In the summer of 2020, five Bristol businesses came together to develop Breaking Bread – a pop-up tipi village of socially distanced dining and drinking venues on Clifton Downs. As a response to the coronavirus pandemic and its devastating effects on the events and hospitality industries, Pauline Bourdon, Breaking Bread’s sustainability and social cohesion coordinator explains how they joined forces to build a socially responsible and sustainable enterprise.
When we launched the Bristol Bites Back Better campaign in November, we wanted to get the conversation going and hear from the people of Bristol. We asked two simple questions, and got a wide range of answers so far, giving us insight into what Bristol citizens want to see happening in our city, and who deserves celebration. Insights Manager at cycling charity Love to Ride, Fleur, has compiled some of the responses in our latest blog post. You can still get involved!
Motivated by the national row over Free School Meals, Melanie Vaxevanakis has set up MAZI, a project to help young people experiencing food insecurity in Bristol.
Jo Boswell is the market gardener for The Kitchen Garden Enterprise, part of the Heart of BS13 charity tackling food insecurity and health inequalities in Hartcliffe and Withywood. Jo joined the charity in June 2020 and was formerly a community cook and fermentation teacher before studying permaculture with Shift Bristol and turning her hands to the soil. Jo writes here about her work developing the Kitchen Garden Enterprise at Heart of BS13 with Solveig Harmsworth.
Our latest blog post is by Eve Warlow, Marketing Manager at City to Sea, an environmental campaigning organisation based in Bristol. Eve writes about the charity’s mission to make living with less plastic easier and their work during the pandemic in Bristol and beyond.
In our latest blog post, Stuart Hatton considers the importance of retail diversity. Stuart is managing director of Umberslade, developer of Wapping Wharf, Bristol’s much-loved harbourside neighbourhood and home to many independent food businesses.
Our latest blog post is about an exciting new competition launching this week as part of the Bristol Bite Back Better campaign. To be in with a chance of winning, you will need to answer two short questions about food and community to enter our prize draw.
Essential Trading is the lead partner for Bristol Bites Back Better, the latest campaign from the team behind Bristol’s bid to be a Gold Sustainable Food City, which aims to create a resilient future for the city through food. Essential’s Jimmy Nelson writes in our latest blog post about the co-operative’s history and values and how they have offered a different model of food supply since the 1970s.
In this blog post St Pauls resident Sonja Ayres describes how she set up the Mother Earth Bristol veg box scheme during the pandemic. She describes her motivations for living in a more sustainable way and how she was inspired to get the scheme off the ground.
Bristol Going for Gold’s food sector lead Lucy Gatward highlights the economic arguments for environmental sustainability. Adapting to climate change is vital, even in the midst of a pandemic. Read on for motivation about why ‘going green’ is good for your food business.
