Wednesday 30 January 2013

Blue Finger Alliance video

If you are interested in why our land had such a productive year, have a look at the short film made by the Blue Finger Alliance. This is a group set up to promote the value of a fantastic natural asset that Bristol has. The Blue Finger is a strip of land running along the M32 corridor, of high grade agricultural soil which Feed Bristol sits on. It is also a strategic green corridor for wildlife and nature.

Link to film which features Feed Bristol:

http://www.bluefingeralliance.org.uk/

Monday 28 January 2013

Wassail (Photos)

Well I think we definitely managed to warm up the summer spirits and get them to think about coming back for another year of growing at Feed Bristol. They certainly blessed us with some sunshine for the the day.

Many thanks to Poko Drum for entertaining the kids, the Pigsty Morris for showing us all how to have a jolly good knees up, the absolutely fabulous newly formed Feed Bristol Mummers and of course Mr Medlers Micro Ceilidh for keeping the blood flowing to round us off at the end.  And to the many other people who helped the event along feeding us cake, hot stew, stoking the fires and sprinkling magic on the day. Thank you.

A few photos of our play, Robin of the Apple Hood.
Performed to resurrect our crops where they once stood.
Enjoyed by many and all,
Amongst the trees of Feed Bristol.








Thursday 24 January 2013

Wassail Wassail all over the town

We are celebrating with a traditional Wassail on Saturday 26th January to kick of the new growing season.
The home made cider is ready, we have written a Mummers play and hopefully we will be having a right old knees up with a Mr Medlers Ceilidh.

All for a good cause to scare of the old winter spirits and welcome in the fresh new summer spirits to ensure another great harvest.  Although we try our best with organic practise and encourage all the wildlife to work for us, sometimes a little sprinkle of magic can help the growing along.

Feed Bristol Film

During the fantastic year we had last year we decided to make a short film to review some of the work we had been doing. Follow the link below to check out the project. Thanks to everyone that took part. This just shows a snippet of what we have been doing with a few of the folk we work with. Amongst all the food growing we also explore the local nature and help develop ways to encourage wildlife.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQK8GBYCsis