Scottish farmers have grown four billion potatoes and 730 million Brussels sprouts to ensure Christmas dinners are well stocked this year, according to the Scottish Government.
Scots should eat local seasonal produce this year to support the country's farmers, Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead said.
"I hope people will support Scotland's food industry this Christmas and eat in-season as much as they can," he said.
"Take advantage of the exceptional products that have been reared, grown, picked and produced in Scotland, and enjoy their quality and taste.
"In doing so you'll be helping to boost a sector that has generated 117,900 jobs in Scotland and a turnover of £13.9 billion for our economy.
"Our farmers have been hard at work to ensure our kitchens are well-stocked, including growing a staggering four billion tatties and 730 million Brussels sprouts, which I'll certainly be enjoying with my dinner on Christmas Day.
"Scottish food and drink is in demand both at home and abroad, at all times of the year.
"I think it's important for is to make the most of our home-grown produce, especially at this time of year when there are so many delicious products in-season.
"Scotland is known as the land of food and drink: we have access to an incredible natural larder. Our food is fresh, tasty and healthy. We produce it, so why shouldn't we enjoy it?
"Christmas is a great time of year - it's all about celebrating, having fun, relaxing and enjoying quality time with family and friends - but it's also a time to reflect on the past year and what your aims are for 2015.
"With the Year of Food and Drink fast approaching there is no better time to capitalise on the strength of our industry, the provenance and quality of our produce, and use the year as a launchpad to Scotland becoming a Good Food Nation."
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article