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Granite City Good Food - Aberdeen's Sustainable Food Partnership

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Granite City Good Food is Aberdeen City's Food Partnership.

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We work with organisations and communities to create and promote a sustainable food system in Aberdeen.

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In 2025, Aberdeen became the first in Scotland to achieve the Sustainable Food Places Gold Award!  

Sustainable Food Places

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Granite City Good Food is a proud member of Sustainable Food Places. Sustainable Food Places brings together,  working  to create change on sustainability. 

​​Food partnerships take a holistic approach to supporting and promoting sustainable food, using the sustainable food places framework. ​

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The Sustainable Food Places Framework

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Taking a strategic and collaborative approach to good food governance and action.

​Sustainable Food Places coordinates the Sustainable Food Place Awards.

 

In 2025, Granite City Good Food led the bid that recognised Aberdeen as the first in Scotland - and sixth in the UK - to achieve the Gold Award.​​​​

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Why is Sustainability Important?

Globally, food systems account for 21-37% of total Green House Gas emissions and are at the heart of many of the world's challenges - such as malnutrition and biodiversity loss (IPCC, 2019)

IPCC, 2019, Summary for Policymakers, https://www.ipcc.ch/srccl

Our Partners

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Upcoming Events

  • CWNE26 - CFINE and Granite City Good Food Zero Waste Cooking Workshop
    CWNE26 - CFINE and Granite City Good Food Zero Waste Cooking Workshop
    1 day to the event
    Wed 23 Sept
    Aberdeen
    23 Sept 2026, 10:00 – 14:30
    Aberdeen, The Simmers Centre, 2-4 Poynernook Rd, Aberdeen AB11 5RW, UK
    Join CFINE and Granite City Good Food for a workshop in zero-waste cooking!
  • CWNE26 - Climate-Positive Farming - Taster Day at Glensaugh
    CWNE26 - Climate-Positive Farming - Taster Day at Glensaugh
    1 day to the event
    Wed 23 Sept
    Glensaugh
    23 Sept 2026, 10:00 – 16:00
    Glensaugh, Glensaugh, Laurencekirk AB30 1HB, UK
    Join the team behind the Climate-Positive Farming Initiative at Glensaugh, for a farm walk and indoor displays to learn more about our research actions to address the climate and biodiversity crises, with transformative farming and technological innovations.
  • CWNE26 - Mounthooly Food Forest Open Day
    CWNE26 - Mounthooly Food Forest Open Day
    1 day to the event
    Wed 23 Sept
    Mounthooly Roundabout
    23 Sept 2026, 13:00 – 15:00
    Mounthooly Roundabout, Aberdeen AB25 3TQ, UK
    Join the Mounthooly Food Forest at the Mounthooly roundabout! The team will give tours of the project, what they've done to date, and what are plans for the future are.

Are you hosting a sustainable food event you would like featured on this list? Simply get in touch with more details!

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