An old double-decker bus has been converted into a mobile farm to help educate people where their food comes from. The Pony Farm Bus, a joint project by The Pony restaurant in Chew Magna and food distributor Arthur David, will take the vehicle out to community groups and schools to run workshops on food and cooking.
The vehicle, donated by First Bus, includes a greenhouse, a hydroponics system, kitchen and dining areas and a demonstration space. Owner of The Pony, Josh Eggleton, said: "We want to create learning opportunities - but the main thing is to incite a sense of fun and purpose."
"We've got loads of schools and grassroots organisations coming here, but it wasn't lost on me that not everybody can get here. We wanted to take the growing and cooking on tour into Bristol and Somerset. Our globalised food system is disconnecting people from the land, this brings a sense of local food into areas that have lost that," Mr Eggleton said.
He also plans to use the bus a a pop-up shop, offering food on a pay-what-you-feel basis, and aims to take it out at least three days a week. The Pony's kitchen grower, Tim Jones, said he had found it "rewarding" to educate children.
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