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Bristol Food Connections comes to an end after seven years
The chief executive of Bristol Food Connections has thanked everyone who has been involved in the festival as she announces it has come to a close.
The first festival took place in 2014, with the aim of putting Bristol on the map “as a place where food unites communities, nourishes people and planet and fosters pride in our city”.
Food Connections has since shone a light on Bristol’s diverse food culture – from producers to restaurants, home cooks to growers and community groups to food retailers.
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Highlights have included hosting a morning rave in a coffee warehouse, a market in a concert hall and afternoon tea on a train.
The final Food Connections project was a series of oral histories which heard stories from diverse food producers, the results of which can be heard on the Bristol Food Producers’ website.
A morning rave at Extract in St Werburgh’s – photo: Bristol Food Connections
Bristol Food Connections chief executive, Claire Peeters, said that “it’s not been an easy journey” for the festival.
She said: “We’ve always had huge ambitions to be diverse, inclusive and exciting, whilst inspiring change, and were very much hoping to continue on that path for years to come.
“But alas the many challenges and changes over the past 18 months have simply made that impossible.
“We were delighted to round off our work with a fantastic Oral Histories Project which heard stories from some of Bristol’s most interesting and diverse food producers…
“All that remains is for me to say a huge thank you to everyone who has been involved in and supported the festival over the years. It has been the wonderfully creative, friendly and passionate communities of Bristol who have made Food Connections such a fantastic project to be a part of.”
Main photo: Bristol Food Connections
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