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BFM update

BFM update

We’ve drafted this visualisation of Bridport’s ‘local food scene’ (illustration by Sarah Wilberforce). It shows community-led organisations and projects, and begins to map out connections. Bridport has many groups working on a range of aspects of food in our...

Project profile: Bridport Food Matters

Project profile: Bridport Food Matters

Three years on, what has worked, and what hasn't   In 2020, and before that, many experts on food security and climate change were warning of imminent problems, and sadly they were right. Covid has added to the challenges of extreme weather, but the UK has had it...

We Dig No-Dig-ity!

We Dig No-Dig-ity!

Following a successful funding bid we will be setting up the ’We Dig No Dig' project to support the development of ‘Incredible Edible’ style veg beds around Bridport growing food free to harvest. This BFM project is devised and run by Rachel Millson and Julie Penfold,...

Allotment Ambassadors

Allotment Ambassadors

Being an Allotment Ambassador means being prepared to experiment with climate adaptive growing methods and produce, and to share your experience with and inspire others. You might be prolonging the growing season, protecting the soil from extreme weather events or...

Meet Community Food Educator Sarah Wilberforce

Meet Community Food Educator Sarah Wilberforce

Find out what inspired Sarah to become involved in food, which has led her to participate in several of the important community-driven local food projects in Bridport - from the primary schools, to the glut stall and the food festival, with her passion for education,...

Bridport Climate Forums Report

Bridport Climate Forum Event Report In-person forum Tuesday 23 November and online forum Wednesday 24 November 2021   1.   Background Over 40 representatives of organisations in Bridport attended two Bridport Climate Forums, held in-person and online in November...

Meet community food educator, Rachel Millson

Meet community food educator, Rachel Millson

What was your journey to growing and being involved in food? The spark of a desire to grow my own food was ignited by the inexplicable excitement of walks around the allotments next to the infant school I attended. The school was very nature-based in those days. Also,...

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