How much should we be prepared to pay for our food?
Jane added: “We’re not educating people well enough to realise that they could feed their children differently. “It’s much cheaper to be feeding them a chicken McNugget than it is to be home cooking food and I think that’s a real issue. “I think we have to realise that it’s important for our society and…
Jane added: “We’re not educating people well enough to realise that they could feed their children differently.
“It’s much cheaper to be feeding them a chicken McNugget than it is to be home cooking food and I think that’s a real issue.
“I think we have to realise that it’s important for our society and long-term health benefits to know that spending a little bit more money on your food is a good thing.”
In 2022, the Scottish government passed legislation called the Good Food Nation Scotland Act, external which aims to ensure that people “eat well” and benefit from “reliable and dignified access” to nutritious, affordable, enjoyable, and age-appropriate food.
The SNP manifesto commitment to capping some food prices was dismissed as a “potty gimmick” by some retailers.
But First Minister John Swinney insisted it was a “moral outrage” that some people could not afford to feed themselves properly.
He told BBC Scotland News: “I admire and respect the quality within Scottish agriculture but I’ve also got to be mindful for the genuine hardship that families are facing in delivering an affordable shop.”
Swinney said that was the reason his government was bringing forward legislation to introduce price caps.
Farmers are facing increasing demands to deliver for nature and the environment, as well as consumers.
There is genuine concern from food producers that we’re in a “race to the bottom” which, they fear, could result in an influx of cheap imports pricing them out of the market.
