Climavore Station

Our Project Manager Shona Cameron joins the virtual support programme for aquaculture innovation thanks to Highlands and Islands Enterprise.

Harvard University has shortlisted Daniel Fernández Pascual’s project Be Shellfish: The Architecture of Intertidal Cohabitation for the 2020 Wheelwright Prize that will allow to research material and ecosocial innovations across the world and later be applied and shared in Skye.

Due to the pandemic declaration, The CLIMAVORE Station follows the lockdown rules, while its programme continues remotely.

With guest chefs from Tate Eats, who led the students in a workshop to prepare a hand-dived scallops and seaweed risotto.

Scotland declares 2020 to be the Year of Coasts and Waters. The Scottish Government’s themed year aims to support Scotland’s marine and coastal tourism sector.

With chef Michael Smith from Loch Bay Restaurant. Students learned how to prepare a classic moules mariniere with local Skye rope-grown mussels.

With Mania Pietzak from Skye Bakehouse. Students baked lemon and dulse madeleines and dairy-free chocolate and shony mousse.

With Calum Munro from Scorrybreac Restaurant, Skye. Students were shown how to prepare and serve raw oysters with citrus dressing and baked oysters with parsley and garlic – accompanied with fresh foraged local seaweed.

For the second consecutive year, 17 students at the Portree High School will engage with CLIMAVORE ingredients, learning about sustainable harvesting and ranching/farming. The programme launched with a workshop led by local scallop diver Ben Oakes.