Turn the city into a growing landscape
Would'nt it be great to see our open spaces used in a much more practical and rewarding way. NOt to turn each and every park into an allotment but to allow the local school or community group to showcase what can be achieved in a small space. It would need community involvement and leadership but to have something productive coming off the land and feeding directly back into the restaurants / shops and markets that surround the city would be a massive education to everyone involved. The city has a lot of unused land and spaces that could benefit the community to feel as though they are making a difference and feeding back into the infrastrucure, trading in Bristol pounds and making use of all those toilet blocks as renovated cafes and spaces for the future.
Why the contribution is important
Whilst food, and by implication farming, is so clearly a part of everyone’s lives, the aim of the project would be to create a sustainable model of how food is grown, distributed and even eaten. The aim would be to re-connect people with land, the soil and allow the community to get directly involved and feel part of something really special.
This would allow people of all ages to contribute to the cities need for more and more food and to know exactly where their food is grown and who is growing it, buying it cooking it and eating it. Food Education is also vital to the next generations understanding about what is wrong in today soicety and how we can change the habits that we currently have and better the situation for the future, this would be a small but significant way of engagement.
by user661118 on November 23, 2013 at 06:32PM
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Posted by user734334 November 25, 2013 at 18:48
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Posted by user955021 December 11, 2013 at 10:10
Beacon Farms (also listed on here as a project) sees itself as being toward ones end of a spectrum that includes endeavours to use land productively and appropriately throughout Bristol and its surrounds.
This is about more than parks and gardens and Cpaital Growth and communtiy projects, it is about a connected up picture where food is part of everyones landscpae and lives.
Count me in Luke!
Bonnie
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Posted by user932309 December 11, 2013 at 15:39
Plots of land across the city where growing food can be done successfully, taking into account it's location and soil quality, can and should be given special 'food growing' status so that long term investment (of tools, skills, education, infrastructure) is possible. If growing land has no special status it remains vulnerable to other forms of development which will diminish our capacity to deliver resilience, education and enterprise across our local food system.
I love the emphasis on children and creating a generation of food growers and food lovers.
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Posted by user690930 December 14, 2013 at 16:01
Fresh Food Production,
A Peaceful & Calm area in the city
Encourages Helpfullness amongst people
All for £1.00 per month
This can be rolled out almost immediately if The Mayor has the will
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Posted by user412750 December 20, 2013 at 17:45
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