Who's working on it - Bristol Good Food 2030

91 ways to Build a Global City is a community-focused social enterprise based in Bristol named after the 91 languages spoken in Bristol. 91 Ways uses the uniting power of food to cross divides and build bridges between communities.

ACH is a refugee and migrant integration service provider. Our entrepreneurs are at the heart of ACH’s work with good food in Bristol. Currently our purpose, through our Green Growth Accelerator Programme (GGAP), is to support the development of refugee and migrant-led entrepreneurs’ businesses to become more sustainable. The range of businesses we support provides a diverse scope of cuisines, flavours and cooking styles.

Adblock Bristol is opposed to billboards and other corporate outdoor advertising, preferring a visual environment which reflects the unique identity of our city, the values of local communities and the local economy.

Support, supplies, and sanctuary for refugees and people seeking asylum in Bristol. Aid Box Community provide practical aid and community to hundreds of people that have been forcibly displaced.

Alive Activities has been running community and therapeutic gardening projects across Bristol for over a decade. We’re passionate about the difference gardening and nature and growing our own food can make to a person’s wellbeing.

A marketplace website which enables talented home-cooks to sell their food to local people.

Resident led community organisation based in Lawrence Weston.

ACT is a charity and community hub nestled in the centre of Horfield Common offering opportunities for people to come together to enjoy wellbeing, leisure and sports activities. ACT also champions social enterprise projects in the form of a community café and plant nursery which helps to support local foodbanks and community groups.

Avon Gleaning Network work with farms around Avon and Somerset to harvest or collect surplus fruit and veg that would otherwise go to waste. This is then redistributed to charitable food projects who are supporting people experiencing food insecurity. They’ll find a home for any amount of produce from farms, growers, allotments, orchards, gardens or other organisations!

Avon Organic Group exists to promote and share ideas and techniques for organic gardening. The Group hosts talks eight times a year on all aspects of organic growing, ranging from the basics to specialist topics and modern practices. Our talks are open to the public, and newcomers are always welcome, as are ideas for talks and offers of help in making this all happen. See our website for our talks programme and membership details.

Avon Wildlife Trust is committed to enabling wildlife to survive and thrive across the region. More than 17,000 members, 650 volunteers and a dedicated staff team work together to make our local area wilder and make nature part of life, for everyone. We’d love for you to join us.

Baggator Nexus is a collection of groups and people dedicated to citizen empowerment in Easton, Bristol. Everyone deserves an equal voice in the future.

Better Food is an award-winning independent retailer and café across Bristol stocking local, organic and ethically sourced products. They are passionate about building a fairer food community, supporting local communities through responsible retail.

Set up in 2013, we are a community food growing project. The Victorian walled garden and glasshouses are looked after by our volunteers. we are always looking for new people to join us!

Bountiful Bristol connect allotments with community food projects in Bristol to increase access to local and nutritious food.

Urban smallholding run by community collective. Not for profit, self-funded project which uses previously disused wasteland to grow food for the families involved.

Bricks is a Creative & Community hub based at St Annes House.

We’re creating something truly special, for the benefit of all, at Bridge Farm. A new kind of sustainable and affordable housing community.

Bristol Climate & Nature Partnership is a unique network of 1,100+ organisations working towards a shared vision of a zero carbon, socially just Bristol where all our communities and nature thrive.

A place for discovering how we can all play our part in looking after the world, and sharing the stories that inspire us.

The Bristol Eating Better Award supports and rewards businesses, schools caterers and early years caterers and providers that offer healthier food options and promote food and environmental sustainability.

Scaling up local food production in and around Bristol (growing, processing and distribution) by increasing collaboration between existing projects.

The Bristol Healthy Schools programme supports schools to take a whole school approach to teaching and promoting health and wellbeing – with a key focus on creating a healthy and sustainable school food culture.

Bristol Living Soil is Bristol’s first community compost collective. We are coordinating food waste composting to save vital nutrients, carbon and methane from escaping our food system and contributing to climate change. The compost we create contains mycelium, nematodes and billions of beneficial microorganisms. We are passionate about regenerating soil, rebuilding the community and sharing knowledge.

Helping communities across Bristol fight food insecurity.

Bristol Market showcases makers, designers and creatives via its curated Makers Marketplace directory. With a focus on ethical practice, quality, community and inclusivity, promoting the idea of ‘buying better’ is at the core of Bristol Market and all that it does.

Bristol Rovers Community Trust works with a wide spectrum of the community offering social inclusion, health, education and sports participation projects to give people the opportunity of enhancing and improving their life choices.

A yearly community event where everyone from novice to expert growers can come together to swap seeds, listen to talks, eat cake, get advice and network. Please save seeds with knowledge and care so they breed true and are correctly labelled.

Caring in Bristol work in imaginative and creative ways with people experiencing or at risk of homelessness, with the public and community partners to bring about lasting change in Bristol and beyond.

A Bristol charity collecting business waste to be reused as a creative resource by our members for children’s creative play, plus an arts and crafts shop.

Cibomatto.bristol is a sustainable cuisine project that aims at recreating an authentic Italian flavour, exploring the surroundings of Bristol. Cibomatto believes in sustainability and in the connection between different cultures using food as a way to create an inclusive space where we can communicate and share the pleasure of being together.

City Academy Bristol Community Allotment sits within the grounds of the City Academy Bristol secondary school.

An environmental organisation, campaigning to stop plastic pollution at source. We work with communities, businesses and everyday activists to provide practical solutions to the plastic problem. We like to keep it simple and have fun on the way.

The Coexist Community Kitchen is a non-profit cookery school in Easton, Bristol. Our main aim is to use food as a vehicle to work with people who experience social marginalisation in our society.

Transforming the lives and futures of young people through businesses who act as a force for good.

The community garden is outside the Riverside Chapel gardens, about 50m down river from the Woodwise Academy. Fruit and vegetables are grown for everyone to enjoy. If you see something ready for harvest, please do take a little.

Set up in 1997, Dame Emily Park Project (DEPP) is a local group of people who care about their park. The group is well connected with other initiatives.

Helping children and families to be the best they can be. Our purpose is to improve outcomes for young children and their families.

We are an ever-expanding independent group of like-minded people, who love to grow hop plants and drink quality beer!

Our purpose is to relate to each child as a unique individual and tailor our care and teaching to their specific needs in order to equip them with a love of learning that will help them to flourish and reach their full potential. Our vision is to provide a sense of belonging, not just fitting in.

We provide people of all ages with places and ways to connect. We are passionate about our community and putting local people in control so together we can build healthy and happy neighbourhoods.

Edible Bristol works with communities, of any type from local neighbourhoods, schools and faith groups, to businesses and organisations, to support more nature friendly and sustainable growing across Bristol. Get in touch with them if you’d like support from a team of horticulturalists and permaculture practitioners. They also run several gardens themselves including Cultivation Place where they run courses and workshops as well as running the garden that feeds the local community. All spaces supported offer free to access availability of the food grown-just take what you need, and leave some for others.

Tucked away on a 37-acre site in Stapleton, Elm Tree Farm is a small working farm and one of Bristol’s hidden treasures. We’re also a thriving social enterprise and Care Farm, providing support and training to adults with learning disabilities and autism, and are part of Brandon Trust, a leading learning disability charity.

Family Action has launched Food On Our Doorstep (FOOD) clubs to provide good-quality food at a low cost, while also reducing food waste. It costs just £1 a year for a family to become a member. Once you’ve joined, you can purchase a bag of tasty food items every week worth approx. £10-£15 for just £3.50! To become a member you must live or work within approximately 15 minutes of a club.

FareShare South West is the region’s biggest food charity. We join the dots between surplus food and hunger, by redistributing surplus food from the food industry to frontline charities, schools and community groups.

Feeding Bristol stands for a future where everyone in Bristol has access to nutritious, affordable and appropriate food, with the skills, knowledge and empowerment to eat healthily.

Fishponds Community Orchard is managed organically and grows local varieties of apples. Situated on Thingwall Park Allotment Site it provides a space for people and wildlife to enjoy and is an educational resource.

Located in Backwell, Five Acre Farm CIC produce vegetables, flowers and honey using regenerative techniques, for sale onsite as well as in Bristol and North Somerset. We also provide opportunities for community engagement with the land, including volunteer days and workshops.

FoodCycle Bristol welcomes anyone to attend as a guest and enjoy a FREE hot meal. No need to book. Just turn up on the day!

St Agnes Park is a beautiful green space in St Pauls. Friends of St Agnes Park aim to meet weekly for park care sessions, where we also drink tea! We will be sweeping, litter picking, weeding, sowing seeds, propagating cuttings, planting, watering and learning all about what goes into gardening. There might also be some painting and woodwork.

A group that works to support and enhance St George Park, Bristol as a community resource and wildlife haven. We work with other community groups and Bristol City Council.

GENeco is an award-winning recycling and renewable energy company that converts organic waste, including sewage and food waste, into green energy and other useful products to help you create a better planet. We operate as a circular economy, are carbon neutral and have a zero waste to landfill status.

We are a friendly and accessible community garden, open to all volunteers on Wednesday 10-4. Everyone welcome. Come find us in Bristol up behind in Horfield Prison, through the gates at the end of Monk Rd BS7 8NE.

Grow Wilder, Avon Wildlife Trust’s wildlife gardening hub, is on 10 acres of beautiful land. We demonstrate the value of nature for wildlife gardening, agriculture and wellbeing. Our wildflower nursery opens weekdays 9am-5pm and we run a weekend café in the summer months.

Heart of BS13 works across the life course, mobilising children, young people and adults towards better health. In a community where health inequalities impact significantly on life chances, we take action to challenge food insecurity, improve the environment and address physical and mental health concerns.

Hillfields Community Garden is a welcoming and open space within Hillfields Park that gives local residents a space to come together to grow, connect and volunteer. The garden has been designed by the community for the community and it was built by the community too!

Horfield Organic Community Orchard is a pioneering, member-managed orchard, inspiring fruit growing as a way to grow community, wellbeing, and local sustainable food.

Founded by Kate Ploughman in 2007, Kate’s Kitchen is Bristol go-to catering company for events, weddings and the workplace.

We are a wellbeing organisation serving the community in Filwood, Knowle and surrounding areas. Our main projects include our community kitchen and the free ‘as long as needed’ counselling service. We promote a whole person approach to assist mental, emotional and physical health and wellbeing.

Lawrence Weston Community Farm is a community-managed project that aims to improve the quality of life for local people. We do this by working with members of the local community and other groups to provide exciting and inclusive activities, as well as a safe, free, green community space. The farm wants to provide a supportive environment in which people can flourish and contribute positively to their community.

LettUs Grow is an indoor farming technology provider based in Bristol. They believe that careful innovation in farming can make the world a better place. LettUs Grow’s ultrasonic aeroponic irrigation systems allow farmers to grow up to twice as fast as hydroponics, while using zero soil, zero pesticides, as well as less water and fertiliser than in outdoor farming. LettUs Grow conducts world leading research into controlled environment agriculture from their research centre in Bristol, working with partners such as John Innes Centre, Harper Adams University & Agritecture.

Lockleaze Neighbourhood Trust is a resident led, not for profit, charity organisation that exists to support residents to achieve positive change for themselves and their neighbours. Here to help you make the most of your neighbourhood.

Lush Greens is a small vegetable farm (market garden) in Hengrove, Bristol. We grow a variety of seasonal vegetables using a no-dig system, where the soil is not turned and disturbed to allow the web-of-life underground to thrive. This leads to healthier and more nutritious vegetables, more above-ground life (insects, birds, reptiles), and allows the soil to sequester more carbon dioxide, helping to tackle climate change.

We are a small community orchard in Redland growing fruit and a few veg based on permaculture principles.

We are an award-winning UK charity with a mission to support migrants and refugees on their journey to integration and independence by enabling them to teach cookery classes to the public.

National Food Service Bristol is the Bristol branch of the NFS Network. We’re building the National Food Service from the ground up. We want to create opportunities for friends and neighbours to cook and eat together. We support groups that provide free and low cost food to anyone who needs it.

Neighbourly connects your surplus products, including food, toiletries, books, and household goods, with over 25,000 small charities, food banks and schools across the UK and Ireland, helping you to make a difference in the community.

We work with local schools, parish and town councils, and community groups to set up and support growing spaces. These growing spaces are linked together to form the Growing Communities Network, where expertise, ideas, and seeds/plants can be shared with one another, and where spare food can be shared with local community kitchens and food banks.

Pam Lloyd PR is a food marketing and PR agency based in St Werburghs. Alongside working with a range of produce clients, food and drink brands, and local bars and restaurants we support StreetSmart to raise money for local community projects.

Patchwork is a group of Bedminster and Southville locals who hate to see a useful bit of land go to waste. We meet regularly to turn neglected patches of land into community gardens and keep our existing patches trim.

Poco brings together a devotion to seasonality, locality, great food and atmosphere with a core passion for sustainability.

Propagation Place is a social enterprise where a small team of staff and local volunteers grow and dispatch over 2000 orders of vegetable plug plants, amounting to over 100,000 individual plants, both locally and nationwide each growing season.

Market Garden in St Werburghs. Growing food regeneratively in the city.

Real Habesha restaurant features authentic Ethiopian and Eritrean influence, including signature injera, served with a choice of accompaniments that are rich and occasionally spicy dishes, the whole menu is designed to be healthy, and a paradise for vegans and vegetarians!

Redcatch Community Garden is about bringing people together to learn, socialise, share skills and support physical and mental health and wellbeing. We do this through gardening, cookery (using our garden produce) and making art.

Resource Futures is an employee-owned, independent environmental consultancy with a 30-year heritage in the waste and resources industry. Our vision is to create a sustainable world.

The St Mark’s Baptist Church café is open on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays 9.30-4. Hot food is served 11.30-2pm.

Our patch is behind the garages above Sylvan Way, very near the Sylvan Way/Shirehampton Road traffic lights. We are creating a garden for growing food, with a large communal area with easy access raised beds and an orchard, small individual plots and a nature area.

Secret Soup Society fights food waste and feeds families. We make soup using food destined for landfill, redistribute surplus food and goods to organisations fighting food inequality and provide ethical and sustainable catering options – based in Lockleaze.

Shift Bristol is a not for profit organisation providing innovative and immersive training in building sustainability and resilience. We have 20 years experience of teaching practical skills, design systems and collaborative approaches.

Simply Grow sell fresh, grown-from-organic-seeds microgreens, hydroponically grown for either commercial or domestic clients. You can even grow your own microgreens at home with Simply Grow’s home growing kits, gift boxes and organic seeds.

Sims Hill Shared Harvest is a pioneering community-supported agriculture project growing food for the people of Bristol just four miles from the city centre.

A charity that works to reduce hunger, improve health and bring people together through food and cooking.

St Monica Trust provide retirement villages and specialist care homes in Bristol, Keynsham and North Somerset.

St Werburghs City Farm strengthens connections between land, animals and people. With a small-holding, Community Garden, conservation woodland and Propagation Place enterprise, we deliver activities that support people to re-connect, learn and grow.

An accessible and affordable venue for parties, meetings, workshops, gatherings and community events.

An urban goat farming cooperative, whose aim is to connect communities to sustainable food production and regenerative land management.

Strode Valley Organics converted nine acres of organic pasture land into a thriving wildlife haven and organic, no-dig market garden. Situated 10 miles south of Bristol, Strode Valley Organics has been growing on-site since 2012.

An independent group of sustainable venues with ethical practices. The Canteen, No.1 Harbourside & Old Market Assembly. Celebrating and supporting Bristol’s communities and economy through quality food, drink and entertainment.

We are an organisation of Deaf and Disabled people, for Deaf and Disabled people where all decisions are made by Disabled people.

Encouraging children of all ages to cook healthy food.

The Community Farm is a community-owned organic farm that grows, sources and delivers nourishing produce and groceries via a veg box scheme. We are a not-for-profit organisation and every year thousands of local people benefit physically and mentally from wellbeing courses, social events and volunteering sessions on our land.

The Fungi Folks grow delicious mushrooms of the highest quality using local sawdust, just over the River Severn.

We strive to empower and support people who have fallen into crisis, for whatever reason, to rebuild their lives and create a better, healthier, happier future.

The MAZI Project aims to tackle food insecurity for 16-25 year olds living in supported accommodation.

The centre has been providing the community with health related activities since 1990 and is a valuable asset to the community. Without the centre the residents would struggle to seek any form of health related activities.

Based in the heart of Lockleaze, we provide an exciting and supportive environment for children and young people to meet, play and learn. Together with Learning Partnership West through the Playful Bristol network, we offer a range of activities and experiences to build resilience and confidence in the young people we support.

The Wild Goose, Inhope Day Centre offers meals, hope and support to anyone experiencing insecurities such as hunger or homelessness. The donated food provides hot meals and practical help to people at their point of crisis, whilst ongoing support means that they are championed to rebuild their lives.

Too Good To Go is the easy way to sell businesses’ surplus food. It’s a free app, with more than 12 million UK users ready to save something delicious. By partnering with Too Good To Go, businesses can attract new customers, recover sunk costs and make sure their food gets eaten, not wasted!

Established in 2015 Travelling Kitchen CIC delivers practical cookery workshops that explore the history and culture of food. We take our kitchen into communities and schools bringing people together to cook and share food.

TRESA brings together residents in Totterdown with the aim of improving and protecting our local environment and to promote a vibrant cultural life.

Veg growing smallholding with orchard open to local people to join to provide food for themselves and their family.

A small catalyst organisation that works with activists, organisers, policy influencers and practitioners across the UK to co-create the conditions for localised, agroecological food systems. UAC convene groups and sessions around mapping, farmstart, and more, and run a Policy Influencers Network Group (PING) – a safe, creative space for local authorities and others to delve into agroecological challenges and themes.

Vegan Recipe Club is part of the UK’s leading vegan charity, Viva!, based in Bristol. We have hundreds of delicious vegan recipes; from easy weeknight dinners to showstopper desserts, and everything in-between!

Voscur is the support and development agency for Bristol’s Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise sector. Voscur’s mission is to support, develop and represent Bristol’s voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector.

Walk Along CIC was founded by a team of Hongkongers dedicate to social and ecological justice. We focus on community food production, urban farming, local cultural food, climate change and employment orientation for Hongkongers in the UK.

Wellspring Settlement brings together the best of two long-standing community organisations – Barton Hill Settlement and Wellspring Healthy Living Centre.

City Farm set in 4.5 acres of green space in Central Bristol, with award winning cafe, play areas, childrens’ nursery, working farmyard, gardens, picnic areas and farm shop. The Farm aims to connect, empower and educate people in its locality by providing a mix of resources and activities.

The site behind Woodcroft Road, now has more than 50 trees and numerous soft fruit bushes planted.

The project is on behalf of the local community (and wildlife) and is an independent and self-governed grassroots project.

Who’s working on good food in Bristol?

91 Ways

ACH

Adblock Bristol

Aid Box Community

Alive Activities

All About the Cooks

Ambition Lawrence Weston

Ardagh Community Trust (ACT)

Avon Gleaning Network

Avon Organic Group

Avon Wildlife Trust

Baggator

Better Food

Blaise Community Garden

Bountiful Bristol

Bramble Farm

Bricks

Bridge Farm

Bristol Climate & Nature Partnership

Bristol Climate Hub

Bristol Eating Better Award

Bristol Food Producers

Bristol Healthy Schools

Bristol Living Soil

Bristol Local Food Fund

Bristol Market

Bristol Rovers Community Trust

Bristol Seed Swap

Caring in Bristol

Children’s Scrapstore

Cibomatto.bristol

City Academy Bristol Community Allotment

City to Sea

Coexist Community Kitchen

Community of Purpose

Crews Hole Community Garden

Dame Emily Park Project

East Bristol Children’s Centres

East Bristol Hops

Easton Community Children’s Centre

Eastside Community Trust

Edible Bristol

Elm Tree Farm

Family Action

FareShare South West

Feeding Bristol

Fishponds Community Orchard

Five Acre Farm

FoodCycle Bristol

Friends of St Agnes Park

Friends of St George Park

GENeco

Golden Hill Community Garden

Grow Wilder

Heart of BS13

Hillfields Community Garden

Horfield Organic Community Orchard

Kate’s Kitchen Catering

Knowle West Health Association

Lawrence Weston Community Farm

LettUs Grow

Lockleaze Neighbourhood Trust

Lush Greens

Metford Road Community Orchard

Migrateful

National Food Service

Neighbourly

One Planet Matters

Pam Lloyd Food Marketing & PR

Patchwork Community Gardening Group

Poco Tapas Bar

Propagation Place

Purple Patch

Real Habesha Restaurant

Redcatch Community Garden

Resource Futures

Saint Mark’s Community Cafe

Sea Mills Community Garden

Secret Soup Society