Local Food

The food we eat can have a huge impact on the environment - pesticides and artificial fertilizers cause local pollution, and transporting food contributes to carbon emissions and climate change. It is also easy to do something positive about it - buying local and organic food or even growing our own.

To eat locally, we need to think a little more about what we eat and where we shop. But it can also help us to have more variety in our diets, and more of an appreciation of how our food is made and where it comes from. It means that strawberries are off the menu in January, but it may encourage us to enjoy asparagus in May, wonderful Scottish raspberries in July, and pumpkins in November.

Fife has an abundance of food producers and a wide variety of produce. The 100 Mile Diet and Fife Diet have helped show that eating locally can be varied, healthy and interesting, as well as sustainable, and the Fife Diet website has loads of links to local suppliers and tips for Fife eating.

Buying Local

One of the easiest - and greenest - ways to eat locally is to use a local organic box delivery scheme - a farm who delivers a box of vegetables to you each week or fortnight. They often sell fruit, eggs and other foods as well, but it is best to check that these are local - some box schemes use imported fruit. There are a few box schemes in Fife - see our Links page for details, or search for a scheme nationwide. Another great source of local food is the Farmer's Market - the Fife markets have a variety of local fruit, vegetables, eggs, meat and fish.

Our Local Food Blog

Our local food blog has a month-by-month diary of what food is available locally in Fife, and what is growing (or being planted) in our gardens and allotments. We even have some delicious seasonal recipes to inspire you!