Scottish Organic Stakeholders Group
Subgroups’ Omnibus Report
June 2022
Pointing the way
to a Scottish Organic
Action Plan 2022:
Work in progress
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Pointing the way to a Scottish Organic Action Plan 2022: Work in progress
Introduction
Foreword
Current context
About this report
One cross-cutting recommendation
on government-led messaging
Summary of subgroups’ specific
recommendations
Recommended early investments
Next steps
Appendix
References
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Scottish Organic Stakeholders Group - Subgroups’ Omnibus Report, June 2022
Introduction
We welcome
the Scottish
Government’s
March 2022
announcement of
their plans for
Scotland to become
a global leader in
sustainable and
regenerative
agriculture[1].
Organic production delivers
benefits for climate and nature
and is therefore one of the tools
for the Scottish Government to
help achieve their climate and
nature targets. Increased adoption
of organic farming in Scotland can
make major contributions
to reducing greenhouse gas
emissions[2]. Globally, organic
farming can lead to a 20% reduction
in GHGs from agriculture[3].
Evidence also shows higher
biodiversity on organic farms[4].
Organic farming, specifically, is
the only legally-defined and
certified food production system,
with scientific evidence for benefits
to nature and climate. The EU Farm
to Fork policy recognises it as the
gold standard, towards which other
forms of agriculture should move.
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Foreword
“We welcome the Scottish
Organic Stakeholder Group’s
new report. Their proposals
and action plan to take the
sector forward set an example
of the kind of collaborative,
industry led work that guides
agencies like Scotland Food
& Drink on how best to provide
support in partnership with
the sector.
Through our new Organic
Development Manager
post we are committed to
supporting the delivery
of a number of actions
identified in the report
particularly the development
of Organic markets and
supply chains.”
John Davidson
(Scotland Food & Drink)
“This report is the result of
many people from a wide
range of organisations and
businesses working together
in recent months. It provides
us now with a set of specific
recommendations for
immediate action. This is a
significant milestone paving
the way to mainstreaming
organics, and it lays the
foundation for a new
organic food and farming
action plan.”
Ross Paton
(Chair of the Scottish Organic
Stakeholders Group and organic
dairy producer)
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Current Context
Currently,
• According to Kantar (July 2021), the annual
Scottish organic food consumer spend was £79
million, and up by 6.2% on the previous year[5]
• Nearly a third (32%) of shoppers in Scotland
are ‘eco-actives’[6]
• The area of organic land in Scotland is 1.8% of
agricultural land, down from 4% in 2009[7]
The Scottish Government is committed to
maintaining alignment with the European Union
(EU). Comparing Scotland with the EU, we have
almost the lowest organic land area and
production value in the EU. Many countries in
the EU currently have 5-8% of their agricultural
land being farmed organically. The Scottish
Government’s policy is to double the organic
land area by the end of this Parliamentary session
(expected 2026). EU plans express an EU-wide
ambition for ‘25% of the EU’s agricultural land to
be under organic farming by 2030’ (Farm to Fork
p11), and require each nation to produce national
action plans for organic development[8].
By meeting the Scottish Government target by
2026, we can expect the following benefits:
• The total area of organic land in Scotland is
currently 103,900ha (including land in
conversion), and 89,600ha is currently fully
organic[9]. Scottish organically farmed land
would double to more than 200,000ha.
• The 529 organic producers and processors that
Scotland has currently would increase
substantially (and may double, nearing a total
of 1000), creating numerous local jobs in the
process.
Yet, while demand for organic produce continues
to grow strongly in the EU and still rises modestly
in the UK and Scotland – organic production in
Scotland has declined in recent years. This
suggests a market failure, where Scottish farmers
and food producers are not taking advantage of
the profitable organic market, leaving the door
open for imports to cover the market instead. The
SOSG subgroups’ reports explain in detail the
reasons for this and provide recommendations
that address the challenges that they bring.
The recent steep rises in the price of nitrogen
fertiliser may be prompting more famers to
consider organic conversion. However, for
sustained growth to be achieved in line with the
Government’s target of at least doubling organic
land by 2026, significant change is needed across
the sector. What can be learned from EU
neighbours is that even early modest government
monetary investment in a handful of key areas
combined with a strong government-led
partnership approach can strengthen both
production and consumption of organic food in
the short term, thus leading to a situation where
consumers pay for the greening of our food
systems in the longer term.
If the Scottish Government is committed to using
organic farming as a lasting transformational tool
to achieve its new agricultural policy, then
it needs a plan that is backed with resources
and other support for it to succeed. The
recommendations below will take us a long way
forward.
The SOSG are ready and waiting for
the Scottish Government to take the
lead and to do what they can to help
the Scottish Government and other
key operators implement these
measures.
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About This Report
This report includes a set of clear
recommendations that can pave the way
forward. It builds on the SOSG’s Proposition for
Action (May 2021), a set of 9 higher-level
recommendations which were supported by 51
signatories, including 27 food & drink agencies
and NGOs, and 24 organic producers and
retailers (see Appendix for details). Subsequent-
ly, in early 2022 the SOSG organised discussions
that took place over many months, bringing
together more than 100 people representing
producers, producer organisations, processors
and other parts of the chain of suppliers and
retailers and other key operators in the food &
drink sector, unions, advisors and researchers,
local
authorities, NGOs working on related issues,
and Scottish Government ocials from
several departments to develop the
Proposition for Action into the more detailed
recommendations we present in this report.
In meetings during March and April 2022, these
organic stakeholders worked together in four
subgroups that focused their discussions
around:
• Facilitating organic conversion and
maintenance
• Increasing public procurement of
organic food
• Developing supply chains and markets
for organic produce
• Developing research, advisory services
and training for organics
Each subgroup agreed on a set of recommendations
that are summarised in this report, below. (Full
subgroup reports are available on the SOSG
website at:)
The recommendations below are
intended to support the Scottish
Government in developing a
national organic action plan that
maintains alignment with the EU
organics strategy, guides policy in
the years ahead, and specifically,
moves organics from the margins
to the mainstream.
While each subgroup agreed on actionable
recommendations, some of these will require
further development and resources to be
committed, as detailed in the final section
of this report.
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One Cross-cutting Recommendation
on Government-led Messaging
Each of the four subgroups independently
identified one common theme, namely:
the need for consistent messaging
to bring about the culture change
that is needed to shit organics
from the margins to the
mainstream.
The Scottish Government, the stakeholder group
and food and farming organisations must work
together to develop and promote a strong clear
message around what organics is, what it can
do to solve the increasingly urgent nature and
climate challenges that Scotland faces,
and how it can stimulate the local economy
and the food and drink sector. Consistent
messaging from government and industry
about the multiple benefits of the organic
sector and the legally binding nature of
organic standards is essential for bringing
about progress across all four subgroup areas.
Without this, organics will continue to be seen
by some as ‘niche’/’elitist’, ‘backward-looking’
and ‘not real farming’. This picture is further
complicated due to competition with other
labels that are promoted to those who are
potentially interested, including ‘local’,
‘regenerative’, ‘sustainable’ and/or ‘low carbon’.
Development of a ‘sustainably Scottish’ label
further complicates the picture and adds to
this challenge.
Specifically, the SOSG asks for the Scottish
Government to lead on enabling the following:
• Developing clear messaging about the
benefits of the organic sector in terms of
what organics is and what it can do for
Scotland (nature, climate, and the economy)
• Promoting this common messaging with sta
in mainstream agencies and drawing up a
joint communications plan with them. These
agencies should at a minimum include the
NFUS, QMS, SRUC, FAS, Scottish Universities
& Colleges, Local Authorities, and Scotland
Food & Drink.
• Exploring ways to promote organics to the
public, and including, for example, plans for
including representation of organics
eectively in organic excellence awards,
and in the Royal Highland Show and the
Food & Drink Fortnight.
• Providing financial support and
communications expertise, and other
resources to enable the above.
1. There is a role for the Scottish Government
(SG) to help bring about the culture change
that is required with clear and consistent
promotional messaging to encourage farmers
to make the switch to organic. Alongside
this, there must be financial support and
expert advice to support all stages of the
process, including to retain the farmers,
croters & land managers who convert
their businesses to organic in the longer
term. This campaign should extend to
consumers to encourage demand and
market growth.
2. There must be a long-term commitment
from the SG to maintain organic conversion
and maintenance support. While the SOSG
recognises the budgetary pressures facing
the SG, we argue that the budget for
organics should be protected - at the
current rate or higher - to help deliver on
the political commitment to double
organic farmland during this parliament.
Post 2024/25, the Agri-Environment
Climate Scheme - including payments
for organic conversion and maintenance -
should be integrated into the new
farm payment system.
3. We have sought clarification from the SG
around the current cap on support,
particularly at the higher eligibility threshold.
If necessary, rules should be reviewed to
ensure that interested producers at either
end of the spectrum are not dissuaded
from converting due to lack of support.
The new farm support system from
2024/25 should also ensure that holdings
of any size qualify for support payments
for organic conversion and maintenance,
so that neither small-scale nor larger
producers are disadvantaged or dissuaded
from converting due to lack of support.
4. The SG should review its application
processes, particularly around
communications, regional consistency,
the potential for a rolling application
window, transparency of criteria for
approval/rejection, and information
around the support that is available
during and following the application
processes. This should include regular
meetings of a small group (representatives
from RPID, certification bodies and other
producer or member organisations) to
discuss queries, help disseminate
information and respond to farmers/
croters more eciently and eectively.
Facilitating Organic Conversion and Maintenance
Co-chaired by David McKay (Head of policy, Soil Association Scotland) and Joanna Sinclair (Head of
policy and membership support ocer, Scottish Organic Producers’ Association (SOPA)).
Summary of Subgroups’ Specific
Recommendations
Each subgroup independently produced a full
report of their discussions which are available
the Scottish Organic Stakeholders Group
website. Details of who took part in each
subgroups’ discussions are in their full reports.
Inevitably the subgroups’ discussions, and
hence their recommendations, spontaneously
overlapped, and this was particularly true for
the subgroup on Developing Supply Chains and
Markets which discussed the overall themes
that concern the other subgroups.
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Increasing Public Procurement of Organic Food
Chaired by Jayne Jones (Chair of ASSIST FM, Manager Commercial Services Argyll & Bute Council).
1. Undertake qualitative and quantitative
mapping to show on a geographical basis
the sites to be supplied and the availability
of organic produce, and of processing and
distribution facilities.
2. Establish a fund of £5m to help lower the
barrier for Councils and other public sector
procurers who face initial financial
challenges to procuring organic food. In the
longer term, this spending should be
decided on locally, with a percentage of
the farm support budget going to local
authorities and public bodies to support a
sustainable local food economy.
3. Invest £2m a year in a Scottish House of
Food to provide initial and in-service
training for catering and procurement sta,
learning from experience in Denmark and
Finland.
4. Identify a basket of products that can enable
a swit movement towards increased
organic public procurement and provide
some early wins.
5. Ensure that the Good Food Nation Bill and
the work to develop Local Food Strategies
include specific measures and outcomes
relating to organic, ethical and climate-
friendly food.
6. Establish pilots to test out dynamic
purchasing to enable locally produced and
seasonal organic products to be used in
public sector kitchens.
7. Spread risk and commitment between the
producer and the purchaser with a clear
recognition that investing in any pilot and
relationship-building is not money wasted,
but is money invested in community wealth
building, in the green economy and the
wellbeing economy.
5. Certification bodies should review their
processes and the way in which they are
communicated. Improvements should be
made where possible, while ensuring
processes remain robust and retain their
necessary rigour to uphold the integrity
and trust in organic produce among
consumers.
6. The annual publication of data on the
Scottish organic sector[10] should resume
as soon as possible, with the SG committing
to work with the sector and certification
bodies on what data is collected and how
the statistics can be improved to provide
robust and reliable information for those
considering conversion. This should include
joint working between the Scottish and
UK governments to provide robust data
on imports/exports of organic produce
into and out of the UK, and into and out
of Scotland.
7. Correct advice is crucial for both pre- and
post-conversion planning as well as the
funding application process. The Farm
Advisory Service (FAS) is oten generic and
not suciently specific to organics; we
propose that a review is conducted of
the organic expertise of FAS sta to ensure
that qualified and correct advice is being
given impartially to Scotland’s farms,
croters and land managers. As it stands,
FAS can be used as a means of
mainstreaming advice and to integrate
organics into the wider agri-sector.
Ultimately better signposting to all organic
specialist advisory services that are available
in Scotland is needed.
8. The Four Nations Working Group (FNWG)
on organics should take a collaborative
approach, between the governments of the
UK, and also with the organic sector. Groups
such as the SOSG and the English Organic
Forum should be represented on the FNWG
to ensure the industry is engaged with
proposed policy or regulation changes in
each of the four nations. The FNWG must
also recognise and respect the dierences
in approach in the devolved nations, in
particular the Scottish Government’s stated
ambition to remain aligned as closely as
possible to changes in EU regulation.
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Developing Supply Chains and Markets
for Organic Produce
Chaired by Stuart Martin (NFUS) with the help of the SOSG Secretariat.
1. To grow demand for organic produce by
simplifying and mainstreaming the message:
• A coordinated approach to communicating
what organics is and does (QMS, SF&D
NFUS, SRUC and Soil Association/SOPA)
• Support for the development of CPD for
sta across the whole supply chain
(including catering and procurement sta)
to understand the benefits of organics and
how to act on expanding uptake and
demand for it (SF&D Academy)
• Don’t confuse the message with
messaging for the export market (it’s
a dierent market)
2. Research what messaging works for SMEs’
markets (SF&D Knowledge Bank)
• Ease access to and visibility of organic
produce
• Persuade larger retailers to make organic
produce more widely available (SF&D)
• Persuade larger caterers to normalise
sourcing organic ingredients/foods (SF&D)
3. Build the supply chains for scaling up,
scaling out and export
• Set up collaborative networks of smaller
primary producers and processors
(SAOS, SF&D)
• Develop processing capability to support
small scale primary producers (SAOS/
FPMG/Shared Prosperity Fund)
• Investigate the export market (SF&D,
Scottish Enterprise)
4. Invest in easy wins as they become a
gateway to other produce whose price
dierential is larger (e.g. monogastric meat)
• Invest in measuring and matching existing
spare supplier capacity with demand and
make plans to grow capacity where
required (SF&D)
• Invest in opportunities to produce more
in Scotland (all wanted with little
availability): berries (incl. frozen), oats
for oatm*lk, other grains, dairy products,
vegetables such as broccoli, legumes,
bread, value-added products (KTIF,
SAOS, FAS)
5. Expand organic public procurement
• Follow detailed recommendations from
the SOSG Subgroup on Public Procurement
6. Build on the work in Wendy Seel’s 2017
proposals for a “Scottish Organic Growth
Hub” to create
• A ‘one stop shop’ for organic market
intelligence and sector information
for producers and consumers
• Accessible signposting of growth support
resources pertinent to Organic businesses
• Better facilitation of market opportunities
and supply chain development (SF&D)
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Developing Research, Advisory Services
and Training for Organics
Chaired by Professor Christine Watson (SRUC).
1. We recommend that the Scottish Government
commissions a short-term piece of work to
collate, organise and review research
relevant to Scotland on organic farming and
food. That it updates this material where
needed; translates it into suitable formats
using appropriate and engaging channels
including online (quizzes, podcasts, video,
webinars) and face-to-face options; and
publicises its availability eectively to ensure
that a wide range of key audiences (policy
advisors, farmers, individuals/public, in
dierent sectors, and at dierent educational
levels), can access and engage with it. This
could be done through a combination of
desk-based work and expert interviews. This
work is likely to identify knowledge gaps that
should inform future research priorities; but
the focus would be on ‘knowing what we
know’ and making it widely available in
accessible forms.
2. In developing the specifications for the new
advisory service, we recommend that the
Scottish Government considers both how to
provide specialist advice on organics, and
ensure that organics is main-streamed
within generic provision. The specifications
should encourage synergy between research,
advice and knowledge exchange. They should
make the best use of existing practical
examples of where research and advice
add value; and promote a two-way exchange
of ideas between practice and research/
advice.
3. We recommend that multi-year organic
knowledge transfer and exchange projects
should be funded. Consideration should be
given to include ‘organic conversion’ monitor,
demo farms and field labs that enable
sharing of detailed, live, practical and
hands-on learning around the processes of
change to a wide range of audiences and in
dierent formats to allow for accessing
this learning in a wide range of ways.
4. As to the provision of training, we
recommend that CPD modules in organics
tailored to dierent audiences are developed
by training providers and made available
widely and in dierent forms. Professional
coms people should be used to create
websites that point to existing websites and
platforms, build on existing networks, and
use trusted brands (e.g. Soil Association,
Rural Payments website) and public events
(e.g. The Royal Highland Show) to promote
and support materials around organics.
5. Linked to the review of land-based learning,
existing learning provision for organics
should be mapped against current and
future customers’ needs.
6. A graduate-level programme for organic
market gardeners should be developed
and funded (e.g. as part of the Green Skills
agenda).
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The current organic action plans of nations
across Europe show three common ingredients:
funding for conversion, market development
and investment in research. Scopes of
funding varies, but
the countries with the most
successful organic sectors are the
ones where the government has
delivered continuous support
over many years.
For example, Denmark’s organic research has
had a dedicated funding stream since the 1990s.
The SOSG has not developed a detailed
recommended budget for building towards a
strong organic sector in Scotland as that would
be more appropriate for a later stage. For now,
we have discussed general directions of travel
and higher-level recommendations that are key
to get growth of the sector o the ground.
The government’s target of doubling land for
organic farming is unlikely to be reached with
agricultural schemes alone as we also need to
build consumers’ interest in paying for better
produce. Instead, therefore
the SOSG recommends early
investments in low-hanging fruit
that are key to generate interest
and investment from key
stakeholders in organics,
as follows:
• Establish a government-led public-private
partnership to develop common messaging
on organics’ role in the future of Scottish
food and farming, to stimulate new interest
in organics and help establish supportive
logistics among key public and private
partners (approx. £0.2 m/year, primarily
for a Secretariat/Organic Growth Hub)
• Support for organic conversion and
maintenance payments (not new cost)
(approx. £8.6m/year to reach the government
target of doubling organic farmland).
• Mainstreaming organics in key food
and drink industry organisations and key
advisory services (a dedicated full-time
position in each of Scotland Food & Drink,
Scotland Food & Drink Federation, NFUS,
QMS, plus regional support posts in advisory
services including FAS).
• Establish a “Scottish House of Food” that
can function as a public procurement “do
and think”-tank. It would build the
capacity that is needed to manifest local
Good Food Nation Plans as vehicles for
sustainable, budget-neutral growth of the
Scottish organic sector (£2m/year).
Additionally, a one-o £5m fund to
support initial transition costs for moving
towards organic food procurement in the
local public sector and similar development
of markets and processing facilities that
enable this.
• One-o short-term work, to collate, organise,
review and make available to a wide range
of dierent audiences, the research that is
directly relevant to growing organic food
and farming in Scotland (£0.2m redirected
from existing budgets), and ensure that this
is mainstreamed in future government
training and advisory services initiatives.
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To date, a wide range of stakeholders have
collaborated in the SOSG under their own steam
over several years to produce the Proposition
for Action in May 2021 (Appendix for details)
and, in their subgroups, the detailed
recommendations in this report.
Looking ahead, the SOSG expects the Scottish
Government to take the lead on taking these
forward into a Scottish Organic Action Plan.
The SOSG can continue to oer assistance with
further developing the plan’s recommendations
and to act as an independent sounding board
on organic issues where they arise. To date,
the coordination of this support has been
undertaken by Nourish Scotland in collaboration
with a handful of key SOSG members who make
up the SOSG’s Secretariat. Some modest
resources will be required to secure the SOSG
going forward.
The SOSG welcomes the new one-year Organic
Development post in Scotland Food & Drink. The
SOSG recommends that this appointment is
extended to at least three years, as part of the
organic growth hub.
Next Steps
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Organic Food and Farming in Scotland
- Realising potential
Scottish Organic Stakeholder Group Proposition
for Action to Scottish Government (May 25, 2021)
The full text of this document is found on the
SOSG website.
The stakeholders listed below have worked
together to identify the following priorities for
action and are keen to work with the Scottish
Government to realise the potential organic
farming holds for Scotland.
We encourage the Scottish Government to:
1. By the end of 2021, develop and publish a
Government-led Scottish Organic Action Plan
for the period to 2030. This plan should cover
both “pull” initiatives (increasing the demand
for Scottish organic produce) and “push”
ones (increasing organic land, and the
production, processing and availability of
Scottish organic food to all). In developing
and implementing the plan, the Government
should convene and support broad-based
stakeholder involvement, building on the
Scottish Organic Action Plan which ran to
2020.
2. Set a target for the percentage of land in
Scotland to be organic by 2030, aligned with
other policies such as Ambition 2030,
emissions reductions targets in the Climate
Change Plan, the new agricultural support
arrangements from 2025, the Biodiversity
Strategy to 2030; and taking into account the
EU target of 25%. Ensure that funding, policy,
research, training and advice post-CAP
support this transition, including for
example the work of the Regional Land
Use Partnerships.
3. Maintain organic certification equivalence
with the EU, which will implement a revised
standard at the end of 2021.
4. Set targets with timelines for increasing
Scottish organic food in public procurement
for schools, hospitals and other public sector
catering.
5. Actively recognise the potential contribution
that organic food and farming can make
when developing relevant policies, for
example on climate change, biodiversity,
soil, water, air quality, food, the rural
economy and the marine environment.
6. Encourage food and farming bodies including
Scotland Food and Drink, Quality Meat
Scotland and Food Standards Scotland to
bring organic food and farming into their
mainstream activities.
7. Ensure that advice on organic farming forms
a significant element in new contracts for
farm advisory services.
8. Integrate organics as a key component of any
future Good Food Nation Bill, including the
development of short supply chains,
markets, e-commerce platforms and shops
to link local farmers with consumers in
ways which are financially viable.
9. Forge an organic collaboration between
consumers, farmers, producers, retail,
Knowledge and Education institutions,
research and relevant public authorities
to inform the Scottish Organic Action Plan
and support the development of the
organic sector in Scotland.
APPENDIX
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The Proposition for Action (May 2021) is
supported by the following signatories:
Agencies and NGOs:
Argyll & Bute Council
Biodynamic Association
Denholm Consulting
Farm Stock (Scotland) Ltd.
Garden Organic
Highland Good Food Partnership
Landworkers’ Alliance (LWA)
MOO (Muir Of Ord) Food
National Farmers Union Scotland (NFUS)
Nature Friendly Farming Network (NFFN)
Nourish Scotland
OMSCO – The Organic Dairy People
Organic Growers Alliance
Pasture Fed Livestock Association
Propagate
Scotland Food & Drink
Scottish Agricultural College Consulting (SAC Consulting)
Scottish Agricultural Organisations Society (SAOS)
Scottish Badgers
Scottish Croting Federation
Scottish Dairy Hub
Scottish Land and Estates
Scottish LINK Food and Farming
Scottish Organic Milk Producers (SOMP)
Seed Co-operative
Soil Association Scotland
RSPB Scotland
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Producers/retailers:
Auchlea Farm Kingswell
Auchencairn Dairy Farm
Balcaskie Estates East Neuk
Bankhead Farm
Beecrot Organic World
Brewsters Farm
Caldwells Veg
Chapel Farm
East Coast Organics
Edinglassie Farm Huntly
The Ethical Dairy
Green City Wholefoods
Howemill Aberdeenshire
Hugh Grierson Organic
Knockfarrel Produce
Locavore
Loch Arthur Creamery
Mossgiel Organic Farm
Myreside Organics
Peelham Farm
Scotland The Bread
Skea Organics
Vital Veg
Woodside Arran Farm
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