A NEW website has been launched to provide residents and visitors with all the information they need on everything food related in Bridport.

The Bridport Food Matters website includes a directory of independent local suppliers, information on community food groups and how and where to access free food, along with tips on how to grow your own and how to adapt to a changing climate.

The site is a collaboration between the Bridport Local Food Group, best known for organising the Bridport Food Festival, and Seeding our Future, a local project supporting resilience to climate change.

Town councillor Rose Allwork said: “As the effects of climate change begin to bite, it’s going to be ever more vital to have access to good, locally grown food. Bridport Council’s Climate Action Committee is very happy to support an initiative that brings together so much useful information for producers, consumers and voluntary groups

“We believe Bridport has the potential to be close to self-sufficient for fresh food and Bridport Food Matters is an exciting step along that road.”

The aim of the new website is to provide a one-stop location for information, resources, contacts, including:

• A directory of local food and drink suppliers, including those offering home delivery

• Local initiatives for food access such as ‘glut stalls’, including opening times and contact numbers.

• Ways to increase local food security, and what we can do as consumers, producers and home growers

• Local resources including community initiatives, healthy eating, support groups and more, including recipes for healthy eating on a budget

• Events, news, blogs and a gallery of pictures

• A forum for people to share their views and requests on food matters

See the website at www.bridportfoodmatters.net