Hackney City Farm (London, United Kingdom)
London, United Kingdom · Operator: Hackney City Farm（登録チャリティ／保証有限責任会社）
Overview
A city farm inside Haggerston Park in the London Borough of Hackney, established in 1984 as a community and educational resource. It is home to poultry, sheep, rabbits, bees, pigs and a donkey, with a farmyard, grazing area, garden and a tree nursery with a butterfly house. It runs educational projects, exhibitions, craft courses and farm trails, and was visited in 2009 by the then Prince of Wales, now King Charles III.
Citizen participation
Established in 1984 as a community and educational resource. It runs educational projects, exhibitions, craft courses and farm trails, and in 2015 was registered with Ofsted as a school with places for up to 10 pupils aged 13 to 17.
Operating model
Run as a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee. It operates the café Frizzante on site — which won a Time Out award for best family restaurant in 2004 — and in 2008 the cycle shop Bike Yard East opened at the farm.
Impact
It has sustained a farm with livestock and beekeeping inside a park in densely built inner London, and has run for four decades as a hub for education, crafts and food.
Land tenure
Operates inside a municipal park (Haggerston Park); the form of land tenure could not be confirmed from the source.
Crops
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Scale
ロンドン・ハックニー区のハガーストン公園（Haggerston Park）内。農場の庭、放牧地、樹木のナーサリーと蝶の家がある。
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