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About us

Scotland’s experts on farmer co-ops and food industry collaboration, we work with food and farming businesses to make them more profitable, competitive, and sustainable - #workingtogether to shape the future, today.

What we do

All our work helps facilitate farmers and food and drink businesses to work together effectively. Over the years we've expanded and developed subsidiary businesses - getting the right people together and making innovative advancements - to help benefit food, farming and rural Scotland.

Events & Training

Developing staff capability is one of the most effective ways to improve a co-op’s performance. Check out our events and training programme - most of which are open to non co-op members too.

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

See below for all the latest news, views and updates from us here at SAOS. Find all our latest videos on YouTube at: SAOS - working together in food and farming

How do we help?

At SAOS we like a challenge. Some of the best ideas come from problems or challenges, and we like nothing better than finding a solution. SmartRural and ScotEID are great examples of how we do this, and we’re always looking for new opportunities.

SmartRural

Through SmartRural, SAOS has initiated a nationwide project that will help farmers capture and access data to help make better decisions and improve business returns.

More about SmartRural

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.

Find out more

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