Welcoming the DISHED Public Diner Trial in Dundee

That the Parliament welcomes the establishment of the co-Designing Innovativeinfrastructure for Sustainable Healthy & Equitable Diets (DISHED) trialpublic diner project in Dundee; understands that the project is a joint venture between researchers and practitioners at NourishScotland, the Institute of Development Studies, the University of Nottingham and the University of Sussex, in collaboration in Dundee with Dundee City Council, Dundee Healthy WeightPartnership, Faith in Community Dundee and Maxwell Community Centre and Garden;further understands that public diners are state-supported restaurants which,alongside public libraries and parks, form part of public infrastructure;believes that food system transformation is a key method for achieving Scotland’ssustainable development goals and that the Nourish Scotland report, Public Diners: The Idea Whose Time Has Come, identifies public diners as a means of improving nutrition and public health, providing accessible communal andsocial spaces and removing barriers to good food; notes the findings by NourishScotland that there is a wish by communities for public diners to be healthy,inclusive and accessible for all; believes that public diners can play a rolein reducing food waste, creating a sustainable food system and buildinghealthier communities, and pays tribute to the work of Nourish Scotland inengaging with communities across Scotland in building evidence and support forpublic diners.