Climate Café focuses on Fairtrade
On Tuesday, Transition University of St Andrews and the Environment team facilitated the monthly Climate Café in Zest Café, St Andrews, based on the theme of Fairtrade, in recognition of Fairtrade Fortnight. Local…
Category: Food
New, stories and events on food at the University of St Andrews.
Flanders’ Fair Trade Towns Youth Ambassadors Visit St Andrews
The Environment team hosted a group of six students from Faire Gemeente (Fair Trade Towns) in Flanders, Belgium in August, ahead of the International Fair Trade Towns Conference in Edinburgh. These young people are…
Support for smallholder farmers in East Africa
Scientists at St Andrews are collaborating with colleagues from the James Hutton Institute in Dundee and the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture in Kenya to develop tools to tackle an emerging threat to…
Spare Spoon – the student-led initiative tackling poverty and food waste
Recognizing the amount of food being wasted in the halls of residence at the University, students launched the Spare Spoon Initiative. With support from Transition, the team offered free, hot meals to the local…
“We’re all learners”: Interview with Kalysta, Garden Leader For The Edible Campus Project
Kalysta smiles at me as I set up the camera for an interview, shielding her eyes from the sun with a hand of earth-ringed nails. Alongside Leila, another summer intern for transition, I’ve spent the last hour helping…
Fairtrade Fortnight 2023 – in the wake of climate change
Fairtrade Fortnight in the wake of climate change: the celebration of ethical and sustainable production and consumption Every year Fairtrade Fortnight provides a dedicated space for people around the world to discuss,…
Putting down roots to grow strong food network
In 2023, local sustainability group Transition University of St Andrews set up a gleaning network to redistribute unharvested vegetables from farmers’ fields to community and fridges in North East Fife, including the…
Fairtrade University Award Success
The University of St Andrews awarded in nationwide Fairtrade University and College Award. The University of St Andrews has been awarded the 2022 Fairtrade University and College Award, in conjunction with the…
Fairtrade Fortnight 2022
As an award-winning fairtrade university, St Andrews will host its annual Fairtrade Fortnight next week, Monday 21st February- Sunday 6th March. The University has supported the Fairtrade Fortnight each year through…
All Go for Action on Climate Change
A staggering 98% of people who responded to the consultations on the University’s Environmental Strategy agreed that they were concerned about climate change, and 93% were positive to the vision that the University…