Recent decades have seen dramatically increased rates of conditions affecting the brain, from neurodivergence among younger people to earlier deterioration amongst older people. We've also seen a radical change in diet. Is there a connection? Yes, says Ann Roberts, of the charity Think Through Nutrition. Research from many sources includes work on improving diet in prisons.
The walled garden at Gordon Castle in Fochabers produces fresh seasonal food for a thriving restaurant and cut flowers for florists, as well as healthy, home-grown fruit and vegetables for the local community. Head gardener Ed Bollom describes the challenges the team faced in creating one of the largest kitchen gardens in Britain and in growing produce in the North of Scotland.
The dust from Mount Hekla’s eruption in Iceland in 1845 helped Orkney potatoes' flavour. Could rock dust do the same for tomatoes? Growers in Orkney and Moray have grown and harvested a selection of tomatoes for you to taste, some fertilised with rock dust and some without. Hospitality students at UHI Orkney will prepare and serve them for you to assess.
