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Food Safety in the UK

Oct 10, 2024

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in Columns, Environment, Food, Politics, Scotland

The UK imports over 60% of its food. Not a very clever strategy for any country that looks to be self-reliant and take back control of its borders. Government figures reveal that the UK relies on imports for roughly 40% of its food according to 2022 data. Since Brexit we have been importing food from…

Lack of Infrastructure in Peebles

Jul 25, 2024

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in Columns, Environment, Politics, Scotland, Social Justice

Bosco Santimano returns to give us his opinion on what he feels is the hot topic of the day… Having lived in Peebles for over 20 years its quite amazing and alarming at the same time to see the increase of housing developments in a very short space of time. Individuals and families from across…

UK government pushing for GMO’s via gene-editing technology

Jul 17, 2022

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in Columns, Environment, Food, Health, Politics, Scotland

This week Bosco Santimano founder and executive director of social enterprise You Can Cook, shares his thoughts on the UK governments easing of regulations around gene editing and has asked Scottish ministers to consider allowing gene-edited crops to be grown in Scotland. Corporations and scientists in the pockets of big pharma are always on the…

What is the Good Food Nation Bill? Part II

Apr 12, 2022

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in Columns, Environment, Food, Health, Scotland, Social Justice

This week Bosco Santimano founder and executive director of social enterprise You Can Cook, shares his thoughts on the good food nation bill introduced in the Scottish Parliament last year in this final part of his two-part column. In my previous column I wrote about what the “Good Food Nation Bill” is and when and…

What is the Good Food Nation Bill?

Mar 7, 2022

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in Columns, Environment, Food, Health, Politics, Scotland, Social Justice

This week Bosco Santimano founder and executive director of social enterprise You Can Cook, shares his thoughts on the good food nation bill introduced in the Scottish Parliament last year in a two-part series. Last Sunday I was invited to be part of the BBC Radio 4 “The Food Programme”. You Can Cook along with…

Is Being Vegan the Future?

Jan 10, 2022

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in Columns, Environment, Food, Health, Scotland

This week Bosco Santimano founder and executive director of social enterprise You Can Cook, shares his thoughts on veganism in a two-part series. Its 2022 and here is hoping this year gets better than the previous two years! The first part of this two-part column will focus on what is veganism and why it’s becoming…

COP26 Glasgow – A summary of the event

Dec 6, 2021

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in Columns, Environment, Politics, Scotland, Social Justice

This week Bosco Santimano founder and executive director of social enterprise You Can Cook, shares his thoughts on what happened at the COP26 in Glasgow and the repercussions for humanity going forward. COP26 is now over and analysts are shifting through the small print of the documents that world leaders signed to help tackle climate…

COP26 – Another Opportunity to save our planet

Nov 8, 2021

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in Columns, Environment

This week Bosco Santimano founder and executive director of social enterprise You Can Cook, shares his thoughts on the on-going COP26 in Glasgow and the hope that politicians and world leaders come together to fight climate change that will affect all life on the planet. The COP 26 UN Climate Change Conference, hosted by the…

Eat or Heat – Grim Choices for Families this Winter

Oct 11, 2021

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in Columns, Environment, Food, Health, Politics, Scotland, Social Justice

This week Bosco Santimano founder and executive director of social enterprise You Can Cook, shares his thoughts on the current food and fuel shortages in the UK and the devastating impact on low-income families with the removal of the £20 per week from Universal Credit. What a fine mess we find ourselves in due to Covid…

COP26 Glasgow 2021 – Scotland’s Time to Shine on the World Stage – Part II

Sep 6, 2021

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in Columns, Environment

This week Bosco Santimano founder and executive director of social enterprise You Can Cook, continues in this second and final part of his two-part column to share his thoughts on the real reasons behind the apathy from pursuing urgent climate policies, the current status-quo’s main benefactors along with possible ideas and solutions to empower citizens…

Category: Environment