Soil Association Scotland

Full name of organisation: Soil Association Scotland

Short version of name: SA Scotland

Contact person: Susie Orr, Information Offficer

Address: Tower Mains, 18 Liberton Brae, Edinburgh, EH16 6AE

Telephone: 0131 666 2474

Fax: 0131 666 1684

Email: sorr@soilassociation.org

Website: http://www.soilassociationscotland.org

Aims: SA Scotland campaigns for locally produced, GM-free, organic food to be available and affordable throughout Scotland.

We aim to :

• Provide an organic food and farming information service for members, schools and the general public
• Support organic farmers, growers and food manufacturers through training events, a Scottish Organic Farming magazine and a telephone advice line
• Develop policies to promote the expansion of organic food and farming, for instance by working with the Scottish Executive on its Organic Action Plan.

Charity number: 206862

Paid staff in Scotland (2004):
Full time: 2
Part time: 4

Volunteers: 1

Date Established: July 2002

Members (2003): 1500

Local groups: not as yet

Land owned or managed in Scotland: n/a

Membership of other umbrella groups:

Publications:
*Food for Life and Food for Life Scotland
*Organic Farming, Food Quality and Human Health
*The Living Earth, membership magazine. Scottish members receive the Organic Scotland newsletter with their copy
*Organic Farming and Organic Farming in Scotland, producer magazine
*Seeds of Doubt, North American farmers' experiences of GM crops
*Organic Food and Farming Report, annual publication
*The little book of organic farming - for schools and children
We produce a comprehensive range of technical briefings for farmers and a wide variety of other publications. Please phone, email or visit the website for further information.