Gorgie City Farm
Edinburgh, United Kingdom · Operator: Gorgie City Farm (charity), 市議会などの助成に依存
Overview
One of Scotland's leading urban farms. Falling external funding and rising costs forced it into liquidation and closure in November 2019, with 18 job losses, as its grant-dependent finances collapsed.
Citizen participation
An inner-city charity farm where residents joined animal activities, a cafe, volunteering and welfare programmes.
Operating model
Run on an annual City of Edinburgh Council grant (historically ~£100k) plus trusts, donations and cafe income.
Impact
Shrinking external funding, including the council grant, left it unable to cover running costs, so the charity was wound up and closed in 2019 (a successor operator also closed again in 2023).
Crops
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Scale
年間約20万人が来場していた
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