Bristol Green Capital

More edible than a Facebook Share?

Sims Hill Shared Harvest has only 15 shares left this year.  Sims Hill provides VERY local and fresh organic vegetables, at competitive prices and has the aim to bring great organic food to people on a budget.  A full share (enough for a family of 4) is £42 a month (thats at least 4 boxes) and a half share (for 2 or one very hungry one!) is £24.

Every week they provide a range of staples and a few special treats – such as that lovely dark green Cavalo Nero – also known as Tuscan Kale, and russet apples, corn on the cob or celariac. You may have seen their fields, just below the large yellow house you can see from the M32 – yes, it really is that close.  There are handy pickup points around the city, currenly in St Werburgs, Easton, Southville and Gloucester Road.

Sims Hill also have regular community events where you can find out more about growing or just celebrate the passing of the seasons with song, drink, food and good company.

If you would like one or a half of the 15 remaining shares, or just become a supporter member, have a look at their website simshillsharedharvest.wordpress.com/ or email through the site or on simshillsharedharvest@googlemail.com.  They will then get in contact with you to find out which dropoff point you would prefer and talk through any other questions.

Round 5 of the Community Challenge Fund is now open . (Closes 9^th March). 

There are some important changes to this round which we hope will be a real help to some groups so please read this post and the criteria carefully . The key changes are listed at the end of this article. Read more…

We were very lucky to be joined by Emma Powell for a month of work experience, culminating in her helping us with the write up of the week of Future City conversations. We asked her to reflect on the final session where we looked back at the week. Her notes are below.

In the meantime, we wish Emma good luck for the future and in particular for her studies in Business and Environment at Leeds University which she starts this summer after she has spent some time volunteering with a charity in India (and spent some time at the beach in various places around the world). Enjoy.

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