From the Bristol 2015 Company website: As European Green Capital in 2015, we have an opportunity to share what we know with people all over the country, across Europe and around the world. To do this as effectively as we…

by Matt Reed and Dan Keech from the SupurbFood project The City of Bristol, in the southwest of England, is blazing a trail in trying to integrate sustainable and healthy food production within its vision as the 2015 European Green…

by Ana Moragues-Faus, Kevin Morgan: Abstract. Cities are becoming key transition spaces where new food governance systems are being fashioned, creating ‘spaces of deliberation’ that bring together civil society, private actors, and local governments. In order to understand the potential…

Four recent reports with implications for food policy work in Bristol (compiled by Joy Carey). Council for the Protection of Rural England, ‘From Field to Fork: the value of England’s local food webs’, June 2012 Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and…

Mayoral Food Conversation on Surplus Food and Waste. Theme – Redistribute, recycle and compost food waste. A discussion involving a select group of city surplus food and waste experts exploring Food Policy ambitions as expressed in the food outcomes …

Sustainable Bishopston Reports to Bristol Green Capital Community Challenge Fund, including a report on the Sustainable Bishopston Traders’ Food Waste and
Recycling service April 2013 by Martin Fodor. There are a number of legislative and regulatory factors affecting collections …

Food Poverty in Bristol by the Matthew Tree Project. Food insecurity and hunger are very real problems in Bristol. Though the U.K. has long been among the richest nations in the world, our national income poverty rate in 2010 was …

Photo report from the Scaling Up Urban Agriculture event on 3 October, 2012. Photo report and summary of discussions, 3 Oct 2012, Hamilton House (Scaling up might actually mean connecting up – findings of the national Making Local Food Work …

Urban and Community Food Strategies: The Case of Bristol by Joy Carey. How can a city influence the food system? The first step is to understand how the food system operates and how the different elements are interconnected.…

Tackling Food Waste in Bristol: A collaborative Approach by Peter Jones of Eunomia Research and Consulting. Food waste is recognised as one of the significant challenges facing waste producers and waste collectors alike.…