A group working to establish community food growing in Bristol has had one of its sites trashed,
Incredible Edible Bristol, which has an edible garden in Millennium Square, posted a picture of the vandalised site via social media.
It posted: "Our worst nightmare came true - this garden, full of food destined for the cities food clubs, destroyed. Deeply saddened."
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The Edible Bristol project began in February 2014.
Inspired by the values and success of the Incredible Edible movement and other urban edible projects taking off globally, a Twitter conversation struck up between horticulturist Sara Venn and human rights and environment scholar Anna Grear.
It quickly snowballed into a vision for future Bristol.
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At Incredible Edible Bristol’s inaugural meeting on 3rd March 2014, people from across the city discussed a vision for Bristol to become the UK’s first Edible City.
Films were shared of Pam Warhurst of Incredible Edible Todmorden and of Ron Finley in South Central LA and networked with a crowd of more than 100 people.
Since then, more than 30 edible gardens have sprung up across Bristol from Severn Beach to Knowle.
Collaborative projects like The Urban Food Trail and Food Route have been conceived and built for Bristol’s European Green Capital year in 2015.
An education programme for schools, communities and young people is in its early stages.
