 8, 2025 at 8:22 AM
We were delighted to be at #ScottishNFFNSummit25 today hearing from @linesmartin.bsky.social:
"Healthy soils and healthy nature drive our businesses"

and #DeniseWalton: "We need strong leadership – while we’re waiting, let’s roll up our collective sleeves, get on and drive that change"
October 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
🎉 Congrats to @orkneycouncil.bsky.social on renewing their
Bronze #FoodForLifeServedHere Award! 🥦🍎

Fresh, healthy & local food on school plates – supporting kids & producers across Orkney. 🌱👏 #ScottishSchoolMeals
October 2, 2025 at 8:11 AM
🎉 Congrats to BaxterStorey at @qmuniversity.bsky.social for achieving the #FoodforLifeServedHere Bronze Award at
Guthrie’s Kitchen! 🌱

200+ scratch-cooked meals daily, Scottish produce, free-range eggs & zero additives 👏

👉 Read more: soilassociation.org/our-work-in-...

#PublicSectorCatering
September 25, 2025 at 9:45 AM
🌱Exciting news! The Scottish Organic Gathering comes to #BalcaskieEstate, Fife on 20 November 2025.

Open to businesses, farmers, policy voices and others working in the organic supply chain.

Join us to help shape the future of #organic in Scotland👇 www.soilassociation.org/certificatio...
September 22, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Happy #EatScottishVenisonDay! 🦌

We're all about making good food the easy choice, and it's brilliant to see Scottish venison on the menu like schools on Islay and Jura.

Want to read about a pilot project that brought venison to school plates? 👇
www.soilassociation.org/our-work-in-...
September 4, 2025 at 9:50 AM
🚜🌱 Join us and our friends from the #scottishagroecologypartnership – a network of over 3000 farmers and crofters – in demanding a meaningful just transition for farming in Scotland 👇
📅Wednesday 3 September
📌Outside the Scottish Parliament
⏲️12–2pm
🪱Register here:
www.tickettailor.com/events/thesc...
August 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Join SAP outside #TheScottishParliament on Wed 3 Sept for:

👨‍🌾Farmers & crofters speaking out for change
🌱Clear demands & proposals for a just transition for Scottish agriculture
🍲Delicious hot food
🤝Solidarity for a fairer food & farming system

All welcome! 👇
www.tickettailor.com/events/thesc...
August 14, 2025 at 11:29 AM
🐄Join us at for a FREE, practical workshop exploring #WholeFarm approaches to regenerative disease and pest management, including poking around in poo for dung beetles!🪲
Book your place 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/livestock-...

📅Wed 20 Aug
⏲️10.30am–2.30pm
📍Guardswell Farm, Perthshire
🎟️Lunch included!
July 31, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Book your spot!🐄
Join us at Oakwood Mill Farm TOMORROW to explore what a #WholeFarm approach to #AnimalHealth looks like👇
eventbrite.co.uk/e/animal-hea...
Join the cows in their happy place🌞
See for yourself how a focus on breeding & genetics can mean less need for intervention🐮
July 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
“Sustainability & profitability can go hand in hand”, says Stuart Henry (Oakwood Mill Farm) of their low-intervention, #Organic beef enterprise.

Join us on Wed 16 July to explore a #WholeFarm approach & #AnimalWelfare in action.

Book your free place now👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/animal-hea...
July 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Planning for Change: A Whole Farm Approach to Animal Health🐄🌱

📅Wed 16 Jul 👇
eventbrite.co.uk/e/animal-hea...

Join us at Oakwood Mill Farm, Selkirk to explore what a #WholeFarm approach to #AnimalHealth looks like

A focus on breeding & genetics can mean less need for intervention 🐮
Free to attend!
June 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Join the #ScottishAgroecologyPartnership (SAP) at #RHS2025👇
www.tickettailor.com/events/lwa/1...
📅Thurs 19 June, 3–4pm

🪱Discover SAP's Vision for a fairer, more sustainable food system
🤝 Connect with farmers, policymakers & passionate individuals
🌱 Hear direct farmer insights on regen practices
June 16, 2025 at 8:43 AM
📢@eastayrshire.bsky.social, long-standing gold #FoodforLifeServedHere certified caterer, is seeking partners to provide fresh, local & sustainable food for school meals, incl #organicproduce
Join a movement that values health, environment&community. www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/...
May 27, 2025 at 10:22 AM
The #FoodforLifeScotland team are excited for Day 1 of #assistconf2025.

Come and see us at Stand 44. We're looking forward to a day of interesting talks and discussions and catching up with colleagues from across the #schoolmeals sector! #ScottishSchoolMeals
May 15, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Calling all Scottish Dairy Producers & Suppliers: do you want to supply into local authorities? @scotlandexcel.bsky.social will soon tender for the Supply and Distribution of Milk framework. The Prior Information Notice (PIN) is live. Find out more & register interest: soilassociation.co/3RYPf1v
May 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
By 15 May, farmers & crofters claiming #ScotGov BPS support will need to complete 2 of these #WholeFarmPlan audits:

🪱Soil analysis
🚜Carbon
🦋Biodiversity
🐄Animal health & welfare
🪳IPM

Watch the full film for a WFP overview here: youtube.com/watch?v=uz2h...

@wtscotsocial.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Huge congratulations to our partners at @argyllandbute.bsky.social on last night's #PSCAwards win! The #EstatetoPlate venison project, in collaboration with local business Wild Jura and ourselves at Food for Life Scotland, won the Sustainability Award! 🏆
April 25, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Apply now for our @thesoilassociation.bsky.social Scotland Farmer & Grower Board!
👨‍🌾A “sounding board” for our policy & farming work
🌱To advise us on priorities for the #organic sector in Scotland
🪱To ensure that #organic farmers & growers' needs are addressed 👇
soilassociation.org/our-work-in-...
April 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
👏 Big win for West Dunbartonshire Council!

Crosslet House & Queens Quay House care homes have earned the #FoodForLife Bronze award! 🥉

💚 50,000+ meals a year
🌱 Fresh, sustainable, locally sourced
🍽️ Food made with care

Read more about this fantastic achievement: soilassociation.org/our-work-in-...
April 9, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Apply now for our new @SoilAssociation Scotland Farmer & Grower Board!
👨‍🌾A “sounding board” for our policy & farming work
🌱To advise us on priorities for the #organic sector in Scotland
🪱To ensure that organic farmers & growers needs are addressed 👇
www.soilassociation.org/our-work-in-...
April 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Join our FREE webinar next week exploring 👇
🪱#WholeFarmPlans
🌱The new requirements
🐄How #Organic crop & livestock management plans help organic farmers deliver high #animalwelfare & embed nature-based solutions over pesticide use.  

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/planning-f...
@wtscotsocial.bsky.social
March 31, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Curious about #WholeFarmPlans?

Join our FREE lunchtime webinar THIS THURS to find out 👇
🐄What #WholeFarmPlans are
🪱An outline of the new requirements
🌱How a whole farm planning approach can boost the resilience of your business

Book your spot 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/planning-f...
#Agroecology
March 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM