Foraging
The Association of Foragers is an international professional foragers association, promoting sustainability and ecological stewardship through teaching and harvesting wild plants and fungi for use as food, drink and medicine.
Association of Foragers Website
A small selection of sites run by AoF affiliated foragers:
Galloway Wild Foods
A website run by Mark Williams with a wealth of foraging tips and guidance
Monica Wilde
Monica’s blog is about wild food, wild medicine, wild living. She is a forager, research herbalist and ethnobotanist. She has a Masters degree in Herbal Medicine, is a Fellow of the Linnean Society and a Member of the British Mycological Society.
Wild Food Stories
Leanne Townsend is based in Aberdeenshire and most prolific through Instagram where she posts helpful tips on foraging and cooking
Foraging Fortnight
Discover the delicious and useful species on your doorstep or discover unknown areas: from the rolling hills of Lanarkshire, the golden beaches and fields of Fife; the mountains and coast of Moray; the woodlands and lochs of the Forth Valley and Loch Lomond area; to the diverse islands of Orkney.
Scottish Venison
https://www.scottish-venison.info/
Scottish Craft Butchers –
Scottish Quality Wild Venison -
SQWV is an independent company that exists to maintain develop and promote Quality assurance standards throughout the venison industry
Game
Taste of Game
A partner body running a site with great resources
Seafood
Seafood Scotland
The national trade body for the Scottish seafood industry, but with useful resources within their ‘Info hub’.
https://www.seafoodscotland.org/
Food Standards and Hygiene
Food Standards Scotland
Food Standards Scotland is involved all along the food chain to make sure the food you eat is safe, and is what it says it is. We're also here to give healthy eating advice based on the best available, trusted scientific evidence
https://www.foodstandards.gov.scot/
Wild Game Guide and HACCP Guidance
https://www.foodstandards.gov.scot/publications-and-research/publications/wild-game-guides-and-haccp
Wild Deer Best Practice
Guidance on all aspects of deer management to ensure animal welfare and legal compliance on food hygiene.