Meanwood Valley Urban Farm (Leeds, UK)
Leeds, United Kingdom · Operator: Meanwood Valley Urban Farm（登録慈善団体 No. 510452）
Overview
A 24-acre urban farm in Meanwood, Leeds, established in 1980. It demonstrates organic farming and sustainability, keeping Dexter cattle, Whitefaced Woodland and Ryeland sheep, alpacas, goats, several breeds of pig, chickens and ducks, and producing honey. It also runs a Recycled Bike Project teaching mechanical skills to young people.
Citizen participation
Run by volunteers. It introduces schoolchildren to farming and the environment and provides educational services to disadvantaged young people and adults with learning difficulties, alongside allotments for local residents.
Operating model
A registered charity (No. 510452) that also runs a social-enterprise coffee shop and sells locally grown food and honey.
Impact
The Epicentre building (1999), built using Walter Segal self-build methods with solar gain and reed-bed drainage, anchors its education and community work. Prince Charles visited in 2002; director Sue Reddington received an MBE in 2000 and volunteer Robert Collins in 2013.
Land tenure
Crops
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Scale
97,000 m² — 24エーカー（約97,000m²）。1981年7月にリーズ市長により正式開園。
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