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Scotland Loves Local Project Update

Background

The Local Good Food Alliance, Sustaining Dunbar.

The Local Good Food Alliance (LGFA) was set up in December 2020 to create a network and forum for people in Dunbar and surrounding areas who are interested in food and local growing. Consultation with this group proved a valuable way to identify the obstacles people face when growing for a local market, and how collaborative work can help solve problems on a community level. After initial funding for this project came to a close in July 2021, the ambitions of the group were picked up again in January 2022 when Sustaining Dunbar (SD) was awarded the Scotland Loves Local Funding. This enabled SD to employ a Local Good Food Co-ordinator to develop projects and ideas from the original consultation. This is a summary of the work completed to date, March 2023. Read More