About us

Scotland’s experts on farmer co-ops and food industry collaboration, we provide a range of specialist information and development services to help businesses work together more effectively. #workingtogether we grow

What we do

Now more than ever, it’s vital for farmers and food and drink businesses to work together more effectively - all of SAOS’s work centres on facilitating this.

Events & Training

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Membership

As a development organisation, owned by our members, we provide a range of specialist services not available elsewhere, to assist them in developing their people and their businesses. Get in touch to find out how we can help you.

What's New

Latest news, views and updates from us here at SAOS.

How do we help?

Sharing Data

By working hard to understand how co‑op governance, technology and trust must be balanced, we have positioned ourselves as Scotland’s leading source of expertise on sharing industry data.

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ScotEID

The ScotEID database provides real-time tracing data of farm livestock through their supply chains, until the point when they enter the food chain.

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Key contacts

Get in touch if you want to know more about our data work, SmartRural or ScotEID.

George Noble

George Noble

George Noble

General Manager for SmartRural

07894 414512 | george.noble@saos.coop

Bob Yuill

Bob Yuill

Bob Yuill

SmartRural Director

01466 700203 | bob.yuill@saos.coop

Paul Crooks

Paul Crooks

Paul Crooks

Principal Data Engineer

07471 616663 | paul.crooks@saos.coop