Good Food Governance
This theme brings everything together. It's about taking a strategic and collaborative approach to good food governance and action - through co-produced policy and meaningful participation
What's the plan?
Sustainable food is embedded into regional plans and decision making: public sector, businesses, communities and third sector
Respond to regional and national strategies.
Map routes of influence, informal and formal.
A Regional Food Plan is created in line with Good Food Nation Act requirements
Working group set up to progress a Regional Good Food Plan.
Key Officers in public sector roles are clear about the outcomes and requirements of Good Food Nation.
Dumfries and Galloway Council publish their Food Growing Strategy in line with Community Empowerment Act 2020)
Communities will be able to establish more community gardens and allotments, with a clear process for accessing land.
What's already happening?
Under the Scottish Government's Good Food Nation Act (2022) all Local Authorities and Health Boards will need to create a Regional Good Food Plan.
These plans outline how each region will improve food security, health, sustainability, and economic benefits related to food through specific policies and actions.
Key Officers in D&G Council and NHS D&G have already started started work on a Regional Plan - there will be engagement events in 2026 for you to help shape the plan.
The Sustainable Food Partnership will be supporting this work and helping our public sector partners.
We've made a start - and published the 2023-26 Action Plan!
This plan is part of the building blocks toward the work to come on the Regional Good Food Nation Plan. Lots of the work we've done already will contribute to the next stages.
