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Stepney City Farm is a city farm in the London borough of Tower Hamlets, situated on Stepney Way.

The farm was established in 1979 as Stepping Stones Farm and in 2009 became Stepney City Farm. A community resource, the farm provides the people of East London a chance to experience rural life and engage in educational, environmental and creative projects. Stepney City farm is home to donkeys, cows, goats, pigs, sheep, ducks, geese, chickens, rabbits, ferrets and guinea pigs. As a working farm, eggs and vegetables are regularly sold.

Rural Arts Centre

The farm also home to the Rural Arts Centre which aims to preserve those trades and crafts which were once an intrinsic part of rural life. The centre has a range of artists and artisans including blacksmiths,woodworkers and ceramicists. Sessions to teach the various crafts are regularly run.

Local Food

In 2012 the farm won funding from the Big Lottery Fund to train unemployed locals and provide access to healthy food for the local community. In the course of the Stepney Farm Kitchen project will:


 * Cultivate ten new areas for growing food on unused green spaces and wasteland around Tower Hamlets
 * Train ten unemployed people to farm those areas helping provide a fast-track into employment
 * Double food production on the farm site, opening up new volunteering opportunities
 * Open a cafe, shop and community kitchen for food education classes and use by local groups at the farm
 * Set up a monthly produce market for healthy and affordable food