Category News

Lambs a-leaping!

Aimee, our new Farmyard Manager at Stepney City Farm, has arrived just in time for lambing season. All the pregnant ewes have given birth over the last two to three weeks, with twins born last week. In this post she…

March – kicking off the new growing season!

This month Danielle, our Head Food Grower, gives us a run down of the sorts of things we’re growing in our gardens and polytunnels this year. Expect some exciting new Bengali-inspired additions to our vegetable patches. And welcome to Justine,…

BURGLARY – 20/21st FEB 2024

You can download three clips here of the man who broke into our office at 2am on the night of Tuesday 20th Feb / morning of Wednesday 21st Feb 2024. They are also available to view on our Instagram and…

New Year, new hidden talent?

Do you fancy trying something new this year? There’s plenty on offer at our Rural Arts Centre where you can release your hidden flare for ceramics, making art or trying your hand at traditional woodworking skills. We have Tim Sanderson’s…

10 Questions with Sajia

It’s time to introduce Sajia, one of our two Sylheti-speaking Food Growers on the Farm. She joined us at the same time as Tahmina, whose brain we picked before Christmas about her experience here so far. Now it’s Sajia’s turn…

Ring in the changes! 2024 and beyond…

There have been quite a few changes on the Farm in the last year and work is still ongoing into the new year. Anyone who has visited recently will have noticed the difference! Here’s a quick update on what’s been…

A fond farewell to Tom!

This month, we bid a fond farewell to Farmyard Manager Tom Goody, as he walks off into the sunset to a land far, far away for a new life in Cambridgeshire with fiancée Steph. Many regular visitors will be familiar…

10 Questions with Georgia

Georgia is one of our newest (and youngest!) members of staff. She took over the role of Young Farmers Session Leader in June 2023 and comes with bags of experience in youth work. She has been visiting the Farm since…

10 questions with Susy

By way of an introduction to Susy, our new Greencare Coordinator and Communities Programme Manager, we’d thought we’d get straight to the point and ask her our 10 questions about the Farm and her first impressions since she’s been here.…

The Zen Den and the whole tea making thing

Susy, our new Greencare Coordinator and Communities Programme Manager, has been busy on the Farm since she arrived. She has stepped right into our tea-making venture with the Greencare volunteers. Here’s her update on how things are progressing… The Greencare…