Mission

VISION: A city whose youth are actively and passionately engaged in food, sustainability and equality, and who are empowered to drive change. MISSION: We grow innovators, educators, leaders and change makers, whilst inspiring all to create a just and sustainable local food system.

Category

Education and Skills

Additional Information

grOWN IT delivers fun, hands-on workshops to engage and educate participants in food systems, sustainable agriculture and urban farming. The workshops will use hydro and aquaponic systems as a teaching tool and content will include botany, environmental science, engineering, design, food justice, cooking, nutrition and more. The primary focus of the enterprise is to encourage young people to become environmental stewards, innovators and leaders. Workshops are solution-focused; we aim to develop entrepreneurial thinking and empower young people to create positive change in their lives and communities. We focus our efforts on working with schools and also work with corporate groups to create revenue and inspire behaviour change in the adult population of Bristol. We are developing a partnership scheme between schools and businesses, whereby businesses can not only financially support this education in schools but the two bodies become accountable to one another to motivate behaviour change.