During the lockdown, Barton Hill Settlement’s The Network partnered with local storyteller, Polly Tisdall, to create a new podcast to celebrate Bristol’s communities. The podcast, Held In Common, shared unexpected positives that people had noticed during the virus outbreak with food very much at the heart of many of the stories. Writer and academic Bernie Munoz participated in the project and contributes to our latest blog post.
Director of The Children’s Kitchen, Jo Ingleby, considers the importance of being able to cook a meal from scratch with simple, fresh, affordable ingredients. The significance of this essential skill has been highlighted during the COVID-19 crisis, as dealing with shortages of certain ingredients is – of course – far less stressful when we know how to easily adapt meals.
Going for Gold Public Engagement Coordinator and the founder of Bristol-based start-up grOWN IT, Florence Pardoe, reports on the webinar she hosted as part of #BristolFoodKind. The webinar explored the idea of who owns our food and asked how we can create a system that works for the people who produce our food, and the people who eat it.
This weekend would have kicked off the ninth Get Growing Trail, when Bristol’s fruit and veg gardens and community growing projects throw open their gates to inspire more people to get growing. In our latest blog post, Alex Dunn from Sustainable Westbury-on-Trym reflects on the Trail and writes about how the organisation has had to adapt their work this year.
In our latest blog post, Bristol Food Network volunteer Isobel Cox interviews some of the amazing volunteers, chefs and community workers who are providing the good food response to the coronavirus crisis. Meet Luke, Kristjan, Hibo and Pensri.
Founder of Incredible Edible Bristol, Sara Venn, looks at how the city can keep the momentum going to upscale and increase urban food production, buoyed by how the good food movement in Bristol has turned itself into a response movement to support citizens during the pandemic.
One of the simplest (and tastiest!) ways to be #BristolFoodKind is by supporting local food businesses: from restaurants to greengrocers to veg box schemes. Bristol has one of the most exciting food scenes in the UK and by supporting local businesses in these difficult, uncertain times we can ensure that they continue to thrive in the future.
In our latest blog post, Refugee Women of Bristol outreach worker Negat Hussein describes how the charity has had to adapt their work during the pandemic to make sure that the organisation’s members and their families are fed and safe.
Bristol Going for Gold’s Content Coordinator Ramona Andrews meets some of the partners of the ‘What is your soul food?’ project that will celebrate and reanimate community spaces in St Pauls with artwork inspired by local residents’ cookery. The partners are working hard to get the message to diverse communities in the area during the pandemic. Food has, after all, always brought people together, even in these times where we cannot be physically close.
Naseem Talukdar is already a well-known figure on the Bristol food scene, not for his cooking (though he comes from a family of restauranteurs), but for his campaign and charity work. Lucy Gatwork who is working on Bristol Going for Gold Food Sector engagement meets Naseem to talk about his charity’s response to the COVID-19 crisis.
