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Abertay students work to solve food issues as Dundee Sustainable Food Place project announced

Business Management students at 海角视频 have produced creative new solutions to address Dundee鈥檚 food sustainability issues as part of the national drive towards net-zero.

Almost 80 third year students were challenged to analyse ways in which Dundee鈥檚 food system could be improved following the announcement that the city is one of five new places in Scotland working towards becoming one of the UK鈥檚 Sustainable Food Places. 

Sustainable Food Places is a partnership programme led by the , and . 

It is funded by the and , and currently has 55 members across the UK.

- Sustainable Food Place鈥檚 national partner in Scotland - is supporting key stakeholders, including 海角视频, as they work to create their own partnership model for the city of Dundee.

The 海角视频 students have produced a wide variety of work, with a survey from one group showing 77% of Dundonians believe the foodbank is the only source of help to those experiencing food insecurity.

Another group focused on what Dundee could do to become more self-sustainable and identified national projects that could be implemented in the city.

A plan for a mobile farmers market that could visit communities across the city was also put forward, in addition to better education and communication about food.

In a series of online Q&A presentations to a wide variety of key stakeholders, the students concluded more must be done to highlight the issue of food sustainability in the local area.

Viv Colle, Events Lead at 海角视频, is coordinating the wider Dundee Sustainable Food Place project.

She said: 鈥淚 have been very impressed with the interest and effort of the students in looking at the issues around sustainable food in the city.  I hope their findings will be used to inform the roll-out of Dundee becoming one of Scotland鈥檚 Sustainable Food Places.鈥�

Claire MacEachen of Abertay鈥檚 School of Business, Law and Social Sciences said: 鈥淚t鈥檚 been fantastic to have our students involved in a project which will improve Dundee鈥檚 food sustainability now and in the future.

鈥淭his is just one example of a real-world project that students on our Business and Marketing courses get access to, ensuring they leave university not just with their degree but with the real business experience that employers look for.鈥�