News
Edible Gardens projects – Bridport Primary and St Mary’s Primary
The Edible and Forest Garden (EG2) at Bridport Primary School is developing slowly thanks to the volunteers. We could certainly do with more help as and when people have time. We look forward to the children, school and the community getting more involved at the start...
Starkest climate warning yet: Six food and farming takeaways from the latest IPCC report
Climate change is no longer a future threat or impacting people in faraway places, and food is playing an ever-greater role in the crisis. To read more, follow the blog by Sustain https://www.sustainweb.org/blogs/aug21-ippc-6th-report/
This is why we need more local food production: food shortages could be imminent…
Many experts are forecasting a much-increased risk of food shortages in the UK, both in the near term and for many years ahead. The immediate reasons for this arise from covid and Brexit, the major ongoing reason is climate change. Many agricultural and horticultural...
Bridport Food Matters stall at Food Festival: a big success!
The Bridport Food Matters stall at the Festival Food Market on June 19 attracted a lot of visitors, and prompted many useful conversations. A couple of hundred people took away BFM leaflets with information about the new website, and many of them also signed up for...
Hear about farming, foraging, fermenting and fungi at the Bridport Food Festival
We had some excellent speakers at the Bridport Food Festival. You can listen here to their talks and discussion: Philip Colfox, Symondsbury Estate talking about the intention and challenges of transitioning to regenerative farming. Katkin Tremayne, Vital Roots Garden...
Events
Making the Best of What’s Left: watch chef Giles, and Get Your Free Tasty Takeaway, 23 September
BRIDPORT FOOD MATTERS presents, as part of Big Green Week 18th - 26th September 2021: MAKING THE BEST OF WHAT’S LEFT! On Thursday 23rd September from 11.30 am in St Swithun’s Church car park, Bridport DT6 5DU...
Practical local climate change responses discussion evening
Practical local climate change responses A briefing and discussion evening, Tuesday 21 September at 7pm United Church, East Street, Bridport, DT6 3LJ There are plenty of practical, positive ways that households and community groups can respond to the increasing...
Bridport Farmers’ Market
Open from 9am-1pm: commencing on Saturday 8 May and then every 3rd Saturday of the month. Barrack Street, Bridport Read more on the Visit Dorset website.
Vegan Market
Commencing on 18 April and then every 2nd Saturday of the month.
Event Reports
Read the report on our Open Gardens event held on 19 May 2021.
See here for our Bridport Local Food Hub discussion document.
Online roundtable discussion for community organisations and consumers, 23 September 2020, see report here.
Online discussion with retailers and local producers, 20 October 2020, see report here.
Past Events
MELPLASH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY – Summer Homecrafts & Horticulture Show 26 August 2021
The Society is delighted to announce that it is hosting a Summer Homecrafts and Horticulture show with lots of classes for flowers, fruit, vegetables, cookery, preserves, photography, handicrafts and much more! There are lots of classes for both adults and children to...
Vital Roots Garden courses: Bountiful Seed Saving on Saturday 31 July; and Pickle the Garden, Sunday 1 August.
Vital Roots Garden is offering two courses next weekend: Bountiful Seed Saving, Saturday 31 July; and Pickle the Garden, Sunday 1 August. Both are with the resident gardeners and cooks: Ipar Hughes and Katkin Tremayne. Details of both courses are below. Email...
Bridport Food Matters at the Food Festival market, Saturday 19th June, 9am – 5pm.
An information hub on Millennium Green about Bridport’s many food-related initiatives, and a place to talk about access to healthy food, food security, the local economy and climate change. We can share ideas about what is already going on and what more we can do...
What is happening to our food: Robert Golden in conversation with Helen Woodstock, Candida Blaker & Philip Colfox: Thursday 17 June, 19:00 – 20.30
Image: Robert Golden pics. This Good Earth is Robert Golden’s second West Dorset documentary, looking at what is happening to our food, locally, and globally. It follows the success of the first documentary made about the region 14 years ago. SAVOURING...