D&G Good Food

The Dumfries and Galloway Sustainable Food Partnership is bringing together organisations from across sectors: Public sector such as the Local Authority and NHS, representatives from food business networks, farmers, community and voluntary sector and education.

We aim to work together for a fairer, healthier, and more resilient food system.



Propagate Coordinates and provides Secretariat for  the D&G Sustainable Food Partnership.

Part of the UK wide Sustainable Food Places family.


We have a monthly newsletter, DG Good Food News; and a a strong social media following on facebook, D&G Good Food.

Partnership Themes:

  • Healthy Food for All  Tackling food poverty, diet related ill-health and access to affordable healthy food.
  • Good Food Movement  Building public awareness, active food citizenship and a local good food movement.
  • Sustainable Food Economy  Creating a vibrant, prosperous and diverse sustainable food economy.
  • Food Governance and Strategy  Taking a strategic and collaborative approach to good food governance and action.
  • Food for the Planet Tackling the climate and nature emergency through sustainable food and farming and an end to food waste.
  • Catering and Procurement  Transforming catering and procurement and revitalizing local and sustainable food supply chains.
Visit the Sustainable Food Partnership website

D&G Good Food Latest News

Growing the Local Food Economy


We are working collaboratively with partners on an ambitious project to grow, support and develop the Regional local food economy. The work crosses over into the Scottish Borders where are working with the new Borders Food Forum.


On Thursday 20 March we held a food and drink industry stakeholder event, Growing the Local Food Economy - with networking, speakers, industry insights and plenty of discussion to stimulate and generate actions.

A sister event was held near Kelso on Thursday 27 March.


We're working towards a Regional Local Food Growth Plan, with a clear pathway for change.


This work is funded by Sustain, and South of Scotland Enterprise.


Three studies are now available, supported by SOSE, looking at increasing the value of small producers in local supply chains. We are delighted to share:

  • Increasing Fruit and Vegetable Production in Dumfries and Galloway
  • On-farm Organic Butchery Feasibility Study
  • Increasing the resilience of the Galloway Food Hub
Increasing Fruit & Veg Organic Butchery Food Hub Resilience Download Growing the Local Food Economy slides

Photo Credits: Phil Wilkinson