Sara Venn

Sara is a food, social and gardening activist who founded Edible Bristol in 2014, which supports communities to create gardens that become community assets in lost and unloved spaces across the city. She also teaches ecologically friendly gardening and growing, sharing the skills learned in her 20 year career in the horticulture industry. Sara is also chair of Bristol Food Producers, an organisation supporting new entrants to farming in urban and periurban areas of Bristol, supporting land, skills and market access, along with a solidarity network.