Food and Drink
Small Business Innovation Drives Growth
Scotland’s agrifood sector has many small vibrant, often family, businesses that sustain communities and innovate to drive that all-important economic growth. This innovation and enterprise creation strengthens industry resilience and helps to ensure these businesses grow and develop to support the next generation. …
- Sascha Grierson and Ceri Ritchie
- 03/08/2023
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Rewarding Awards!
Food & drink and agricultural awards deliver multi-faceted benefits. …
- Ceri Richie
- 21/07/2023
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Creating an innovation and skills ecosystem for the future
Of the many words he has spoken on the subject, one quote in particular from Andy Haldane stands out: “Innovation provides the spark, but the institutions provide the fuel.” The Chief Executive of the Royal Society of Arts could easily have been talking about SRUC, where our Digital Dairy Chain has been highlighted in Scotland’s National Innovation Strategy as a prime example of an innovation cluster. …
- Wayne Powell
- 14/06/2023
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Digital Dairy Chain highlighted in National Innovation Strategy
The Principal and Chief Executive of Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) has welcomed the organisation’s prominent inclusion in Scotland’s newly published National Innovation Strategy.…
- SRUC
- 13/06/2023
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Zoo poo and ‘hot dogs’
SRUC reveals activities for 2023 Royal Highland Show.…
- SRUC
- 12/06/2023
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Work starts on ONE SeedPod innovation hub for food and drink manufacturing
Work to create ONE SeedPod – the transformational industry innovation hub for Scotland’s food and drink industry – has started in Aberdeen, following the completion of the capital funding package and award of the construction contract.…
- SRUC
- 29/05/2023
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Zero carbon production ‘moon shot’ in reach for Scotland’s livestock farmers
A recent call on social media from former Defra adviser and rewilding advocate Ben Goldsmith for sheep to be removed from national parks and other marginal landscapes across the UK has led to a stepping-up of the debate over the future of ruminant livestock in our food supply chain.…
- Wayne Powell
- 27/04/2023
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Free workshops help people kickstart careers in food industry
Anyone with an ambition to run their own food and drink business can now sign up for free workshops to help them turn their ideas into reality. …
- SRUC
- 21/04/2023
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Embracing nature-based opportunities
It is expected that nature and biodiversity will follow in the footsteps of carbon, with businesses encouraged (and potentially required) to measure and report on their impacts. At SAC Consulting, we are monitoring the development of this space so that we can help our clients navigate the evolving landscape.…
- Brady Stevens & Ceri Ritchie
- 17/04/2023
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Africa's 'forgotten food crops' could play key role in climate change research
Researchers at SRUC, the World Vegetable Center, World Agroforestry and partner institutions have modelled how nutrient-rich forgotten food crops – crops not promoted in recent decades with the dominance of major staples – could help diversify future food systems to make them more climate-resilient and healthier.…
- SRUC
- 11/04/2023
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SRUC Alliance for the Natural Economy Forum – Reflections #2
The second of the Alliance for the Natural Economy Forum dinners, convened by SRUC, was held on 28 March at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.…
- Peter Smyth and Susannah Bolton
- 05/04/2023
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Breeding for feed-efficient dairy cows
The largest UK study of its kind aims to enhance breeding for feed efficient dairy cows.…
- SRUC
- 03/04/2023
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