Q: What can you do with 9 tonnes of Pumpkins? A: Make curry, of course!
This and other questions were on the menu when we sat around the table to chat about sustainable food and how Bristol is going for Gold as a Sustainable Food City with our guests Jane Stevenson – chair of the Bristol Food Network, Sara Venn – head of Incredible Edible Bristol, Jennifer Best – co-Director of award winning Bristol restaurant Poco (winner of most sustainable restaurant of the year 2018), Heather Mack from the sustainable food campaigning organisation Feedback’s and public health expert Dr Angela Rafflefrom the University of Bristol.
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We talk food love and reconnecting with our sense of the seasons – and of course Pumpkins!
LINKS:
Bristol Food Network
Bristol Food Alliance
Sustainable Food Cities (to find a city near you which is a member of the SFC network)
Feedback sustainable food campaign
Incredible Edible Bristol
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