Healthier food - Healthier lives - Healthier futures
Now is an exciting time for Edinburgh Community Food and we are looking for up to three Directors to join our board. If you feel you have the experience, passion, and dedication to be appointed as a Board Director of Edinburgh Community Food we look forward to receiving your application. Click here to find out more. Closing date 20th September 2024. Read more
We are delighted to develop our partnership with local growers, including Jock Tamson’s Gairden at Duddingston Loch as part of the Bridging the Gap project, to bring climate and nature-friendly produce to the local community at prices subsidised to match non-organically grown produce. Read more
Our CEO, Brenda Black, has been awarded a coveted Churchill Fellowship which will enable her to travel to Canada, Switzerland, and Italy, as well as online exploration of Columbia, to research how they approach improving health outcomes for food-insecure young mothers and children. Read more
We are delighted that Fife Council have launched our Take & Make meals around Dunfermline and Cowdenbeath to be used in their adult cooking groups and pantries, all part of their health development work with NHS Fife. Read more
We are delighted to launch our new Local 80 boxes filled with fresh, local, seasonal produce from within an 80-mile radius of Edinburgh. Read more
We are pleased to announce we can now offer small and medium-sized versions of our standard £25 fruit & vegetable boxes. Read more
Our CEO, Brenda Black, featured in the Business pages of The Scotsman discussing the role of Edinburgh Community Food in tackling food poverty across the city using a holistic approach, applying earlier interventions to support those in need, and what she hopes to learn on her Churchill Fellowship journey 📰 Read more
We were delighted to be able to host the ‘Big Lunch’ at Operation Strawberry in our warehouse! This was an event to welcome people from our local area and to celebrate the contribution that our fantastic volunteers make at Edinburgh Community Food 🍓 Read more
Our Leith Chooses funded project for 2024 is underway! We're launching our 'Fun, Fit & Fed' project in partnership with Upmo community cafes in Leith Victoria and Ainslie Park Edinburgh Leisure venues. Head along to pick up a free Take & Make meal kit! #FunFitFed Read more
Read our "Eating Well When Breastfeeding" leaflet, produced for World Breastfeeding Week 2023 Read more
We are delighted to announce our new partnership with the City of Edinburgh Council. We are training their wonderful schools catering staff in our REHIS Elementary Food Hygiene course. Read more
Locally grown garlic, salad leaves and other seasonal fruit and veg available now, from Jock Tamson's Gairden, Duddingston. Read more
Read about our recent work, nutrition news and what's coming up in our latest newsletter. Read more
Veg Box Health Watch October 2020 - Healthy Breakfast Read more
Veg Box Health Watch September 2020 - Healthy Packed Lunches Read more
Veg Box Health Watch August 2020 - Malnutrition Read more
Veg Box Health Watch July 2020 - Salt Read more
Veg Box Health Watch June 2020 - Energy Efficient Cooking Read more
Veg Box Health Watch May 2020 - Vitamin D Read more
Veg Box Health Watch April 2020 - Food and Mood Read more
Veg Box Health Watch March 2020 - 5-a-day Read more
Veg Box Health Watch February 2020 - Sugar Read more
Veg Box Health Watch January 2020 Oral Health Read more
Veg Box Health Watch December 2019 Mediterranean Diet Read more