Scaling up urban agriculture in Bristol
Event Information
Description
How do we scale up urban agriculture in Bristol: a roundtable discussion
Date: 3 October, 6 to 8 pm
Venue: Co-exist, Hamilton House, 80 Stokes Croft, Bristol, BS1 3QY
Facilitated by Shannon Smith of Avon Organic and Joy Carey, author of Who Feeds Bristol?
Participants:
Misty Tunks of Knowle West Media Centre and the Elm project on using technology to link growers and their markets
Keith Cowling of Ashley Vale Allotment Association on the barriers to setting-up urban agriculture projects
Rebecca Marshall of the Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens on their Community Land Advisory Service toolkit for urban agriculture start-ups
Tim Lawrence of Sims Hill Shared Harvest on urban agriculture and climate change
Mike Lloyd-Jones of the Bristol Pound Farm Link Scheme on developing local markets with the Bristol Pound and the Farmlink scheme
Light refreshments will be available.
The event is free but we are asking people to book so we have some idea of numbers.
Website: Bristol Food Policy Council
