Proposed National Good Food Nation Plan

Annex B

Glossary

Adaptation – Adaptation is an ongoing process of adjustments taken in response to observed and future climate change impacts. It involves preparing for risks posed by climate hazards such as rising sea-levels and temperatures and capturing new opportunities our changing climate may bring (such as opportunities to grow new crops).

Biodiversity - the variability among living organisms within terrestrial, marine and aquatic ecosystems, and the ecological complexes they are part of. This includes diversity within species, between species, and across ecosystems.

Brexit – the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.

Climate change - a change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods.

Culturally acceptable - food that aligns with the cultural traditions, dietary habits, and values of a specific community or group, ensuring that food aid and food systems are sensitive to diverse cultural preferences and practices.

Diet-related conditions - health conditions that are influenced or caused by an individual's dietary behaviours. These conditions can arise due to either inadequate or excessive consumption of certain nutrients. Common diet-related conditions include: obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, certain types of cancer, nutrient deficiencies, and digestive disorders.

Fair Work - secure employment with fair pay and conditions, where workers are heard and represented, treated with respect and have opportunities to progress.

Food environment - the foods available to people in their surroundings as they go about their everyday lives and the nutritional quality, safety, price, convenience, labelling, and promotion of these foods.

Food insecurity - the full range of experiences from worry regarding ability to afford food, through to compromising on quality and quantity of food and experiencing hunger.

Food policy - an umbrella term for all the policies related to the production, processing, distribution, purchase, consumption, and disposal of a nation’s foodstuffs.

Food Security - Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.

Food System - all the elements (environment, people, inputs, processes, infrastructures, institutions, etc.) and activities that relate to the production, processing, distribution, preparation and consumption of food, and the outputs of these activities, including socio-economic and environmental outcomes.

Just Transition – the process that must be undertaken in partnership with those impacted by the transition to net zero, supporting a net zero and climate resilient economy in a way that delivers fairness and tackles inequality and injustice.

National Planning Framework (NPF4) – The Scottish Government’s national spatial strategy for Scotland. It sets out our spatial principles, regional priorities, national developments and national planning policy. It should be read and applied as a whole and replaces NPF3 and Scottish Planning Policy.

Officials – Scottish Government civil servants, working on behalf of the Scottish Ministers, who are directly involved in policy development and implementation.

Reformulation - making changes to an existing recipe to boost the health profile of the product.

Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) - The Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation is a relative measure of deprivation across 6,976 small areas (called data zones) and is the Scottish Government's standard approach to identify areas of multiple deprivation in Scotland.

Sustainable Food System - According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations a “sustainable food system is one that delivers food security and nutrition for all in such a way that the economic, social and environmental bases to generate food security and nutrition for future generation is not compromised.”

Quintiles - Quintiles split the SIMD data zones into 5 groups, each containing 20% of Scotland’s data zones.