Build a St Andrews Day dinner
This learning resource has been created by a range of industry bodies from within the Scottish food and drink sector.
It has been designed with two main learning themes in mind: to teach young people about the journey their food makes, and to highlight some of the careers within the food and drink sector.
From cardiology to cattle: making food & drink connections as an ambassador
Freda Scott-Park's diverse background - spanning veterinary cardiology, pharmaceutical research, organic farming and even meteorology - has uniquely positioned her as an advocate for Scotland's food & drink industry.
Build a Burns Supper
A relaunched version of a much-loved teaching resource based on a Burns Supper.
Originally created by Developing the Young Workforce, the range of resources from employers and partners showcases careers in the food & drink and land-based industries.
It is designed to help young people understand where our national food & drink comes from.
With Scots celebrating Burns Night every January, it is tied into the theme of a traditional Burns Supper, incorporating the ingredients for which Scotland is most famous.
From growing vegetables for soup and rearing salmon, through to sheep farming, making ice cream and the crucial dram, this highlights the opportunities a career in food & drink can offer.
Albert Bartlett
Fun hands-on challenges are key to Layne White’s success in opening young pupils’ minds to career paths in the industry when they visit Albert Bartlett in Airdrie.
Case study: Castleton Farm
The Castleton Code guides the team at Castleton Farm towards creating a positive workplace culture.
They all played their part in creating it, and this case study explains why and how it came about.
Publication type: pdf
Case study: Mossgiel Farm
When it came to taking a new approach to recruitment, farmer Bryce Cunningham looked south – specifically, all the way south to the Antarctic.
Publication type: pdf
Case study: Duncan Farms
Duncan Farms is a leading egg business in Aberdeenshire. Diversification gave them a recruitment challenge. Find out how they approached the challenge of finding the right people to grow their business.
Publication type: pdf
EIT - Food Educators Resources
Food Educators is an EIT Food programme that provides teachers with fun, creative and interesting activities to engage young people, mainly schoolchildren. Our easily accessible, science-based food education materials enhance students' learning so they can become better informed, conscious consumers of the future.
We harvest new insights into how to deepen learning experiences around food, promote health and sustainability, and motivate future generations to pursue careers in the agrifood sector. Our programme focuses on inspiring leadership, conscious consumerism, food science literacy, entrepreneurial mindsets, and vocational possibilities among young people aged 9 to 18 years old.
EIT ‘A Foods Day in the Life’ series of career films
The agri-food industry has a variety of exciting jobs on offer throughout the food value chain. This video series aims to inspire young audiences to consider a career within the agri-food sector.
Farming Foodsteps
Quality Meat Scotland’s interactive educational resource.
Explore the journey Scottish red meat makes from farm to fork and the role that red meat plays as part of a healthy balanced diet and in the economy and environment.
Rowett Institute, University of Aberdeen
Contact details:
Dr Julia Mitchell
Head of Knowledge Exchange, Impact and Communications
julia.mitchell@abdn.ac.uk
Soil Association Scotland
Contact details:
Sarah Duley
Head of Food
sduley@soilassociation.org
Juliet Grant
Communications Manager
jgrant@soilassociation.org