As farmers throughout Scotland are preparing to sow spring crops, secondary schools are being encouraged to undertake some outdoor learning and citizen-science linked to food, climate, soils and carbon.
From apple pies to pork pies, we all have our favourite, and understanding where the ingredients in your pie come from, can help us all decide which pie to buy.
With the growing season rapidly approaching the Royal Highland Education Trust (RHET) are offering free wheat seeds to primary schools across Scotland. Where our food comes from is vitally important
A new online teacher training resource for Scotland’s schools and colleges aims to boost Scotland’s knowledge of Good Food. It provides a suite of resources to empower educators to teach secondary pupils about food, STEM and sustainability.
What’s it really like being a vet? Well, most of us joined this profession because we liked animals. But I soon discovered that you also need to like people.
Food is much more than just something we eat. How we produce food, the technologies used, the waste we generate and the nutrition of the food we consume all have wide reaching planetary
We recently had the opportunity to collaborate with two incredibly talented artists in the creation of Soil’s Alive – an education children’s book exploring the world beneath our feet.Diana Bechmann
December 5th sees the celebration of World Soil Day (#WorldSoilDay), and this year the focus of the campaign is "Keep soil alive, Protect soil biodiversity". To coincide with this and to bring the
RHET are working with Quality Meat Scotland (QMS), the Rowett (Aberdeen University) and Food and Drink Federation Scotland to provide teachers with learning opportunities linked to Food, STEM and sustainability.
There may be a point in the career of many researchers when they take a step away from being dispassionate observers and decide instead to get their sleeves rolled up and try to make a difference.