Due to the size and scale of complexity within Annex E with various diagrams, figures and tables, a brief outline of the Executive Summary is provided below with full details of the report included in the pdf document. If an accessible version is required please contact: scottishscience@gov.scot
This report was designed to inform the main SSAC report on Local Foods in Scotland and, to provide a detailed analysis of the evidence which has been collected by the SSAC during the course of this project. The Scoping Agreement between the SSAC and Scottish Government outlined a desire for evidence on what the wider literature details about local food.
This report includes a combination of primary qualitative data collected by the SSAC, and desk-based research. SSAC’s primary data comes in the form of questionnaire responses received from targeted stakeholders, and, roundtable discussions held with multiple actors from across the food system.
Analysis of the primary data served as a means to identify potential innovations across the food system.
The literature review tables presented in Section 4 provide a reasoned balance of potential advantages and barriers to the introduction of certain topics of innovation which were raised through questionnaire and roundtable responses.
This report highlights eight specific areas of innovations across Scotland’s food systems by compiling a range of domestic and international case studies which can be accessed in Appendix A at the end of this report. The examples presented in Appendix A are referenced throughout this report, allowing the author to discuss in fuller detail, these areas of innovation and their apparent opportunities for Scotland.
The report concludes by presenting the opportunities present around the eight topics of innovations, gathered by the author through a collection of evidence and synthesis of literature.