Granite City Good Food - Aberdeen's Sustainable Food Partnership

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

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

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

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Sustainable Food Places

Granite City Good Food is a proud member of Sustainable Food Places. A network of over 120 food partnerships across the UK, Sustainable Food Places brings together those working in cities and rural communities to create change on sustainability.

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Sustainable Food Places also coordinates the Sustainable Food Place Awards. In 2025, Aberdeen was the first in Scotland to achieve the Gold Award!

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

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

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