Sustainable Food Places

To support and enhance our vision, FFA became a member of the Sustainable Food Places (SFP) network in March 2022. With such a network in already in place and place to support our vision and food policy now on the agenda at national and local levels, we see an opportunity to share and learn from best practice. Comprising over 70 cities and regions around the UK, SFP is a partnership founded by the Soil Association, Nourish and Food Matters. Funded by The National Lottery Community Fund and Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, this national framework will provide us with support and resources to help make a positive change to our local food system. Through sharing best practice, knowledge, and expertise, we believe that food can provide solutions to the economic, social and environmental challenges we face. Through the support of the network, we will continue to work with other members to ensure that sustainable food issues are recognised at local and national levels.

The Sustainable Food Places Awards take place annually and recognise and celebrate the success of places across the UK who take a holistic and systems approach to sustainable and healthy food.The Awards are open to any place - be it a city, large town, borough, county or district - which is a member of the Sustainable Food Places Network. 

Only two years after establishing FFA, we received Bronze Accreditation Aberdeenshire! This reflects all the great work happening to make food a defining characteristic of where we live.