The Community Carrot’s news and media coverage
December 2023
First Minister Humza Yusaf and Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs Mairi Gougeon visited Dunbar and the Crunchy Carrot on Dec 11th. Coverage by East Lothian Courier and Gov.Scot.
March 2022
The Courier share news of our new Shopify system and work to reduce waste, including the installation of our refillery dispensers.
October 2021
We were proud to supply Sunny Soup made from surplus ingredients to the COP26 pilgrims at an event organised by North Light Arts.
August 2021
A great travel piece in The Herald highlighting the range of activities available in Dunbar, mentioning the Community Carrot.
June 2021
The East Lothian Courier highlights our three-year National Lottery Community Fund grant award for community food projects.
December 2020
We worked with Co-operative Development Scotland recently on this video featuring inclusive business models speaking about why they think the models can help rebuild the economy post-Covid-19 and create a stronger, fairer and more democratic economy.
November 2020
’Mutual support and belief’ - that's the message we're glad to have got across in our chat to Paul for his Scottish Communities Climate Action Network '1000 Better Stories podcast', now available to listen to here (that and familiar foods! Please give our experiment a go).
The Community Carrot is listed as a High Street Hero by Scotland Loves Local, reported on by the East Lothian Courier.
The Community Carrot supported, and were featured in, a report prepared by Cooperatives UK for the Scottish Parliament Cross Party Group on Co-operatives. The report can be read here: Revive and thrive: Why co-ops are pivotal to a fairer, stronger Scotland.
We were featured in coverage in the East Lothian Courier, The Herald Scotland and Co-op News.
October 2020
The National cover some Scottish Enterprise Co-operative Development Scotland research we took part in.
We featured in the local Salvation Army church’s solution to a Covid Harvest Festival: a video exploring the natural harvest of the area. ‘Inspired by the Road to Emmaus, Christine takes us on a harvest walk around Dunbar, East Lothian’. Watch the video here - look out for us and our table laden with local produce at 7:25, then the gardens where some it came from: Belhaven Community Garden at 14:14 and The Ridge’s Backlands Community Garden at 21:27.
August 2020
The Community Carrot features as a case study on Community Shares Scotland’s relaunched website.
May 2020
We are part of a group funding bid placed by Sustaining Dunbar: the East Lothian Courier reports.
December 2019
The shop and Sunny Soups feature on the Anywhere but Westminster Guardian newspaper vlog.
August 2019
The East Lothian Courier cover our successful community share offer.
June 2019
The Community Carrot’s grant funding from the Scottish Land Fund is covered by the East Lothian Courier.
East Lothian Life magazine covers our journey to date, and the community buy-out.
April 2019
The Scottish Land Fund awards us Stage 1 funding, reported in the East Lothian Courier.