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Scottish university aids study into mountain food stuffs | Scottish university aids study into mountain food stuffs |
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Food from mountainous areas could gain greater recognition through a project involving a Scottish university. | Food from mountainous areas could gain greater recognition through a project involving a Scottish university. |
The University of the Highlands and Islands' Centre for Mountain Studies in Perth is working with organisations based in France and Brussels. | The University of the Highlands and Islands' Centre for Mountain Studies in Perth is working with organisations based in France and Brussels. |
The project is reviewing how different types of foods from upland areas across Europe are labelled and promoted. | The project is reviewing how different types of foods from upland areas across Europe are labelled and promoted. |
Researchers hope to better understand the economic and social importance and impacts of the products. | Researchers hope to better understand the economic and social importance and impacts of the products. |
In a separate initiative involving the University of the Highlands and Islands, Prof Geoff Squire has outlined threats and opportunities for the future of Scotland's food supply. | In a separate initiative involving the University of the Highlands and Islands, Prof Geoff Squire has outlined threats and opportunities for the future of Scotland's food supply. |
The guest speaker at this week's Inverness Monster Science Festival, hosted by Inverness College UHI, said food imports were vulnerable to disruption. | The guest speaker at this week's Inverness Monster Science Festival, hosted by Inverness College UHI, said food imports were vulnerable to disruption. |
But he added: "There are steps we can take that will create more equilibrium in our food production, make us more self-sufficient, support the environment and create a much more sustainable food supply." | But he added: "There are steps we can take that will create more equilibrium in our food production, make us more self-sufficient, support the environment and create a much more sustainable food supply." |
Prof Squire works for the James Hutton Institute near Dundee. |
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