{"id":79171,"date":"2026-07-08T14:35:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T14:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/79171\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T14:35:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T14:35:11","slug":"watch-new-urban-farm-project-for-young-people-develops-in-south-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/79171\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: New urban farm project for young people develops in South London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A groundbreaking new agricultural initiative is taking root in south London.<\/p>\n<p>Following the closure of its prominent Waterloo site after ten years, the youth charity <a href=\"https:\/\/jamiesfarm.org.uk\/farms\/brixton\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jamie\u2019s Farm<\/a> has relocated to Tulse Hill, near Brixton.<\/p>\n<p>Jamie\u2019s Farm Brixton is part of Oasis St Martin\u2019s Village \u2013 a pioneering youth hub bringing together more than 20 organisations offering programmes in sport, music, mental health, and agriculture.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Farm manager Luke Rosier said: \u201cIt\u2019s very much a work in progress.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, he also said that this project aims to serve young people \u201cfor generations to come\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>From guinea pigs and chickens to vegetable beds and a polytunnel, the site has been developed in the last eight months with the help of young people.<\/p>\n<p>It aims to provide a space where young people can socialise, grow food, and, among other things, learn to care for animals.<\/p>\n<p>Nationwide, Jamie\u2019s Farm has supported more than 18,000 young people through day visits and residential stays.<\/p>\n<p>The charity\u2019s model blends outdoor work with therapeutic support to build social, academic, and emotional skills and confidence.<\/p>\n<p>The aim is for the farm to be fully operational by 2027 \u2013 complete with more animals and what Jamie\u2019s Farm has called \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/jamiesfarm.org.uk\/farms\/brixton\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">an urban oasis<\/a>\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Watch the below video for the full story.<\/p>\n<p>Feature image: Free to use from Unsplash<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A groundbreaking new agricultural initiative is taking root in south London. Following the closure of its prominent Waterloo&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79172,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[26],"tags":[12440,35264,35265,7823,28304,1692,334,35266,5721,27,4946],"class_list":["post-79171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-london","tag-brixton","tag-chickens","tag-city-farm","tag-community-hubs","tag-farm","tag-farming","tag-gardening","tag-guinea-pigs","tag-lambeth","tag-london","tag-nature"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116884860013113001","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}