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I hope you've all enjoyed your summer as much as Ned and I have? We've been off exploring the amazing countryside we have in the South West and have had great time. As the weather forces us to start thinking of Autumn it's time to celebrate all the fantastic produce we have available to us locally.

The Love Food Harvest Festival takes place at Paintworks on Sunday 26th September from 10.30 until 4.00. Entry is Free.

The indoor market will be heaving with beautiful, colourful and delicious, local food. Stock up on tasty produce in a vibrant community atmosphere to share with your friends and family.

Children will be entertained with bulb planting, arts and crafts, storytelling, face painting, a straw bale play area and a childsize café.

The picnic area will, as always be full of amazing goodies for you to enjoy including local corn on the cob, fab Trethowans toasties, BBQ, wild food paella, jerk chicken, amazing local ale and cider...

The last visit of the year from the lovely Glenholme herbs gives you the opportunity to stock up on all the herbs you need to keep you healthy through the winter, with a special talk from local herbalist Max Drake on the subject.

If you'd like to get involved please contact: lorna@lovefoodfestival.com

 

 

 

What it's all about

The aim of the festival is to get children (and adults) from Bristol, out into the countryside learning about how and where our food should come from, how to grow and cook their own food and generally try to spark an interest in the topic through various mediums including hands on experience, tasting, art, movement and storytelling.

 

Teachers from local schools will be invited along with local families, Countryside education agencies, chefs, farmers will all be brought together to learn what resources are available to us and how we can work together to best use and preserve our wonderful countryside.

 

I was lucky enough to grow up in the Dorset countryside having all these benefits from a young age. It has certainly filled me with a real passion and protectiveness for farming and for the land itself. Food really is so important in our daily lives and we have some how lost sight of the connection between our food and where it comes from. The aim of Love Food is to build and to encourage this link in every way possible for customers to learn from suppliers and for suppliers to learn from customers.