What are the key outcomes of the Act?
The Good Food Nation legislation sets out a set of broad outcomes that can be adopted by local partnerships depending on their aspirations. There are six outcomes;
Outcome 1: Eat Well
The food environment in Scotland enables people to eat well. Everyone benefits from reliable and dignified access to safe, nutritious, affordable, enjoyable, sustainable, and age-appropriate food.
Outcome 2: Sustainable
Scotland’s food system is sustainable and contributes to a flourishing natural environment on our land and in our waters. It supports our net zero and climate adaptation ambitions and plays an important role in maintaining and improving animal health and welfare and in restoring and regenerating biodiversity.
Outcome 3: Health
Scotland’s food environment and wider food system enables and promotes a physically and mentally healthy population, leading to the prevention of, and a reduction in, diet-related conditions.
Outcome 4: Food & drink sector
Our food and drink sector is prosperous, diverse, innovative and vital to national and local economic and social wellbeing. It is key to making Scotland food secure and food resilient and creates and sustains jobs and businesses underpinned by fair work standards throughout food supply chains.
Outcome 5: Communities
People and communities are empowered to participate in, and shape, their food system. Scotland will have a thriving food culture and population educated about good and sustainable food.
Outcome 6: Global impact
Decisions we make in Scotland contribute positively to local and global food systems transformation. Scotland actively engages in learning and exchanging knowledge and best practice internationally.
Alongside the outcomes, lies a vision to deliver a more joined up approach to food-related policies including tackling child poverty and land reform, community wealth building and climate action.