Gorgie City Farm: One of Scotland's last urban farms collapses

Urban Farm DB summary

BBC News reported that Gorgie City Farm in Edinburgh closed after going into liquidation on November 1, 2019, with the loss of 18 jobs. The charity had provided volunteering opportunities and support to disadvantaged young people and adults and drew about 200,000 visitors a year. It had survived a 2016 closure threat via a crowdfunding appeal that raised more than £100,000, but trustees decided it could not find a sustainable future amid declining external funding and rising costs. Its roughly 100 livestock and pets were to be sold or re-homed.

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• 200,000 count

  annual visitors(gorgie city farm)

  SocialControl: since being saved from closure in 2016

  region

  Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• 18 count

  jobs lost(gorgie city farm)

  EconomicsControl: liquidation, November 2019

  region

  Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  year

  2019

• 100,000 gbp

  crowdfunding raised(gorgie city farm)

  EconomicsControl: in excess of £100,000

  region

  Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  year

  2016

• 100 count

  animal count(gorgie city farm)

  SocialControl: about 50 livestock and 50 pets

  region

  Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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• Economic viabilityContradicts