Welcome
This new website aims to provide you with information on all aspects of food matters in Bridport: just scan through the sections below and follow the links.
Bridport has a vibrant food economy, with brilliant producers, retailers and caterers, but there’s a lot we can do to increase food security locally, and reduce the impacts of climate change, shrinking budgets and more. Please share your views via the Forum, and sign up for our newsletters.
Suppliers Directory
This section includes a listing of local Food and Drink Businesses offering Eat In, Collection and Delivery Services, and the 2019 Bridport Food Festival Food and Drink Guide, both compiled by Bridport Local Food Group.
Food Access Help
The pandemic means that more households find it hard to afford the food they need. Bridport Local Food Group has published a list of the local food access initiatives, including when they are open and how to contact them.
Climate Adaptation
There are many ways we can improve local food security in the face of potential supply shortages and price rises arising from climate change. On this website you’ll find suggestions/ useful information for these groups:
Overview: more on the big picture, and ideas for a Local Food Hub.
Consumers: benefits of local buying and reviewing your diet.
Home Growers: crops and growing methods to adapt to new weather patterns.
Producers: Climate adaptation for horticultural and arable producers.
New Producers: assisting access to land, seed capital and markets.
Local Resources
There’s lots of information on this site to help you find relevant local organisations, things you can get involved in, help and advice, and information. Here are the main sections:
Community Initiatives: relevant to some aspect of local food matters.
Growing You Own: local schemes that you can participate in.
Healthy Eating: websites, info and recipes on healthy, affordable food using local produce where possible.
Young people: activities with schools and for young people.
Support Groups: for a range of issues and needs.
News & Events
News stories and forthcoming events relating to the local food scene. You can also read event reports, sign up to our newsletter and find links to previous newsletters.
Blogs and pics
Plenty of stories and images from our dynamic local food scene!
About
This website is a joint initiative by Bridport Local Food Group and Seeding our Future: to learn more about these organisations and what they do, click here.
Newsletters, Links
Find links for further information on topics like national food matters.
Recent Blogs
Ashley and Kate of Trill Farm have won Young Organic Farmer of the Year award!
Congratulations to Ashley and Kate of Trill Farm on winning Young Organic Farmer of the Year award, launched by the Organic Research Centre. They supply many restaurants and grocers in the Bridport area. The Trill Farm site is far from ideal in terms of vegetable...
Meet Gardening Teacher ‘Tia’ Perrella, who works on the Edible Gardens projects at Primary Schools:
Candida spoke with Tia about what drew her to teaching organic gardening to young people in Primary schools in Bridport, what gardens can teach us, and her hopes for the town. How did your name become shortened to Tia? My full name is Mariteresa Perrella, usually...
Practical Responses to Climate Change: Food – a short presentation by Candida Blaker, 21st September.
I want to make three main points: The recent International Panel on Climate Change report demonstrated how urgent it is for us to step up our action on Climate Change. Food is playing a large part in this crisis - and related health crisis, but can also be part of the...
Get In Touch
Get in touch if you would like to suggest an addition (or alteration) to any of the listings on this website, or if you would like to Get Involved with matters relating to Bridport Food. For example, you could become an Allotment Ambassador, support the food glut and surplus stall projects, or volunteer with the Community Initiatives and Bridport Food Matters partners.
To keep informed, please subscribe to the Bridport Food Matters occasional E-News.