Understanding Food in our Communities
Your food, your voice — help shape the future of food in the Highlands and Argyll & Bute
NHS Highland are developing a Good Food Nation Plan for the Highlands and Argyll & Bute. They want to hear about your experience - what works well, what’s challenging, and what could be better.
Whether you live in a town, village or rural area, your voice matters.
Food affects all of us, every single day. Whether it's getting to the shops, affording fresh food, cooking at home, or finding local produce you trust — your experience matters.
Scotland is aiming to be “a Good Food Nation, where people from every walk of life take pride and pleasure in, and benefit from, the food they produce, buy, cook, serve, and eat each day”. Under a new law — the Good Food Nation (Scotland) Act 2022 - every health board and local authority has been guided to write a Local Food Plan. This plan will set out how we work together to make food better for everyone in our communities.
As always, this work can only be effective, if you have your say.
NHS Highland want to know what food is like where you live — what works, what doesn't, and what would make a real difference. Your answers will directly shape the priorities and the actions NHS Highland and partners commit to. While not all issues are within NHS Highland's control, your feedback will inform how they work together and plan with partners.
It takes just 5–7 minutes. All answers are anonymous.
NHS Highland are looking at six things:
Can people get good food they can afford?
Is food produced in a way that's good for the land and sea?
Does food help us stay healthy in body and mind?
Can local food businesses and jobs thrive?
Do communities have a real say in their food?
Can we share what works with others.
NHS Highland will share the findings, and how it shapes their plan, via this link.