The Good Food For Glasgow Podcast

This episode features PHD researcher Beth Cloughton talking about her research at Baltic Street Adventure Playground and how their work facilitates ethical consumption. Listen on for chat about neoliberalism and its impact on environmental action, the meaningful action around food we can be taking in our own lives, and a critical view on what ethical consumption is.

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This episode is the first of two episodes exploring research into community food projects in Glasgow. In this episode Dr Helen Traill, Lecturer in Political Economy and Sustainability at the University of Glasgow's Adam Smith Business School, speaks about her recently published book, The Practice of Collective Escape: Politics, Justice and Community in Urban Growing Projects.

This episode includes discussion of the two community green spaces which form the case studies of the book, the political and social dynamics at play in these spaces, and why they're important.

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For this episode we hear all about the benefits of eating more beans and the plans for the new Full of Beans campaign taking place in Glasgow this year.

Contributions from Beans is How, the global campaign to double bean consumption by 2028, the BeanMeals research project which is researching how we can incorporate locally grown beans into our school meals, and Glasgow's very own bean team talking about how the campaign came about, our plans for the next few months, and how you can get involved.

This episode of the podcast is all about the Interfaith Food Justice Network and its members.

It features speakers from SEVA Scotland, Hwupenyu Health and Wellbeing Project, and Stirling Aid discussing interfaith collaboration and knowledge sharing, how belief informs their food work, and the importance of culturally important food.

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For this episode we're at Nourish Scotland's Veg Summit, hearing from a range of policymakers, producers, and stakeholders with their thoughts on getting Scotland eating more veg.

If you want to find out why people in Scotland aren't eating more vegetables, especially ones grown here, and some of the ways we can work to change this, then this is the episode for you. From dietary health to public procurement to growing our own, this episode covers it all.

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For this episode we were joined by members of Govan Community Project's Food For All group who shared their work of bringing together the lived experience of asylum seekers using food provision services to inform service delivery and policy. We also heard from a Trustee of Glasgow South East Food Bank and their linkage with The Trussell Trust on their Guarantee Our Essentials Campaign.

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For the second part in our tour of Glasgow's East End we take a tour of the Greencity Wholefoods warehouse and hear about their commitment to supplying ethical food. For our final stop we hear all about the sustainable practices at Italian inspired meets Scottish seasonality restaurant Celentano's.

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In part one of our tour of Glasgow's East End we talk to Alister and Beth at Baltic Street Adventure Playground and Jac from The Wash House Garden. Hear all about the incredible services that Baltic Street provide in one of Glasgow's most deprived areas, and the ways in which The Wash House balance being both a market and community garden.

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In this episode we hear from Andrew Williams from CEMVO, who are one of Glasgow Food Policy Partnership's Partners.

The discussion covers how race relates to inclusion in the climate sector, global action on climate change, workers rights in the food sector, and the refugee crisis. 

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In this episode we take a nation-wide perspective and speak to several Food Partnerships from across Scotland about their focus and how this ties in to Scotland as a Good Food Nation. This kicks off at the Scottish Food Partnerships Gathering back in May.

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This episode is a spotlight on Kin Kitchen, a community food initiative based in the Southside of Glasgow. We hear from Jess, Kin Kitchen's co-founder, as well as volunteers Chloe, Jaafar, and Roisin.

This episode gives an insight into the processes and considerations of a grassroots, community-focused and led organisations in it's first year of action, and we can't wait to see what else Kin Kitchen get up to.

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From the 24-30th April is Global Intergenerational Week, and so for this episode we're talking to Bella Kerr from Generations Working Together and PHD researcher at the University of Manchester Zarina Ahmad. Listen to find out why intergenerational connection is so important for the movement to improve our food system, as well as what food can do to bring different generations together.

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As part of Food Waste Action Week we spoke to Norma Gray from Zero Waste Scotland and Helen White from WRAP about why reducing food waste is so important and how households can do so. 

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In this episode we hear about some of the work happening in 2023 to change our food system, spanning from small-scale market gardeners in rural parts of Scotland to the Scottish Government’s Good Food Nation Bill, and all the connectedness in between. We also discuss some of the barriers to tangible change in our food system, like funding cuts to vital grassroots organisations.

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In this episode we visit Elderpark Community Centre's Christmas Dinner and Locavore's Christmas Market. Listen to find out what people are wishing for this Christmas, the importance of welcoming community spaces, and for discussions about sustainability at Christmas. 

In this episode we hear all about the Real Living Wage from three Glasgow businesses who are committed to paying it, as well as getting some background from Anna Hirvonen from Living Wage Scotland. Listen to this episode if you're interested in worker's rights and fair pay, or if you're a foodie wanting to hear about three amazing independent businesses in Glasgow - Tantrum Doughnuts, Dear Green Coffee Roasters, and sprigg. 

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In this episode we hear from the staff, volunteers, and community members at Kinning Park Complex Community Kitchen. If you want to hear about the thinking behind the meal, what people like about it, and why community meals are important, this is the episode for you.

In this episode we hear a Glasgow-centric account of the cost of living crisis: how are people in Glasgow being affected by the crisis, and what solutions can we see to the increasing food insecurity?

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In this episode Thalia talks to Charlotte Keeley from Glasgow Community Food Network and Judy Wilkinson from Glasgow Allotment Forum. They discuss the benefits of food growing for our health, the environment, and as a more ethical method of production. Listen to hear more about why it is so important that more growing space is made available in Glasgow.

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In the first episode of The Good Food For Glasgow Podcast, Thalia speaks to two people who had a key role in creating the Glasgow City Food Plan, Riikka Gonzalez and Jill Muirie. They discuss what the plan is and why it’s necessary, some of the challenges to implementing it, how you can get involved, and their favourite actions of the plan.

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