My Stepney City Farm YouTube vlog is now live!
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I just had to complete the East London troika and visit Stepney City Farm; following my visits to nearby Spitalfields City Farm and Hackney City Farm.
Stepney City Farm was created in 1979 by local East End residents, and sits on a site which was occupied by Stepney Congregational Church, which was bombed in 1941 during World War II. It used to be called Stepping Stones Farm.
It supplements its income by breeding animals to be sold for their meat, with goat meat being the most commonly consumed meat in the world (I didn't know that!) The farm is committed to ethical farming standards regarding the sale of its meat and eggs, and also sells its produce onsite. It also offers advice and encouragement for those wanting to grow their own plants. This is the only city farm I've been to (that I'm aware of- feel free to correct me) that sells its livestock for its meat and, let's be honest, everyone has a moral obligation to know how the food gets to be on their plate.
Come take a walk in my shoes and I'll show you rare and hardy Soay sheep; Ryland sheep, which are shaggy and need shearing once a year; and Manx Loaghtans. There is a Berkshire pig, and he's called Mars- a Berkshire is the oldest recorded pedigree pig breed in Britain. There are also rare Buff Orpington ducks, geese, chickens rabbits and farmyard cats.
As you know, I will always be a writer before anything else, and my Stepney City Farm blog contains more info, link:-
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TTFN
The Miss Elaineous
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