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BRISTOL FOOD NETWORK Bristol’s local food update2014 community project news · courses · publications · events july–august Summer is here and the crops are finally cropping. It’s the time of year when all that work on cold, damp March days, finally begins to pay off. In the city, we’re starting to see the fruits of all the behind- the-scenes work initiated by Bristol City Council’s Sustainable Cities Team and the Food Policy Council, as the Good Food Charter and Plan help us to frame proposals for Bristol Green Capital 2015. If you haven’t got involved yet, it’s not too late to sow seeds for next year! Contact us for more information, and to send any suggestions for the September–October newsletter (copy deadline 18 August) [email protected]. Bristol Independents Day 4th July The Bristol Independents Campaign spent in a local retailer selling local on independently Shop is urging Bristol’s shoppers to ‘shop things, puts twice as much money back independently’ on 4th July – Bristol into the local economy as a pound spent Independents Day. in a national multiple – because local traders tend to use local services supplied 20,000 Bristol Independents Day cards by other local traders. are being distributed around the city, encouraging shoppers to shop But it’s easy to forget the great contribution independently on 4th July and to discover which Independents make to Bristol – Bristol Independents Day www.bristolindependents.co.uk a range of special offers and surprises in they’re always there – till the next big Bristol’s independent businesses. In some supermarket comes along. 4th July is a It’s not too late to get involved if you’re a shops, these cards can be shown at the reminder to us all to support Bristol’s Bristol Independent business. Contact us till in order to claim an Independents Day great Independents, and to explore a bit ASAP on: [email protected] discount or special offer. In other shops further around the city to discover some Join in on Twitter: @Bristolindies you’ll need a certain codeword, or to be other hidden gems. Bristol’s high streets paying in Bristol Pounds in order to make and local shopping areas have changed a your claim – details of all of these offers lot over the past few years – if you haven’t are on the website at: visited them lately, you’re likely to be www.bristolindependents.co.uk surprised by just how well some of them Elsewhere in the city, you can find special are flourishing. events, or Bristol-themed delights on the menu for one day only. These offers and Who’s involved? Bristol Independents Day is a joint events are updated regularly so please Bristol’s local food update is produced keep an eye on the website for the latest promotion, involving Bristol City Council, by Bristol Food Network CIC, with support information. Bristol Pound, Your Street Gift Cards, from Bristol City Council. City of Bristol College, The Federation Bristol Food Network CIC supports, informs Why shop independently? of Small Businesses, alongside Bristol and connects individuals, community Bristol’s independent retailers keep our Independents. On the day, some of the projects, organisations and businesses who share a vision to transform Bristol participating organisations will be staffing high streets alive, diverse, and interesting. into a sustainable food city. They stop Bristol from looking just like a stall opposite the Hippodrome, where Registered office: 7 Queen Square, Bristol BS1 4JE everywhere else. They help make Bristol people can come along to find out more A Community Interest Company, Limited by special. Bristol’s independents also help about business support for start-ups and Guarantee. Registered in England and Wales. Registration no. 8838348. support our local economy. Every pound existing businesses. (10am–3pm 4th July) Food Policy Council update Since our last update our ‘Task-and-Finish group’ has met and will be working on updating our Terms of Reference, our membership, and our strategic priorities. We will be reporting back on our progress in the next issue after our next meeting on 9 July. In the meantime, please have a read of Joy Carey’s recap of the latest transnational visit with our URBACT partner cities in Lyon... Passerelle d’Eau de Robec La Super Halles Bristol visit to Lyon, 3–6 June Joy Carey Bristol is working together with the members organize events, outings and their products through the store. It began 9 other cities through the URBACT joint activities. The shop was established in the 70’s and has gone through all sorts programme on Sustainable food in urban 15 years ago and is part-supported by an of development. Every farm involved has communities and how to grow, deliver annual grant from Lyon City Council for its to work in the shop, again on a rota basis, and enjoy food in a more sustainable and services to the local community. It would and each farmer has to do a year’s stint as less carbon intensive way. The visit to be really interesting to explore the idea chair. Lyon was one of a number of exchanges of a network of social groceries in and The next gathering of URBACT project in which all the cities participate, and around Bristol, or even UK-wide. partners will be in Romania in September wonderfully organized by the Lyon team. Two of our visits were to shops with with a chance to see their newly revamped There was so much to see, this article farmers selling local and organic products local producers market located directly can’t really do the trip justice but there’s direct. One based in the city, ‘La Super opposite the Carrefour supermarket! more info here. Spot the Bristol contingent!: Halles’, is newly opened and is run For more information on the URBACT www.sustainable-everyday-project.net/ as a collaborative enterprise. It’s a bit programme contact Dorothy Greaves or urbact-sustainable-food/2014/06/10/ like Better Food Company, except that check out the blog: www.sustainable- lyon-transnational-delivering- it involves 3 separate enterprises and everyday-project.net/urbact- workshop-programme-and- collectively they employ two people to sustainable-food/ presentations/ manage and coordinate the shop. The The official welcome to Lyon took place in 3 enterprises are i) direct farmer sales of Highlights from the Lyon visit included the City Hall, an utterly awesome building fresh products; ii) retail of dried foods and visits to a ‘social grocery’. The shop is that obliged us to eat all the wonderful other grocery items; and iii) a catering/ called ‘Passerelle d’Eau de Robec and is cake (and chocolate) we were offered, cafe section. There are photos of the 17 all about social and solidarity-economy. supplied by a wonderful local catering different farmers by their products and all Customers become members, and there business! the farmers have to serve behind the sales are different prices according to members’ counter on a rota. income level (in the photo you can just about see different prices: the low price The second organic shop, Uniferme, was for muscovado sugar is €2.19 and the more like a farm shop and based outside higher price €2.63). The shop is also a the city, owned by a co-operative of 40 hub of local community activity – many of farmers who all commit to sell 100% of Sims Hill members might be delighted to discover that Chris is now qualified to take on tractor duties… Uniferme The official welcome at Lyon City Hall 2 bristol’S locAL FOOD UPDATE · JULY–AUGUst 2014 Read more online Bristol urban food Soil as sarbon storehouse: New weapon in climate fight? growing survey update digest: The degradation of soils from unsustainable agriculture Lisa Muller and other development has released billions of tons of carbon into the atmosphere. But new We will be analysing the full data set this Bristol Food Network has been working research shows how effective land summer, but there are a couple of themes on a survey of urban growing projects restoration could play a major role that builds on information gathered and ideas we can already glean from it: in sequestering CO2 and slowing to-date via the annual Get Growing n The projects surveyed so far are spread climate change. Garden Trail and the online guide to all across Bristol and are set in very ‘Get Growing’. http://e360.yale.edu/feature/ central urban, as well as more rural out- soil_as_carbon_storehouse_new_ We have collated information on Bristol of-town surroundings. weapon_in_climate_fight/2744/ growing projects, such as size, funding, n The amount of land used for growing organisational form, ownership or varies from 30 metres square to 8 acres. Toward a future: Permaculture lease of land, focus of the work (e.g. n Whilst the majority of land is leased digest: We use the magic of radio community growing to commercial), type from the council in a similar style to to fly around to garden roof tops in of production, scale of production, what allotment leases, community growing Brooklyn USA, a permaculture fruit else groups are doing and what they want projects also find other sites such farm in Quebec, and small acres to achieve in the future, and what they as old landfill, graveyards, disused restored in Nottingham UK. will need in order to realise those plans. smallholdings and parks. www.ecoshock.info/2014/04/ We also hope to increase their awareness toward-future-permaculture.html of, and engagement with, the Bristol n Some of the community projects are entirely open to the public all year Good Food Plan.