Aim to increase the amount of organic produce used in public sector food procurement

Our verdict

Status

This promise is in progress. In October 2021, the Scottish Government announced that it was reopening the Agri-Environment Climate Scheme (AECS) to “support the ambition of doubling the amount of land under organic management”. The administration committed to offer further rounds of the scheme until 2024. This scheme is explicitly related to what the government says is “a wider campaign to prioritise local and organic produce in public sector menus”.

“Creating a fairer, greener nation” (Scottish Government, 27th October 2021)

Agri-Environment Climate Scheme (Scottish Government Rural Payments and Services, 28th October 2021)

Other pledges

The SNP also promised to double both the amount of land used for organic farming and the amount of organic produce grown in Scotland.