A Taste of Skye & Lochalsh News
Scottish Food Fortnight - A food trail for food lovers
5th - 20th September
To celebrate Scottish Food Fortnight, some the the Food Heroes in Skye and Lochalsh have got together to open their doors, to share their great passion for delicious tasting locally produced food and drink.
The featured producers invite you to experience a warm welcome to their businesses, to find out more about the product, see where it is made,and then enjoy a wee sample. Your holiday won't be complete without a Taste of Local Food from Skye and Lochalsh, so start the journey here!
Local producers provide welcome sustenance for sustainable expedition
10 August 2009
Local producers have lent a helping hand to two young adventurers from Barra. On Monday 3rd August 2009 Tom Pendrey and Sam Bonfield paddled 300 kilometres round the Isle of Skye in sea
kayaks in as environmentally friendly a way as possible.
Taking two weeks, they foraged and caught as much food as possible, receiving gifts of
local produce the rest of the time.
See www.sustainableexpeditions.org
Food Link Van drives off with top environment award
15 September 2008
The Skye & Lochalsh Food Link Van drove away with the Scottish Water Award for Excellence in Environmental Sustainability at the SCDI Highlands & Islands Business Excellence Awards.
Newcomer businesses clear the table at Local Food Awards 2008
30 October 2008
The Glenview Hotel, Plockton Shores and Glenelg Village Shop have been awarded the highest accolades by Skye and Lochalsh Food Link (SLFL) producer members at the third annual Taste of Local Food Awards. The Three Chimneys Restaurant and Chandlery at The Bosville, won a Special Award for Continued Excellence in recognition of their ongoing support of local producers and whose outstanding commitment to ensuring the local provenance of the food they serve is the cornerstone of their kitchen ethos. More
Our choice of ingredients
29 April 2008
A survey of Skye and Lochalsh businesses and consumers gathered views for the national discussion, Choosing the Right Ingredients - The Future of Food in Scotland.
Download our submission to the Food Policy for Scotland and the local food survey
Plockton Primary School wins Taste Local Award
10 February 2009
Plockton Primary School won the Award for the Best Local Food Project thanks to a committed contingent of young sowers, growers, harvesters, cooks and webmasters. More
Have your say now!
11 April 2008
Skye and Lochalsh Food Link is gathering views for the Scottish Government consultation: Choosing the Right Ingredients - The Future for Food in Scotland. Please help us. Click Here to take survey
Scotland can learn valuable lessons from Skye and Lochalsh Food Link
11 March 2008
Richard Lochhead, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Envirionment, praised Skye producers for their work in bringing together the economic, environmental, social and health aspects of local food to the benefit of business and the local community in Skye and Lochalsh.
Choosing the Right Ingredients - Have Your Say
19 February 2008
In Autumn 2007, the Scottish Parliament agreed with the Scottish Government that a national food policy is needed for Scotland.
BBC Landward - watch it again!
23 November 2007
Small scale local food production in Skye has never been healthier as new outlets help connect the suppliers to their consumers but is it enough to change longstanding reliance on the major outlets? A recent study claims to have shown that if every resident in Skye and Lochalsh spent just £2.50 on local food instead of the supermarket alternative it would save thousands of food miles and also generate £1.35m for the local economy.
Skye Food Link to feature on BBC Landward
21 November 2007
Skye Food Link will be featured in this week's (Friday 23 November) BBC Landward programme. Filming took place last week at range of locations, with Sarah Mack in the presenter role.
Taste of Local Food Award scheme has ambitions for Scotland wide take up
16 November 2007
As Skye and Lochalsh producers thanked their very own local food heroes with a Taste of Local Food Award, a plan to roll the scheme out across the Highlands and Islands was underway.
Taste of Local Food could generate £57.2M for Highlands & Islands
31 October 2007
Skye and Lochalsh residents could generate an additional £1.35m every year for their local economy by spending as little as £2.50 a week on locally produced food, according to a study commissioned by HIE Skye and Wester Ross.