Food and Drink

Food and drink event for north east businesses

Businesses interested in learning about innovative food-and-drink-associated research in the north east of Scotland are invited to a free event later this month.…

SRUC
02/11/2022

Sustainable food and drink – why it needs a team of all the talents

SAC Consulting, part of SRUC, has recently expanded its Food & Footprint service, recognising the growing need to offer wide-ranging expertise to equip farmers, food processors and retailers, to tackle some of the major challenges facing the sector around climate change and biodiversity loss.…

SRUC
18/10/2022

Rethinking food strategies and the implications for food-hubs

Agriculture and food production are witnessing major changes, especially around how food is produced. …

Nicola Holden
06/10/2022

Understanding the diversification opportunity

What does diversification do for farming businesses? It can mean different things.…

SRUC
22/09/2022

Food and drink producers face 'puzzling task' over packaging

Food and drink producers often face a difficult trade-off between the environmental impact of using plastic and contributing to food waste.…

SRUC
16/09/2022

Enterprise in the midst of upheaval

Disruption is often the driver of enterprise and entrepreneurial behaviour. This is evidenced by recent industry activities and the 2021 GEM report.…

SRUC
06/09/2022

Time to think about Food and Footprint

As SAC Consulting launches its Food & Footprint campaign, Andrew Bauer says now is the time for the industry to take credible action.…

SRUC
23/08/2022

SRUC to help steer agri-food net zero project

SRUC is part of a £5 million research network designed to help the UK agri-food industry move a step closer to net zero.…

SRUC
13/07/2022

Awards recognise enterprising spirit of former SRUC students

An ethical influencer and climate activist was among the winners at the first ever Alumni Entrepreneur Network awards, organised by SRUC.…

SRUC
30/05/2022

Small businesses have big role in food security

Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) played a key role in maintaining the resilience of the UK’s food system during Brexit and the coronavirus pandemic.…

SRUC
17/05/2022

SRUC research ranked as number one in UK

The research power of Agriculture, Food and Veterinary Sciences at SRUC and the University of Edinburgh has been ranked as number one in the UK based on the quality and breadth of work.…

SRUC
12/05/2022

New report highlights Scotland’s AAA strength

More than 200 companies, research centres and academic partners have been identified as key stakeholders in the animal health, agri-tech and aquaculture (AAA) sector in Scotland.…

SRUC
20/04/2022