One Planet Picnic offers some food for thought

Renfrewshire offers some fantastic local food choices and this harvest season, Keep Scotland Beautiful is urging Buddies to celebrate sustainable food by hosting a One Planet Picnic.

Open to everyone, the initiative, which is in its eighth year, aims to support people from all over Scotland to discover the great tastes of our seasonal food and local harvests.

This year due to the pandemic, many people have discovered amazing local food on their doorsteps, from small egg producers, to local online food markets.

Many have relied on local food systems and rediscovered a love for baking bread and taking time to plan meals and cook from scratch again.

Hosting a One Planet Picnic allows people to celebrate their local food and recipes – online or in person in small groups.

One Planet Picnic helps to raise awareness of the sustainable, local and seasonal food choices that everyone can make, as well as reducing food waste, food miles and food packaging.

Eve Keepax, education and learning officer at Keep Scotland Beautiful, said: “Last year more than 17,000 people were registered to take part in a One Planet Picnic and as we emerge from lockdown restrictions we would love to invite people to get involved this year.

“Why not organise a picnic with a small group of friends and make the most of our stunning scenery or a local park, or host an online picnic?”

Register at ww.keepscotlandbeautiful. org/oneplanetpicnic