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The Roots Union

Posted by Tom Ashmore in Blog, Photo Essays. 3 comments

13th May

So I began officially with the Cardiff Guardian this week and Hannah suggested I come up with some ideas myself as to what would make a good visual piece for the website. I had just been reading a report on the BBC about British soils drying out due to the hot weather, and it made me wonder about the local farms supplying Cardiff businesses with their food stock. Taking it upon myself to find and visit a farm in Leckwith, I plotted a root to my destination through the ever-reliable Google Maps. One failed mission later (and a long and sweaty ride up the biggest hill I’ve ever seen), it was suggested to me that I may want to check out a Cardiff based local community project known as the Riverside Community Market Association.

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